casting votenoun [ S ]
uk/ˌkɑː.stɪŋ ˈvəʊt/us/ˌkæs.tɪŋ ˈvoʊt/a single vote, given by the person in charge of a meeting if the number of votes about something is equal, that decides the matter
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- hat
- nominate
- rigging
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- spoil
- stump
- vote of confidence
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Examples from literature
- For until you have a Chairman elected, there is no Chairman to give a casting vote.
- He presides in the senate, in which he has only a casting vote.
- I never enjoyed any thing so much as our illumination when Mr. Clay gave his casting vote, and carried Congress.
- It chanced that Rose had the casting vote.
- So she herself was left with the casting vote, and chose to go on!