vote of confidencenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌvəʊt əv ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/us/ˌvoʊt əv ˈkɑːn.fɪ.dəns/formal an occasion when the members of a parliament or other organization are asked to say that they support the people in authority and agree with their actions:
The government held a vote of confidence and lost/won it.
a sign that you are pleased with the quality of something or what someone has done or produced:
I think the fact that so many of you are here tonight is a vote of confidence for our local performers.
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- landslide
- nominate
- rigging
- running mate
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- stump
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