casting vote

Word family adjectivecastednouncastingcastawaycasting votecast ironverbcast

Related topics: Voting

ˈcasting ˌvote noun [countableC usually singular] British EnglishBrE

PPVDECIDEthe vote of the person in charge of a meeting, which can be used to make a decision when there is an equal number of votes supporting and opposing a proposal 〔当赞成和反对票数相等时，由会议主持人所投的〕决定性一票

Examples from the Corpus

casting vote• Without hesitation the General threw his casting vote in favour of the gallows.• I had to assert the authority of my casting vote.• There was heated debate, but by the casting vote of the chairman we got our grant.• Verity Lambert would have artistic control over, and generally the casting vote in any decisions about, the programme.• The Chair has the casting vote in the case of a tie.• The only solution seems to be to rotate the casting vote, but there are always Trollopean difficulties and rivalries.

From Longman Business Dictionary

casting voteˈcasting ˌvote [countableC]

an extra vote that someone in charge of a meeting can have, which is only used if there are exactly the same number of votes for and against something

He missed being sacked only by the Chairman’s casting vote.

→ vote

词汇	casting vote
释义	casting vote Word family adjectivecastednouncastingcastawaycasting votecast ironverbcast Related topics: Voting ˈcasting ˌvote noun [countableC usually singular] British EnglishBrE PPVDECIDEthe vote of the person in charge of a meeting, which can be used to make a decision when there is an equal number of votes supporting and opposing a proposal 〔当赞成和反对票数相等时，由会议主持人所投的〕决定性一票 Examples from the Corpus casting vote• Without hesitation the General threw his casting vote in favour of the gallows.• I had to assert the authority of my casting vote.• There was heated debate, but by the casting vote of the chairman we got our grant.• Verity Lambert would have artistic control over, and generally the casting vote in any decisions about, the programme.• The Chair has the casting vote in the case of a tie.• The only solution seems to be to rotate the casting vote, but there are always Trollopean difficulties and rivalries. From Longman Business Dictionary casting voteˈcasting ˌvote [countableC] an extra vote that someone in charge of a meeting can have, which is only used if there are exactly the same number of votes for and against something He missed being sacked only by the Chairman’s casting vote. → vote
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