voting

n. casting of ballots

v. cast a ballot; officially choose one out of a number of options; voice a suggestion

Voting is a method of decision making wherein a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates.Voting is used in two different ways. First, members of a group may express their individual interests by their votes in order to aggregate them into a single group preference.Second, members of a jury may express their individual opinions by their votes in order to select that opinion.
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Noun
1. a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
(synonym) vote, ballot, balloting
(hypernym) choice, selection, option, pick
(hyponym) block vote
(derivation) vote

Noun
1. a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
(synonym) ballot, voting, balloting
(hypernym) choice, selection, option, pick
(hyponym) block vote
2. the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) plebiscite
3. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
(synonym) right to vote, suffrage
(hypernym) franchise, enfranchisement
(classification) law, jurisprudence
4. a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"
(hypernym) body
(member-holonym) electorate
5. the total number of votes cast; "they are hoping for a large vote"
(synonym) voter turnout
(hypernym) numerical quantity
Verb
1. express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(hyponym) write in
(see-also) vote in
(derivation) voter turnout
2. express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket"
(hypernym) express, state
(hyponym) bullet vote
(derivation) voter turnout
3. express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
(hypernym) express, state
4. be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
5. bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
(derivation) voter, elector

a. & n. from Vote, v.
  

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vote
  

Synonyms and related words:
Australian ballot, Hare system, PR, absentee voting, association, aye, ballot, ballot-box stuffing, canvass, canvassing, card voting, casting vote, cochairmanship, colonization, complicity, condominium, contribution, copartnership, copartnery, cotenancy, counting heads, cumulative system, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, election fraud, enfranchisement, engagement, fagot vote, floating, franchise, graveyard vote, hand vote, having a part, involvement, joint chairmanship, joint control, joint ownership, joint tenancy, list system, nay, no, nontransferable vote, partaking, participation, partnership, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural system, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential system, preferential voting, proportional representation, proxy, proxy voting, record vote, referendum, repeating, representation, right to vote, rising vote, say, secret ballot, sharing, show of hands, single system, single transferrable vote, single vote, single-member district, snap vote, straw vote, suffrage, transferable vote, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting machine, voting right, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes