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Antonyms for casting vote

Grammar : Verb

Definition of casting vote

  • As in vote : verb decide on representation
Example sentences :
  • In every question, Irish or English, they have the casting vote.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • The governor is president, and has a deliberative and casting vote.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West
  • “The chairman of course has a casting vote,” said Mackworth.
  • Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar
  • In domestic matters the wife ought to have the casting vote.
  • Extract from : « A Young Mutineer » by Mrs. L. T. Meade
  • The bill passed its second reading by the casting vote of the Speaker.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield
  • The Colonel's casting vote had carried it in the affirmative.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • In the senate, it was lost by the casting vote of the Vice President.
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 (of 5) » by John Marshall
  • The President gave the casting vote for the latter, Mr. Messick.
  • Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Pallas, by her casting vote, determines the verdict in his favor.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • The Chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to his own.
  • Extract from : « Sporting Dogs » by Frank Townend Barton

Synonyms for casting vote

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