majority vote

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorityandvote

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majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us
/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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vote
noun
uk
/vəʊt/us
/voʊt/
the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your ...
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(Definition ofmajorityandvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmajority vote

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Then they decide the rating bymajorityvote.
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Errors are corrected by taking amajorityvote.
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The lack of any clear procedure, based on amajorityvoteor on any other criterion, did not help in settling the disputes.
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In these syndicates, rules and regulations are formulated for the operation of the car markets based onmajorityvote.
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Should it allow amajorityvoteon that issue too?
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Instead, political decisions are regularly passed without unanimous approval, bymajorityvote, and those in disagreement are forced to accept whatever the majority decides.
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Currently, 65 deputies are elected bymajorityvotefrom the departments, while 55 are elected by proportional vote from a national list.
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The most obviously paradoxical situation arises for democracies, which operate on the assumption that contradicting opinions are equal and the dispute between them must ultimately be settled bymajorityvote.
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What happened in the public elections was that two of the nominated candidates were selected through amajorityvoteby village and township administrators and villager representatives.
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Such models cannot account for minority administrations, in which a party or coalition that does not control sufficient seats to win amajorityvotetakes control of all office payoffs.
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Under-performing leaders may be removed by amajorityvote, but voting is suspect since a publicly visible show of hands is required, which may influence ones' stance.
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The principle of relative stability is not a derogation and will not expire in 2002 unless there is amajorityvoteagainst it.
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If themajorityvoteagainst it, they can defeat the minority.
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By amajorityvotewe were prevented from asking that question.
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It debated the matter, and on amajorityvotedecided not to do so.
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By amajorityvote, the local health authority decided to ignore the referendum.
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And there is the addiction to the passing of resolutions by amajorityvote.
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It is a body which carries corporate responsibility, and in the last analysis it makes decisions bymajorityvote.
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