unanimous vote
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunanimousandvote
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unanimous
adjective
uk/juːˈnæn.ɪ.məs/us/juːˈnæn.ə.məs/
If a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about one particular matter or vote the same way, and if a decision or judgment is unanimous, it is formed or supported by everyone in ...
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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 ofunanimousandvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The journal entry, however, almost always shows aunanimousvoteof a quorum or better.
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Once this restriction was eliminated, the article was approved by aunanimousvote.
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The board's decision to accept its committee's recommendation was byunanimousvote.
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This was reflected in theunanimousvotein our committee.
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The tax matter should continue to be subject to aunanimousvote.
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There might well have been an abstention, but, in fact, there was aunanimousvote.
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There are special procedures set out under which aunanimousvotewould be one where a member state was not allowed to have a vote.
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The veto will remain, if it is needed, in any case where aunanimousvoteis needed.
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There would be no prospect of aunanimousvote.
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Until the end of the transitional periods there has to be aunanimousvote, and there is, therefore, a veto.
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It was, and remains, my understanding that any fiscal changes will be subject tounanimousvote.
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Only if the whole jury, by aunanimousvote, agreed to assist the judge should the jurors participate in the process.
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You can call it the right of veto, or theunanimousvotein council; the expressions mean the same thing.
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That proposal could be passed only by theunanimousvoteof all countries.
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We all know that admission is byunanimousvote.
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That produced a nearunanimousvotein favour of the proposals.
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It has been an almostunanimousvoteof confidence in these proposals and of high hopes that our confidence will be fulfilled.
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I should want to know if the committee came to its conclusion by a narrow majority or by aunanimousvote.
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This means aunanimousvote, but there is no unanimity.
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I therefore call for the withdrawal of these proposals and for aunanimousvotein favour of the text as it is.
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