deciding vote

collocation in English

meaningsofdecidingandvote

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deciding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/us
/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/
A deciding event or action is more important than the rest because the final result, decision, or choice is changed ...
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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 ofdecidingandvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I know of none influenced or owned to any degree by a local authority in the private sector where the local authority would have thedecidingvote.
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The governor presided but, only if the other members' vote was tied, cast thedecidingvote.
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If there is a tie, the chairman of the committee casts thedecidingvote.
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In this case, the father cast thedecidingvotefor "his son".
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One player, chosen by lot, would have adecidingvote.
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He announced that he would not cast thedecidingvotefor him.
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In the event of a tie, the statistical strongest link gets to cast thedecidingvote.
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The governor cast thedecidingvotein the event of the tie in the high court.
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In some systems the employees can select 1/2 of all members of supervisory boards, but a representative of shareholders is always the president and has thedecidingvote.
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Petak'sdecidingvotesupported a 0.1 percent sales tax increase.
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If the vote is five for death and five for a lesser sentence, the mtshali casts hisdecidingvoteand the accused's life is saved.
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The new board's head would represent the firm's owners and had the right to cast thedecidingvotein instances of stalemate. 2.
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Probably one of the most important roles of the mayor is to cast thedecidingvotewhen the city council is tied.
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Rural voters criticize his tenure in the legislature for casting adecidingvotethat ended the practice of allowing for at least one state senator or delegate per county.
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Each member has one vote with the chair not possessing adecidingvote, each council nominates one member and one stand-in member in the case of absence.
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In the court the king held two votes, as well as thedecidingvotein case of a tie.
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Cortese abstained, but cast the singledecidingvoteon the second roll call with his wife sitting next to him at his desk.
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