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casting vote
n.
The deciding vote of a presiding officer in an assembly or council, exercised when there is a deadlock due to a tie.
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casting vote
n
the deciding vote used by the presiding officer of an assembly when votes cast on both sides are equal in number
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cast′ing vote′
n.
the deciding vote of a presiding officer, made when the other votes are equally divided.
[1685–95]
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Translations
الصَّوْتُ المُرجِّـح
rozhodující hlas
döntõ szavazat
úrslitaatkvæîi
rozhodujúci hlas
başkanlık oyuetkin oy
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cast
(kaːst) – past tense past participle cast – verb1. to throw. The angler cast his line into the river; These facts cast new light on the matter; She cast him a look of hatred.
2. to get rid of; to take off. Some snakes cast their skins.
3. to shape (metal etc) by pouring into a mould. Metal is melted before it is cast.
4. to give a part in a play etc to. She was cast as Lady Macbeth.
5. to select the actors for (a film etc). The director is casting (the film) tomorrow.
6. to give (a vote). I cast my vote for the younger candidate.
noun1. a throw. At his third cast he caught a fish.
2. something made by moulding. The doctor put a plaster cast on his broken leg.
3. a mould. The hot metal is poured into a cast.
4. the complete set of actors in a play, opera etc. the whole cast of the play.
5. something that is ejected by certain animals, eg the earthworm. worm casts all over the grass.
ˈcastaway noun a shipwrecked person.
casting vote the deciding vote of the chairman of a meeting when the other votes are equally divided.
cast iron unpurified iron melted and shaped in a mould.
ˈcast-iron adjective1. made of cast iron. a cast-iron frying-pan.
2. very strong. cast-iron muscles.
ˈcast-off noun, adjective (a piece of clothing etc) no longer needed. cast-off clothes; I don't want my sister's cast-offs.
cast off1. to untie (the mooring lines of a boat).
2. (also cast aside) to reject as unwanted.
3. in knitting, to finish (the final row of stitches).
cast on in knitting, to make the first row of stitches.
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