ballotation

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noun

Voting by ballot.

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Meanings

nounballotation (countable and uncountable, plural ballotations)

plural ballotations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableVoting by ballot.

    a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter In the first Ballotation, the Balls were equal: in the second, there was one Ball more (as they say) in the negative Box

Origin

From ballot + -ation.

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APA

ballotation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballotation

MLA

“ballotation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballotation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballotation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballotation.

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