vote of confidence

noun

A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.

Similar
motion of confidenceconfidence vote
Opposite
vote of no confidence
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Meanings

nounvote of confidence (plural votes of confidence)

plural votes of confidence

  1. A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.
  2. broadlyinformalAny indication of confidence in another.

    "I don't find you unduly piggish," she said.

    "Wow," I said. "Thanks for the vote of confidence."

    2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 44

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
motion of confidenceconfidence vote
Opposite
vote of no confidence
Also see
confidence votemotion of confidence

Translations

Bulgarian вот на дове́рие
  • вот на дове́рие (vot na dovérie)motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Catalan vot de confiança
  • vot de confiançamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Chinese Mandarin 信任投票
  • 信任投票 (xìnrèn tóupiào)motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Finnish luottamuslauseäänestys
  • luottamuslauseäänestysmotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
French motion de confiance
  • motion de confiancemotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
German Vertrauensfrage
  • Vertrauensfragemotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Indonesian mosi percaya
  • mosi percayamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Irish vóta muiníne
  • vóta muinínemotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Italian voto di fiducia
  • voto di fiduciamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Malay undi percaya
  • undi percayamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Polish wotum zaufania
  • wotum zaufaniamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Portuguese voto de confiança
  • voto de confiançamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Romanian vot de încredere
  • vot de încrederemotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Russian во́тум дове́рия
  • во́тум дове́рия (vótum dovérija)motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Spanish voto de confianza
  • voto de confianzamotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Swedish förtroendeomröstning
  • förtroendeomröstningmotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Ukrainian во́тум дові́ри
  • во́тум дові́ри (vótum dovíry)motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
Vietnamese bỏ phiếu tín nhiệm
  • bỏ phiếu tín nhiệmmotion proposed in a parliament or other assembly
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