Meanings
- not comparablebusinessHaving an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.
plural votings
- The act or process of casting a vote.
Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from, we need to seek another choice.
2016, Justin Deschamps, Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from …2 more examples
The eyes of the people have been some time opened; they will observe, they will judge of our votings in this cause; and expect from us, as we have put a stop to unjust and exorbitant power abroad, that we should neither suffer nor endure it
1806–1820, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”
2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2020
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of vote
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, vote + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans stemming
- stemmingaction of the verb to vote
Ancient Greek ψήφισις
- ψήφισις (psḗphisis)action of the verb to vote
Arabic تَصْوِيت
- تَصْوِيت (taṣwīt)action of the verb to vote
Bengali ইন্তেখাব
- ইন্তেখাব (intekhab)action of the verb to vote
Bulgarian гласу́ване
- гласу́ване (glasúvane)action of the verb to vote
Catalan votació
- votacióaction of the verb to vote
Chinese Mandarin 投票
- 投票 (tóupiào)action of the verb to vote
Czech hlasování
- hlasováníaction of the verb to vote
Esperanto voĉdonado
- voĉdonadoaction of the verb to vote
Finnish äänestys, äänestäminen
- äänestysaction of the verb to vote
- äänestäminenaction of the verb to vote
French votation
- votationaction of the verb to vote
German Abstimmung
- Abstimmungaction of the verb to vote
Greek ψήφιση
- ψήφιση (psífisi)action of the verb to vote
Hindi मतदान
- मतदान (matdān)action of the verb to vote
Indonesian pemilihan, pemungutan suara
- pemilihanaction of the verb to vote
- pemungutan suaraaction of the verb to vote
Italian votazione
- votazioneaction of the verb to vote
Japanese 投票
- 投票 (tōhyō)action of the verb to vote
Korean 투표
- 투표 (tupyo)action of the verb to vote
Malay pengundian
- pengundianaction of the verb to vote
Polish głosowanie
- głosowanieaction of the verb to vote
Portuguese votação
- votaçãoaction of the verb to vote
Russian голосова́ние
- голосова́ние (golosovánije)action of the verb to vote
Slovak hlasovanie
- hlasovanieaction of the verb to vote
Spanish votación
- votaciónaction of the verb to vote
Swahili upigaji kura
- upigaji kuraaction of the verb to vote
Tamil வாக்களிப்பு
- வாக்களிப்பு (vākkaḷippu)action of the verb to vote
Ukrainian голосува́ння
- голосува́ння (holosuvánnja)action of the verb to vote
Cite this entry
voting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voting
“voting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voting.
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