different between lottery vs ballot
lottery
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?t??i/, /?l?t?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l?t?i/
- Hyphenation: lot?te?ry
Noun
lottery (plural lotteries)
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
- (figuratively) Something decided by chance.
- (obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted.
Derived terms
- genetic lottery
- lotologist (probably)
- lotterylike
- lottery ticket
- postcode lottery
Translations
lottery From the web:
- what lottery is tonight
- what lottery plays tonight
- what lottery plays today
- what lottery is tonight in texas
- what lottery is today
- what lottery game is tonight
- what lottery drawings are tonight
- what lottery goes off tonight
ballot
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (“suffix forming diminutive nouns”); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bæl?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bæl?t/
- Hyphenation: bal?lot
- Rhymes: -æl?t
Noun
ballot (plural ballots)
- Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
- The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- the insufficiency of the ballot
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- The total of all the votes cast in an election.
- (chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Synonyms
- (paper or card used to cast a vote): ballot paper, voting slip
Derived terms
- absentee ballot
- ballot box
- butterfly ballot
- postal ballot
Translations
Verb
ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)
- To vote or decide by ballot.
- To draw lots.
Translations
See also
- blackballing (also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote)
Further reading
- ballot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
balle +? -ot
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
ballot m (plural ballots)
- bundle, package
- (informal, derogatory) fool, nitwit
Derived terms
- C'est ballot
Further reading
- “ballot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?palloh(t)/
Verb
ballot
- first-person plural imperative of ballat
ballot From the web:
- what ballot means
- what ballot measures passed in colorado
- what ballot measures passed in california
- what ballot measures passed in oregon
- what ballots passed in california
- what ballot looks like
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