Dictionary

ballot box en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.
2. (metonymically) The process or method of voting.
   • Incumbent Sadiq Khan wants a third term. But he is currently silenced by the strict rules of 'purdah', so he cannot use funds from the Greater London Authority for anything that might give him political advantage. There are strict neutrality rules to ensure that all ten candidates stand an equal chance at the ballot box […]. 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of the capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 30:
   • The people will decide at the ballot box.

Forms

Deriveds

Armalite and the ballot box · stuff the ballot box

Hypernyms

box

Translations (71)

tr seçim sandığı (the process or method of voting) · nb urne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ko 투표함 (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ja 投票箱 (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ru у́рна (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · it bussola (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · nn valurne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · nl stembus (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · eo balotkolektujo (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · pl balotaż (the process or method of voting) · hy քվեատուփ (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · fr urne électorale (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · la situla (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · la urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · cs volební urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · gl urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · de Wahlurne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · sv valurna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · it bussolotto (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · tr seçim sandığı (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · fi uurnavaali (the process or method of voting) · tr sandık (the process or method of voting) · id kotak suara (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · da stemmeurne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · tl urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · nrf urne du scrutîn (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · la cista (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · es urna electoral (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · hu szavazás (the process or method of voting) · cmn 票匭 /票匦 (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · cmn 投票箱 (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ru баллотиро́вочный я́щик (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · tr sandık (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · bo འོས་ཤོག་བླུག་སའི་སྒམ (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · pl urna wyborcza (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · nb valgurne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · pl balot (the process or method of voting) · gu મતપેટી (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · yi אורנע (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · gl urna electoral (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · el ψηφοδόχος (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · km ប្រអប់ទម្លាក់សន្លឹកឆ្នោត (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · eu hautetsontzi (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ko 선거통 (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · fi vaaliuurna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · he קלפי (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · lt ùrna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · bo འོས་སྒམ (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ast urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · is kjörkassi (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · it urna elettorale (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · nn urne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · el κάλπη (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · pt urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ru избира́тельная у́рна (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ky шайлоо урнасы (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ca urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · lt balsãdėžė (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · es urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · ky шайлоо сандыгы (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · fi uurna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · cmn 票箱 (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · fr urne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · da stemmeboks (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · la sitella (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · hu urna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · rsk гласацка шкатула (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · da valgurne (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · rsk шкатула (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · hu szavazóurna (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) · bg избира́телна у́рна (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip)