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1 poll
[pəul] 1. noun1) (an election: They organized a poll to elect a president.) kosningar2) (the number of votes: There has been a heavy poll (= a large number of votes).) kosningaþátttaka3) ((also opinion poll) a test of public opinion by asking people questions.) skoðanakönnun2. verb(to receive a number of votes: He polled fifty per cent of the votes.) hljóta atkvæði- polling-station
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2 carry
['kæri]1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) bera2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) berast3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) bera, halda uppi4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) hafa, bera með sér5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) ná í gegn, samþykkja6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) bera sig•((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)
- carry-cot((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)
- be/get carried away
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
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3 canvass
['kænvəs](to go round (an area) asking (people) for (support, votes, custom etc): We're canvassing for the Conservative Party candidate.) safna undirskriftum/atkvæðum -
4 casting vote
(the deciding vote of the chairman of a meeting when the other votes are equally divided.) úrslitaatkvæði -
5 jury
['‹uəri]plural - juries; noun1) (a group of people legally selected to hear a case and to decide what are the facts, eg whether or not a prisoner accused of a crime is guilty: The verdict of the jury was that the prisoner was guilty of the crime.) kviðdómur2) (a group of judges for a competition, contest etc: The jury recorded their votes for the song contest.) dómnefnd•- juror- juryman -
6 majority
[mə'‹o-]1) (the greater number: the majority of people.) meirihluti2) (the difference between a greater and a smaller number: The Democratic Party won by/with a majority of six hundred votes.) meirihluti; yfirburðir -
7 re-count
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8 tout
(to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc: The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom.) reyna að krækja sér í -
9 voter
noun (a person who votes or has the right to vote.) kjósandi
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