block vote

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• block vote — ➔ vote2 * * * block vote UK US noun [C] POLITICS ► a system of voting in which one person represents a group of people, for example the members of a trade union, and votes for them: »The days of the trade union block vote now seem to be a thing… …   Financial and business terms

• block vote — noun count a vote by someone who is representing a group of people in an organization …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• block vote — block votes N COUNT A block vote is a large number of votes that are all cast in the same way by one person on behalf of a group of people …   English dictionary

• block vote — noun a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents • Hypernyms: ↑vote, ↑ballot, ↑voting, ↑balloting * * * noun : a method of voting (as at a convention) by which each delegate s vote has a value proportional… …   Useful english dictionary

• block vote — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms block vote : singular block vote plural block votes a vote by someone who is representing a group of people in an organization …   English dictionary

• block vote —    The method of allocating votes at the Labour Annual Conference via which the trade unions have traditionally exercised enormous influence in decisionmaking. In the decades following the introduction of Labour’s 1918 constitution, the block… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• block vote — noun Brit. a vote proportional in power to the number of people a delegate represents, used particularly at a trade union conference …   English new terms dictionary

• vote — ▪ I. vote vote 2 noun 1. [countable] when a group of people vote in order to decide or choose something: • The results of the vote were surprising 80% of workers favoured strike action. • Creditors will take a vote on the reorganization plan… …   Financial and business terms

• block — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or wood (block of ice). 2 a flat topped block used as a base for chopping, beheading, standing something on, hammering on, or for mounting a horse from. 3 a a …   Useful english dictionary

• vote — [[t]vo͟ʊt[/t]] ♦ votes, voting, voted 1) N COUNT A vote is a choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election. He walked to the local polling centre to cast his vote... The government got a massive majority well over 400… …   English dictionary

• vote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 choice/decision made by voting ADJECTIVE ▪ electoral ▪ majority ▪ huge, massive (esp. BrE), overwhelming, resounding (esp. BrE) …   Collocations dictionary