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division n4 Comm (branch, sector) division f ; (department, team) service m ; chemicals division division chimique ; sales division service des ventes ;5 ( in football) division f ; to be in division one ou in the first division être en première division ; a second division club un club de deuxième division ;6 ( dissent) désaccord m (between entre) ;7 ( in container) compartiment m ;9 US Univ faculté f.ⓘ Division Procédure adoptée à la Chambre des communes pour mieux compter les votes quand la répartition des voix n'est pas évidente. Les députés se divisent et quittent la salle par le couloir des ‘oui’ ( the Aye lobby), ou par celui des ‘non’ ( the No lobby), situés de chaque côté du siège du Speaker. ⇒ speaker
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aye — [[t]a͟ɪ[/t]] ayes also ay 1) CONVENTION Aye means yes; used in some dialects of British English. Do you remember your first day at school? Oh aye. Yeah. 2) ADV If you vote aye, you vote in favour of something. 3) N PLURAL: the N The ayes are the… … English dictionary
aye — aye1 [ā] adv. [ME ai, ay < ON ei < IE base * aiw , vital force > AGE] Old Poet. always; ever: also sp. ay aye2 [ī] adv., interj. [prob. < I, pers. pron.] yes; yea n. an affirmative vote or a person voting affirmatively: Also sp … English World dictionary
Aye — Aye, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, To call for the ayes and noes; The ayes have it. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vote — [n] decision or right to decide representation aye*, ballot, choice, franchise, majority, nay*, plebiscite, poll, referendum, secret ballot, show of hands*, suffrage, tally, ticket, will, wish, yea*, yes or no*; concepts 300,376 vote [v] decide… … New thesaurus
aye — (also ay) ► EXCLAMATION archaic or dialect ▪ yes. ► NOUN ▪ a vote for a proposal. ORIGIN probably from I, first person personal pronoun, expressing assent … English terms dictionary
vote — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, OK, PR, absentee voting, acceptance, adherence, admiration, approbation, approval, aye, back, back up, ballot, ballot box stuffing, be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand,… … Moby Thesaurus
aye — I. adverb also ay Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse ei; akin to Old English ā always, Latin aevum age, lifetime, Greek aiōn age Date: 13th century always, continually, ever < love that will aye endure W. S. Gilbert > II. adverb also … New Collegiate Dictionary
aye — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, OK, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative attitude, affirmative voice, affirmativeness, agreed, agreement, amen, approbation, approval, assent, ballot,… … Moby Thesaurus
aye — aye1 [ aı ] noun count FORMAL a vote in support of something, or someone who votes this way: The ayes have it (=most people have voted yes). aye aye 2 [ aı ] interjection BRITISH a word used for saying yes by people in some parts of the U.K.,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
aye — I UK [aɪ] / US interjection British a word used for saying yes by people in some parts of the UK, especially Scotland II UK [aɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms aye : singular aye plural ayes formal a vote in support of something, or someone who … English dictionary
aye — adv 1. yes, yea; pro, for, in favor. n 2. yes vote, vote for, favorable vote, yea. 3. advocate, supporter, backer, proponent, pro, yea sayer … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder