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1061 Etymology dictionary, p. odd (adj.).2
… casting vote)," odda-tala "odd number." The literal meaning of Old Norse oddi is "point of land, angle" (related via notion of "triangle" to oddr "point of a weapon"); from …
1062 Etymology dictionary, p. ostracism (n.).2
… public vote, from French ostracisme (16c.), Modern Latin ostracismus, or directly from Greek ostrakismos, from ostrakizein "to ostracize," from ostrakon "tile …
1063 Etymology dictionary, p. ostracize (v.).2
… by voting with potshards" (see ostracism ). Related: Ostracization; ostracized; ostracizing .
1064 Etymology dictionary, p. outvote (v.).2
also out-vote, "exceed in the number of votes given, defeat by a greater number of votes," 1640s," from out- + vote (v.). Related: Outvoted; outvoting .
1065 Etymology dictionary, p. pill (v.1).2
1736, "to dose on pills," from pill (n.). From 1882 as "to form into pills." In club slang, "to reject by vote, blackball" (1855). Related: Pilled; pilling .
1066 Etymology dictionary, p. plebiscite (n.).2
"direct vote of the people, an expression of the will or pleasure of the whole people in regard to some matter already decided upon," 1852 (originally in English …
1067 Etymology dictionary, p. plurality (n.).2
… of votes for the candidate who receives the most over those of rival candidate(s)," especially when none has an absolute majority, is from 1828.
1068 Etymology dictionary, p. poll (n.).3
… of votes" is recorded by 1620s, from the notion of "counting heads;" the sense of "the voting at an election" is by 1832. The meaning "survey of public opinion" is recorded …
1069 Etymology dictionary, p. poll (v.1).2
… the votes of," from poll (n.) in the extended sense of "individual, person," on the notion of "enumerate one by one." Sense of "receive (a certain number of votes) at the polls …
1070 Etymology dictionary, p. potwalloper (n.).2
… over voting reform in early 19c. England.
1071 Etymology dictionary, p. prerogative (n.).3
… lot voted first in the Roman comita ," noun use of fem. of praerogativus (adj.) "chosen to vote first, that is asked before," from praerogere "ask before others," from …
1072 Etymology dictionary, p. previous (adj.).3
In parliamentary practice, previous question is the question whether a vote shall be taken on the main issue or not, brought forward before the main question is put by the Speaker.
1073 Etymology dictionary, p. privilege (n.).4
… corpus, voting, etc.).
1074 Etymology dictionary, p. protest (n.).4
… . Protest vote, "vote cast to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or the current system," is by 1905 (in reference to Socialist Party candidates …
1075 Etymology dictionary, p. proxy (n.).3
… . Meaning "vote sent by a deputy" is from 1650s in a Rhode Island context. Proxy war, one started or stoked by, but not directly involving, a major power is by 1955 …
1076 Etymology dictionary, p. psephocracy (n.).2
… "to vote" (properly "to vote with pebbles"), from psēphos "pebble, small stone," especially as used for counting and calculating (a word of uncertain origin, perhaps …
1077 Etymology dictionary, p. psephocracy (n.).3
… of voting in Greek cities was by dropping pebbles in different marked urns, and thus the word for "pebble" figures largely in the ancient Greek vocabulary …
1078 Etymology dictionary, p. psephology (n.).2
"the study of voting and elections," 1952, from Greek psēphizein "to vote" (properly "to vote with pebbles," from psēphos "pebble;" see psephocracy ) + -logy .
1079 Etymology dictionary, p. repeater (n.).2
… who votes more than once in the same election" (1868).
1080 Etymology dictionary, p. republic (n.).2
… to vote," c. 1600, from French république (15c.), from Latin respublica (ablative republica ) "the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic," literally res publica …