countervote

verb, noun — 3 senses

countervote

verb

/ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/

Etymology From counter- + vote.

1

To vote against.

2

To balance or overcome by voting.

  • 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects he would doubtless have been more a Friend to himself and a Father to his Family than to have countervoted God in his Choice and Election for him.

countervote

noun

/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/

Etymology From counter- + vote.

1

A vote that goes against another.

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