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cross-vote

verb

Etymology

From cross- + vote.

  1. derived from *h₁wegʷʰ-✻ — “to promise, to vow”
  2. derived from vōtum
  3. formed as cross-vote — “cross- + vote”

Definitions

  1. To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block…

    To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.

  2. A cross-voted ballot.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA