aye
1- yes.
- an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
Origin of aye
1Examples from the Web for ayes
Contemporary Examples of ayes
Just after midnight, the vote won with 219 ayes, including an unexpected 49 Republicans and 170 Democrats.
When the 12 anti-protest laws were voted on in Parliament, the Speaker even did not count the ayes.
In the end, 217 Labour and 44 Liberal Democrats joined 126 Conservatives members of Parliament in the “ayes.”
Historical Examples of ayes
In the Assembly it received 36 ayes, 22 noes, not the required majority.
The bill passed the House, February 11, by 29 ayes, 19 noes.
Mr. Bronston supported it in the Senate, where it received 26 ayes, one no.
It was then tabled and taken up again May 13, receiving 14 ayes, 15 noes.
It passed the House by 98 ayes, 29 noes, but was killed in the Senate.
aye
1ay
- yes: archaic or dialectal except in voting by voice
- aye aye
- an expression of compliance, esp used by seamen
- Britishan expression of amused surprise, esp at encountering something that confirms one's suspicions, expectations, etc
- a person who votes in the affirmative
- an affirmative vote
Word Origin for aye
aye
2- Scot always; still
Word Origin for aye
Word Origin and History for ayes
aye
aye
"always, ever," c.1200, from Old Norse ei "ever" (cognate with Old English a "always, ever"), from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (cf. Greek aion "age, eternity," Latin aevum "space of time;" see eon).