nonvoting
Britishadjective
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of or relating to a nonvoter
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finance (of shares) not entitling the holder to vote at company meetings
Example Sentences
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Each student would serve their first year as a nonvoting regent-designate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The 26-member Board of Regents has one voting student regent and one nonvoting student regent-designate, who trains for a year before taking the voting seat when the prior member cycles off.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Fox recently launched a $1.5 billion ASR, or accelerated stock repurchase program, buying back $700 million of the nonvoting shares and $800 million of the voting stock.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
The island has a single, nonvoting delegate in Congress, and no Senate representation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
“Hearing none,” he said, “we’ll proceed to the vote. Those nonvoting members of the deacons’ board are dismissed.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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