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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They were joined by Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands and James Moylan of Guam, nonvoting delegates who can debate and cast votes on amendments but not on actual legislation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Berkshire will purchase $5 billion of Alphabet’s class A voting stock at about $352 a share and $5 billion of the nonvoting C shares at roughly $348 a share.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Then Bloom turned up, bought a 29% nonvoting share, and promised that Hearts would win the league within a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
“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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