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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But outside investors got only nonvoting shares and about a third of the voting shares.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
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
While Schmid and Goolsbee issued official dissents in favor of an interest rate pause, several nonvoting policymakers signaled in their rate projections discomfort with the pace of easing.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 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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