ballot
noun
a slip or sheet of paper on which a person's vote is marked.
will ballot
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future tenseof ballot.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Talks are due to resume on Monday after Northern Ireland's health staff unions rejected a renewed pay offer and said they will ballot for industrial action.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
A steelworkers' union will ballot members on strike action in response to job losses at Tata Steel.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
The two unions will ballot their members between 23 and 31 August, to ask whether they would take action if compulsory cuts are announced.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2021
We will ballot them to gauge their strength of feeling on potential strike action.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2014
“We will ballot for the major and the three captains separately,” announced Captain Dale.
From The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine by Edward Stratemeyer
