Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - vote

~1 n 1 »CHOICE« a choice or decision that you make by voting in an election or meeting  (The Democratic Party is counting on your vote.) + for/agains  (There were 402 votes for Mr Williams, and 372 against.) cast your vote (=vote in a political election)  (- see also casting vote) 2 »ELECTION« an act of voting, when a group of people vote in order to decide or choose something  (The results of the vote were surprising - 80% of workers favoured strike action. | take/have a vote (on))  (We couldn't decide who to give the prize to so we took a vote on it. | put sth to the vote (=decide something by voting))  (Let's put it to the vote. All those in favor raise your hands.) 3 »RESULT« the result of a vote  (a very close vote | The motion was passed by a vote of 215 to 84.) 4 »PAPER« the piece of paper which you use to make your vote  (Party members were up all night counting the votes.) 5 »NUMBER OF VOTES« the total number of votes made in an election or the total number of people who vote  (The Republicans increased their share of the vote. | policies designed to win the African-American vote (=all the votes of African-Americans)) 6 the vote the right to vote in political elections  (In France women didn't get the vote until 1945.) 7 sth gets my vote spoken used to say that you are ready to support something  (Anything that will mean a better deal for our children gets my vote.) ~2 v 1 »MAKE A CHOICE« to show by marking a paper or raising your hand which person you want to elect or whether you support a particular plan  (In 1918 British women got the right to vote. | vote for sb)  (I voted for the Labour candidate in the last election.) + on  (If we can't agree, we'll have to vote on it.) vote to do sth  (Congress voted to increase foreign aid by 10%. | vote for/in favour of/against sth)  (53% of Danes voted in favour of the Maastricht treaty. | vote sth down (=defeat a plan, law etc by voting) | vote sth through (=approve a plan, law etc by voting) | vote Democrat/Socialist/Republican etc)  (I've voted Democrat all my life.) 2 »ELECT« to elect or dismiss someone by voting  (vote sb in/out (=elect or dismiss someone from a position of power))  (With policies like that he'll be voted out in the next election. | vote sb into power/office/parliament etc)  (Callaghan had been voted into office.) 3 »PRIZE« to choose someone or something for a particular prize by voting for them  (`Schindler's List' was voted `Film of the Year'.) 4 »MONEY« if a parliament, committee etc votes a sum of money for something, they decide by voting to provide money for that particular purpose  (Parliament has voted &20 million extra funding for road improvements.) 5 vote sth a success/the best etc if people vote something a success etc, they all agree that it is a success  (Tom's party was voted a great success by everyone there.) 6 »SUGGEST« informal to suggest something + tha  (I vote that we go to the movies.) 7 vote with your feet to show that you do not support a decision or action by leaving a place or organization