Synonyms of the word

balloting

• v. present participle of ballot.

ballot

• n. Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or…
• n. The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
• n. The total of all the votes cast in an election.
• n. (chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
• v. To vote or decide by ballot.
• v. To draw lots.

choice

• n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
• n. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
• n. Anything that can be chosen.
• n. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
• n. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
• n. (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
• adj. Especially good or preferred.
• adj. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
• adj. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

option

• n. One of a set of choices that can be made.
• n. The freedom or right to choose.
• n. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can…
• n. (graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option").
• v. To purchase an option on something.
• v. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.

pick

• n. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
• n. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
• n. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
• n. A choice; ability to choose.
• n. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
• n. (basketball) A screen.
• n. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• n. (American football) An interception.
• n. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
• n. (baseball) A pickoff.
• n. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
• n. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
• n. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
• n. (printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face,…
• n. (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
• n. (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute);…
• v. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
• v. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached;…
• v. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
• v. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
• v. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
• v. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
• v. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand…
• v. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
• v. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
• v. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
• v. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
• v. To steal; to pilfer.
• v. (obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
• v. (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.

selection

• n. The process or act of selecting.
• n. Something selected.
• n. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
• n. A musical piece.
• n. (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.

vote

• n. A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities.
• n. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
• n. (obsolete) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.

voting

• v. present participle of vote.
• adj. (finance) Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
• n. action of the verb to vote.