postal vote
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postal vote — noun A vote submitted by post rather than placed directly into a ballot box • • • Main Entry: ↑postal * * * postal vote UK US noun [countable] [singular postal vote plural … Useful english dictionary
postal vote — postal ,vote noun count BRITISH an ABSENTEE BALLOT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
postal vote — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms postal vote : singular postal vote plural postal votes British a vote that you send through the post, usually because you will be away on the day of an election … English dictionary
postal vote — noun (C) BrE a vote sent through the post, especially by someone who cannot be present to vote on the day of an election; absentee vote AmE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
postal vote — /ˈpoʊstl voʊt/ (say pohstl voht) noun a vote recorded on a ballot paper which is then sent by post to an electoral office …
Postal voting — describes the method of voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed and/or returned by post to electors, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system.It is of… … Wikipedia
postal — post|al [ˈpəustl US ˈpous ] adj [only before noun] 1.) relating to the official system which takes letters from one place to another ▪ the U.S. postal service ▪ postal workers ▪ an increase in postal charges 2.) relating to sending things by post … Dictionary of contemporary English
postal — adj. & n. adj. 1 of the post. 2 by post (postal vote). n. US a postcard. Phrases and idioms: postal card US = POSTCARD. postal code = POSTCODE. postal meter a franking machine. postal note Austral. & NZ = postal order. postal order a money order… … Useful english dictionary
postal ballot — noun A vote made on an oficial form which is then sent through the post / mail Syn: postal vote … Wiktionary
postal — adjective 1》 relating to the post. 2》 chiefly Brit. carried out by post: a postal vote. noun (also postal card) US a postcard. Phrases go postal US informal go mad, especially from stress. [with ref. to cases in which postal employees have run… … English new terms dictionary