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Casting vote

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In office & administration, casting vote means: A vote used by an authorised chair or designated person to decide an otherwise tied result.

In Turkish: eşitliği bozan oy

How it is used

Used only where meeting rules grant a tie-breaking vote; do not assume that every chair has this right.

Example sentences

  1. The votes were equal, and the chair used her casting vote under the committee rules.

    The chair's special vote resolves a tie in this committee.

  2. Check the rules before recording that the proposal passed on a casting vote.

    The record must reflect whether the tie-breaking procedure was authorised.

Common collocations

  • exercise a casting vote
  • chair's casting vote
  • decided by a casting vote
  • agendaA list of the topics to be discussed at a meeting, in the order they will be discussed, usually sent to participants beforehand.
  • minutesThe official written record of a meeting, listing who attended, what was discussed, what was decided and which actions were agreed.

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