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free vote

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables
free vote
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.

Inflected Forms

free votes (plural)

Synonyms

conscience vote

Antonyms

whipped vote

Questions

What does free vote mean?
In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.

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