Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secret ballot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
se-cret bal-lot
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and marked in secret at the polling places.

Inflected Forms

secret ballots (plural)

Synonyms

Australian ballot Massachusetts ballot

Questions

What does secret ballot mean?
The voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and marked in secret at the polling places.

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