Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whipped vote

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: whipped vote
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are strictly required to vote as directed by the leadership of their political party.

Example Sentences

"Any minister who failed to support it in a whipped vote would be expected to resign."
"Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has called for a whipped vote, and the party says all 77 Liberals will vote to kill the bill."
"The lowest part of her political career was following the Liberal government's whipped vote to limit compensation to hepatitis C victims in 1998."

Inflected Forms

whipped votes (plural)

Phrases

party whip

Frequently Paired Words

party whip

Antonyms

conscience vote free vote

Questions

What does whipped vote mean?: In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are strictly required to vote as directed by the leadership of their political party.

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