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Representatives were elected by ballot.; Everyone casts his or her ballot (= votes) in secret.; Since she supported none of the candidates, she spoiled her ballot paper.

ballot paper - a piece of paper on which you write your vote; In Britain, the normal share of spoiled ballot papers in a general election is less than 1%.

OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's put it to the ballot.

The union decided to ballot its members on the issue.

also - an official paper that someone who cannot be at the voting place on the day of an election can use for voting and can send in by mail

absentee vote - Australian English;

There are lots of absentees at the moment because of illness.

someone who is absent; someone who is not at work or at the place where they are supposed to be

Despite the scandal, the leader's opponents could not win at the ballot box.

Down-ballot candidates are not well known by the electorate; It's difficult for Democrats in down-ballot races to get attention.

of or relating to the less prominent of the contested offices appearing on an electoral ballot, which typically lists such offices in descending order from national to local.

The election of the new members is done by secret ballot.

hold/have a secret ballot; by secret ballot - Union officers are elected by secret ballot.

Union leaders will today reveal the results of a strike ballot.;

hold/call for a strike ballot - Workers are due to hold a strike ballot in the New Year.

Rumours of ballot rigging discouraged many from voting.

vote/ballot/election rigging; Opposition parties have protested over alleged vote rigging in the election.

bid/price/share rigging - The OFT has recently completed its investigation into price rigging by supermarkets.

Several insurance companies have been accused of rigging their computer programs to produce artificially low values for injury claims.; Previous elections in the country have been rigged by the ruling party.

rig an election/vote/poll; rig prices/bids/systems - The airline has been fined for rigging prices.; The station had rigged gasoline prices.

a large truck consisting of at least two sections, including an engine to drive it and another part to hold a load

The oil rig was moved into position this week off Cuba's north-west coast.

oil/drilling/offshore rigs; rig also - a structure used to support machinery and equipment for a particular purpose - an oil rig; a camera/plow rig

The energy regulator accused the big electricity generators of rigging the market to keep prices deliberately high.; Charges on the arrest warrants included criminal association, extortion and market rigging.

We rigged ourselves out in tracksuits and running shoes for the race.

I want to get myself a new rig-out for the party.

I rigged up a temporary radio aerial from a coat hanger.; We rigged up a tent between two trees.; They rigged up an antenna on their radio to intercept phone calls.

to fix a piece of equipment in place, or to put something together quickly, for temporary use - I rigged up a TV antenna from a coat hanger.

to intercept a letter; Police intercepted a boat carrying over a million packs of cigarettes into the country illegally.; to intercept calls/communications/emails; Barry intercepted Naylor's pass and scored the third goal.

the interception of enemy messages; We authorize the interception of any phone line the target is using.; They established a secure communications channel to prevent the interception of critical information.

He’s thrown 122 passes without an interception.

Meanwhile, the massive aerial bombardment/bombing of military targets continued unabated.; Aerial photographs are used in making these maps.

On crisp fall weekends, banner-towing planes have been a familiar sight at sporting events.

The fighting continued unabated throughout the night.; Their arguments continue unabated.

The storm/wind/rain has started to abate.; The fighting in the area shows no sign of abating.; Our desire for consumer goods has not abated.

Inflation is finally showing signs of abating.;

Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate within the next few months.

The development is eligible for a 10-year property tax abatement.; Without tax abatement, I will never get the loans to finance the project.

Are you eligible for early retirement/maternity leave?; You might be eligible for a grant.; Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.; She hopes to be eligible for parole in 3 years.; an eligible voter

eligibility - I'll have to check her eligibility to take part.; The eligibility rules prevent under-18s being in the team.

I can think of several eligible bachelors of my acquaintance.; The magazine listed 50 of the world’s most eligible bachelors.

He's been released on parole.; She hopes to be eligible for parole in three years.;

He was paroled from prison last year after serving about four years.; Generally, the state paroles 11,000 to 12,000 inmates a year.

Women make up about 6 percent of all inmates in the U.S.; Two inmates managed to escape during the riot.

a person who is forced by law to stay in a prison or hospital

Inner-city riots erupted when a local man was shot by police.; Police used tear gas to put the riot down.

rioter - one of a group of people who meet in a public place and behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way, often as a protest; The police said 80 rioters had been arrested.; Soldiers used tear gas to disperse the rioters.

Students are rioting in the streets of the capital.; Inmates rioted yesterday at the prison.

rioting - noun - noisy, violent, and uncontrolled behaviour by a group of people in a public place, often as a protest - anti-government rioting; The controversy provoked widespread rioting in the city.

"How was the party?" "It was great - we had a riot."; I met Mike's brother for the first time - he's a riot.; The show was a riot.

Police in riot gear broke up the protest.

Jim's rose garden is a riot of colour.

I dread them coming here because they let their kids run riot.

My imagination was running riot, thinking of all the ways that I could spend the money.

He'd put up with a lot of bad behaviour from his son and thought it was time to read him the riot act.

Most of the major banks that operate in the City of London are on the list of eligible banks maintained by the Bank of England.

Eligible bills are virtually risk free since the Bank guarantees to buy all that are offered.

Before suing for rent abatement, the tenant should try to get the landlord to make the repairs.

For years, they were tenants on my father’s property.; Tenants had to give part of their harvest to the landowners.

a person or organization that uses a building or land and pays rent to its owner

They are still seeking an anchor tenant for the skyscraper, which could be built by the end of summer 2012.

We can't sell the house because we can't get rid of the sitting tenants.; It is possible to sell a property with a sitting tenant living in it.

someone with the legal right to remain in a property that they are renting and who cannot be forced to leave by its owner

Millions of farmers in the Philippines are tenant farmers and, on average, they hand over 60-70% of their harvest to their landlord as rent.

If you are a tenant at will, the landlord can end the tenancy, but must give you notice.

The council issued a noise abatement order against the club.; The Act allows environmental health officers temporarily to remove audio equipment to ensure that a noise abatement notice is complied with.

Fossil fuel-based carbon abatement technologies (CATs) enable fossil fuels to be used with substantially reduced CO2 emissions.

Let our tax advisors help with abatement of penalties and your letter of abatement to the authorities.

a frame of wire, wood, or plastic on which clothes are hung to keep them neat when you are not wearing them

Wherever there is royalty, there are always hangers-on.; Wherever there are rock stars, there are always hangers-on.

The days of the goal hanger ended with the introduction of the offside rule.

A tenant at sufferance is liable to pay rent, but can be evicted at any time.

He gave me a bed for a couple of nights but I felt I was there on sufferance.

absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration

He only visits his parents under sufferance.; He was offered a two-month anger management program that he attended under sufferance.

The Office of Fair Trading has today formally accused 112 construction firms in England of participating in bid rigging.

also - illegal behaviour by two or more people at an auction (= public sale) in which they agree not to bid against each other

Rumours of ballot rigging discouraged many from voting.

The sailors rigged the ship with new sails.