English Words: V
7,391 words · Page 140 of 148
A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.
To signal support or approval of something by voting for it; to achieve enough support to pass.
To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, by physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.
A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.
A system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail
A strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting.
A form to be filled in by voters to indicate their preference among various choices in various categories.
A limit on the percentage of the total vote that voters of a particular classification can make.
The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.
A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
A scandal in Sierra Leone in the 1980s, involving the fraudulent manipulation of payment vouchers to take government money.
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter V contains 7,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 148 pages, and you are currently viewing page 140. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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