Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun casting_vote

1 sense of casting vote

Sense 1
casting vote -- (the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie)
       => vote, ballot, voting, balloting -- (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person")