資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
   to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.]
   1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
      --Massinger.

   2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
      persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
      the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
      choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
      person voting has an interest in common with others,
      either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
      rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.

   3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
      elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
      ticket; as, a written vote.

            The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote
            that shakes the turrets of the land.  --Holmes.

   4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
      decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
      the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.

   5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.

   {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting},
      {Cumulative}, etc.



   {Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by
      virtue of which they produce, when administered in small
      doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect
      as if given in a single large dose.

   {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is
      cumulative.

   {Cumulative vote} or {system of voting} (Politics), that
      system which allows to each voter as many votes as there
      are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate
      these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among
      the candidates as he pleases.

資料來源 : WordNet®

cumulative vote
     n : an election in which each person has as many votes as there
         are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for
         one candidate or can be distributed in any manner