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vote

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Definitions of vote

English

a formal expression of a choice between two or more issues, people, or options etc expressed typically through a ballot (=a system of voting secretly) or a show of hands

Votes were cast by 67.3% of investors at annual general meetings in the year to 31 July 2009.