division lobby
noun [C] UK specializedDefinition
› one of two rooms to which a British Member of Parliament must go to show if they are voting for or against a suggested lawElections
(Definition of division lobby noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absentee ballot noun
- absolute majority noun
- abstain verb (NOT VOTE)
- abstention noun (NOT VOTING)
- aye noun
- ballot rigging noun
- franchise noun (VOTE)
- general election noun
- gerrymandering noun
- go to the country idiom
- hung adjective
- nominate verb (SUGGEST)
- rigging noun (DISHONESTLY ARRANGE)
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- spoil verb (DESTROY)
- straw poll noun
- suffrage noun
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