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casting vote
noun [S]Definition
› MEETINGS a single vote by the person in charge of a meeting, which is used to decide a question if the number of votes on each side is equal: If there is a tie in the final round between the top two contenders, the president of the association will have the casting vote.
(Definition of casting vote noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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