call-in — noun a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on going program • Derivationally related forms: ↑call in • Hypernyms: ↑call, ↑phone call, ↑telephone call * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ (ˌ) ̷ ̷ adjective Etym … Useful english dictionary
Poll — Poll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polling}.] 1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. [1913 Webster] When he [Absalom] pollled his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poll — I (canvass) noun capitation, catalogue of persons, census, census report, census return, count, enumeration, evaluation, inquiry, numbering, numeration, public opinion, questionary, questionnaire, register, registration, return, statistic, survey … Law dictionary
call the roll — index poll Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
poll — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, VAT, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, ad valorem duty, agenda, alcohol tax, amusement tax, ask, assessment on default, aye, ballot, ballot box, balloting place, beadroll, bean, belfry, bob … Moby Thesaurus
Poll average — A poll average is the result of someone taking the combined information from many different opinion polls that deal with the same issue and synthesizing the information into a new set of numbers. [Lynch, Scott M. Introduction to Bayesian… … Wikipedia
poll — 1. poll, verb To single out, one by one, of a number of persons. To examine each juror separately, after a verdict has been given, as to his concurrence in the verdict. See polling the jury 2. poll, noun A head; an individual person; a register… … Black's law dictionary
call off — Synonyms and related words: KO, call over, call the roll, cancel, census, complete, count, delete, dispose of, drop, drop the curtain, end off, enumerate, expunge, extinguish, finalize, finish, fold up, foliate, get it over, get over with, get… … Moby Thesaurus
poll — I. /poʊl / (say pohl) noun 1. the registering of votes, as at an election. 2. the voting at an election. 3. the number of votes cast. 4. the numerical result of the voting. 5. an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or… …
take a roll call — index poll Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
To poll a jury — Poll Poll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polling}.] 1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. [1913 Webster] When he [Absalom] pollled… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English