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Vote Of Confidence

Definition: Vote Of Confidence

Vote Of Confidence

Noun

1. An expression of approval and encouragement; "they gave the chairman a vote of confidence".

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vote Of Confidence

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Economic History

Turkey

Ciller established a DYP-only minority government in late September but failed to win a vote of confidence. (references)

Papua New Guinea

However, his government lost a vote of confidence in 1980 and was replaced by a new cabinet headed by Sir Julius Chan as Prime Minister. (references)

Israel

After losing a Knesset vote of confidence early in 1984, Prime Minister Shamir was forced to call for new elections, held in July of that year. (references)

Human Rights

Croatia

This decision by Del Ponte was seen by observers as a vote of confidence in the Government's ability to conduct an impartial trial in difficult war crimes cases; the trial began in June in the Rijeka county court, and had proceeded through several brief sessions by year's end, with each session ending in a recess to consider defense motions. (references)

Political Economy

Bulgaria

On July 24, 2001, following a vote of confidence in the National Assembly, the new government took office. (references)

Poland

The Polish Prime Minister, who forms a government with a vote of confidence by the Sejm, chairs the Council of Ministers. (references)

Political Rights

Kazakhstan

Final totals in the parliamentary vote of confidence were made public, but not the votes of individual members. (references)

Kazakhstan

In June 1999, Parliament banned the press and other outsiders from observing the vote of confidence in the Government. (references)

Bhutan

The King is to determine the portfolios of his ministers, whose terms are limited to 5 years, after which they must pass a vote of confidence in the National Assembly in order to remain in office. (references)

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Expression: Vote Of Confidence

Expression using "vote of confidence": a vote of confidence. Additional references.

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Modern Translations: Vote Of Confidence

Language Translations for "vote of confidence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

votëbesim. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تصويت بسحب الثقة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вот на доверие. (various references)

   

French

  

vote de confidence, investiture. (various references)

   

German

  

vertrauensvotum. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ψήφοσ εμπιστοσύνησ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"בעת אמון, "צבעת אמון. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bizalmi szavazat, bizalmi szavazás (a vote of confidence). (various references)

   

Italian

  

voto di fiducia. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

信任投票 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

し"に"とうひょう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otevay ofay onfidencecay

   

Portuguese

  

voto de confiança. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вотум доверия. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

glasanje o poverenju. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

voto de confidencia (a vote of confidence). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förtroendevotum. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

güven oyu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Vote Of Confidence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-e-f-f-i-n-n-o-o-o-t-v"

-4 letters: noneffective.

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Alternative Orthography: Vote Of Confidence


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 6F 74 65      4F 66      43 6F 6E 66 69 64 65 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101111 01110100 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01100110 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#111 &#116 &#101 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#110 &#102 &#105 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 006F 0074 0065      004F 0066      0043 006F 006E 0066 0069 0064 0065 006E 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5681867124972237818072757071806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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