vote counter
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- noun
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contador de votos
- As the vote counter, she was responsible for verifying each vote cast during the election.
Examples
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The vote counter announced the results after hours of counting.
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Every vote counter must remain impartial during the counting process.
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The vote counter announced the final results after tallying all the ballots.
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The committee appointed a new vote counter for the upcoming election.
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Many vote counters worked diligently during the election night.
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The vote counter carefully tallied the ballots to ensure an accurate election result.
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During the election, a vote counter reported the final tally to the officials overseeing the process.
Synonyms
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A person or machine that keeps a total of items
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A person who counts votes at a formal meeting
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A person who checks votes and confirms election results
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A person who counts and records items like votes or goods
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A person who watches voting and checks ballots for fairness during an election
A person who counts things, for example votes or goods
A person or machine that checks voters and records ballots
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device or system that tallies votes' is directly derivable from combining 'vote' (an instance/tally in an election) with 'counter' (a person or device that keeps a count). The noun-noun composition 'X counter' meaning 'something that counts X' is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
Vote counter comes from the simple image of a person who counts votes one by one, often marking a tally on paper or a board as each ballot is read, so it means 'an official responsible for counting votes'.