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English-French legislative terms. 2015.
English-French legislative terms. 2015.
Poll — Poll, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.] 1. The head; the back part of the head. All flaxen was his poll. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A number or aggregate of heads;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poll book — Poll Poll, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.] 1. The head; the back part of the head. All flaxen was his poll. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A number or aggregate of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poll evil — Poll Poll, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.] 1. The head; the back part of the head. All flaxen was his poll. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A number or aggregate of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poll pick — Poll Poll, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.] 1. The head; the back part of the head. All flaxen was his poll. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A number or aggregate of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poll tax — Poll Poll, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.] 1. The head; the back part of the head. All flaxen was his poll. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A number or aggregate of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poll Tax Riots — The Poll Tax Riots were mass disturbances, or riots, which occurred in Britain during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the poll tax), introduced by the Tory government led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. By far the… … Wikipedia
poll — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 survey of opinion ADJECTIVE ▪ local, national, nationwide, statewide (AmE) ▪ opinion ▪ political, popularity … Collocations dictionary
poll — poll1 W3 [pəul US poul] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: poll head (13 19 centuries), from Middle Low German; from the idea of counting heads] 1.) the process of finding out what people think about something by asking many people the same question, or … Dictionary of contemporary English
poll — 1 noun 1 (C) a) an attempt to find out what the public think about something, especially about a political subject, done by questioning a large number of people; opinion poll: Another poll asked respondents if they favoured nuclear power. | carry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
poll — I UK [pəʊl] / US [poʊl] noun [countable] Word forms poll : singular poll plural polls ** 1) an occasion when a lot of people are asked what they feel about something, usually by a company paid by a political party, television programme etc They… … English dictionary
Close Encounters of the Third Kind — For the concept from which this film derives its name, see Close encounter. Close Encounters of the Third Kind Theatrical release poster Directed by … Wikipedia