deciding vote



aye, ballot, canvass, division, franchise, nay, no, plebiscite, poll, proportional representation, proxy, referendum, representation, say, straw vote,









   salience - bas-relief, bellying, blatancy, boldness, bulging, conspicuousness, dignity, distinction, eminence, esteem, excrescence, extrusion, fame, flagrancy, fragrance,

   mortgage holder - banker, loan shark, moneylender, mortgagee, pawnbroker ,

   dead give-away - babbling, betrayal, blabbering, blabbing, divulging, give-away, indiscretion, leak, letting out, obvious clue, tell-tale, tell-tale sign, unwitting disclosure ,

   sovereign nation - ally, body politic, buffer state, colony, commonwealth, county, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, empire, kingdom, land, mandate, nation,

   absorption and regurgitation - conditioning, implantation, impregnation, impression, indoctrination, infusion, inoculation ,

   violent change - accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, betterment, break, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, change of heart, clean slate, clean sweep,

   dark glasses - bifocals, contact lens, eyeglass, glasses, goggles, lorgnette, monocle, peepers, shades, specks, spectacles, sunglasses, visor ,

   guileful - Byzantine, Machiavellian, acute, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, chiselling, clever, collusive, crafty, cunning, cute,

   go in partnership - affiliate, ally, associate, band together, bunch, centralize, club, come together, confederate, conspire, couple, federalize, federate, gang, hook up,

   intercommunicate - adhere, be in connection, be in contact, clinch, cohere, come together, commerce with, commune with, communicate, connect, converge, converse, deal with, embrace, grow together,