See Also: polling(medicine)
polling(dictionary)
polling day(dictionary)
polling(dictionary)
polling booth(dictionary)
polling station(dictionary)

polling (iou)



polling noun. ME.
[from POLL verb + -ING1.]
a. The cutting of hair; shearing, clipping. ME-M17.
b. The cutting off of the top of a tree. E17.
Plundering, extortion, robbery; an instance of this. E16-M17.
In pl. The results or proceeds of polling; offcuttings; spoils. M16-M19.
a. The casting or recording of votes. E17.
Manchester Examiner The polling in the election of nine members of the..School Board.
b. The action or process of conducting a poll. M20.
Public Opinion Scientific polling on individual issues fills a great gap in the democratic form of government. A. Garve You go into the streets and do a little polling on the subject.
Telecommunications & Computing. The action or process of polling a device, network, node, etc.; spec. repeated interrogation of each node of a network in turn. M20.
Comb.: polling-booth a compartment in which a voter can privately mark a ballot-paper; polling card a card notifying a voter of voting details for an election; polling clerk = poll-clerk s.v. POLL noun1; polling day a day on which voting in an election takes place; polling station a building etc. where voting takes place in an election.