"vote of confidence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: votes of confidence [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|votes of confidence}} vote of confidence (plural votes of confidence)
  1. A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government. Translations (motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly): вот на доверив (vot na doveriv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vot de confiança [masculine] (Catalan), 信任投票 (xìnrèn tóupiào) (Chinese Mandarin), luottamuslauseäänestys (Finnish), motion de confiance [feminine] (French), Vertrauensfrage [feminine] (German), mosi percaya (Indonesian), vóta muiníne [masculine] (Irish), voto di fiducia [masculine] (Italian), undi percaya (Malay), wotum zaufania [neuter] (Polish), voto de confiança [masculine] (Portuguese), vot de încredere [neuter] (Romanian), во́тум дове́рия (vótum dovérija) [masculine] (Russian), moción de confianza [feminine] (Spanish), förtroendeomröstning [common-gender] (Swedish), во́тум дові́ри (vótum dovíry) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (informal, by extension) Any indication of confidence in another. Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-vote_of_confidence-en-noun-EQgPne-k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motion of confidence, confidence vote

Inflected forms

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  "word": "vote of confidence"
}

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