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balance the ticket

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
bal-ance the tick-et
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

balances the ticket (present, singular) balancing the ticket (participle, present) balanced the ticket (participle, past) balanced the ticket (past)

Questions

What does balance the ticket mean?
To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.

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