採決

さいけつ · saiketsu · JLPT N1 · noun

vote

🗳️ 採 = pick/adopt + 決 = decide: pick a side by vote to decide a motion

採 means pick or adopt, and 決 means decide. Together, 採決 is the act of putting a motion to a vote and deciding it, as in a legislature's vote on a bill.

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