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Definition of "re-count" []

  • To count again. (verb-transitive)
  • An additional count, especially a second count of votes cast in an election. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "re-count" in a sentence
  • "It made up of the same rent-a-mob crew that disrupted/halted the 2000 Florida vote re-count."
  • "State law would mandate a re-count if the margin is less than 2,000 votes."
  • "Washington has seen close races recently, including 2004's gubernatorial contest and Democrat Maria Cantwell's re-count victory over Republican Sen. Slade Gorton in 2000."
Words like "re-count"
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