nays in English

noun
1
a negative answer or vote.
the cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "nays" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "nays", or refer to the context using the word "nays" in the English Dictionary.

1. The tally was two ayes and three nays.

2. An affirmative vote or voter: The Ayes outnumber the nays on this issue

3. An affirmative vote or voter: The Ayes outnumber the nays on this issue.

4. The yeas and nays have been ordered and the clerk will call the roll.

5. B : a formal refusal to vote on something [count] There were 10 ayes, 6 nays, and 2 Abstentions when the vote was taken.

6. By:AAReynolds (Senate SponsorA-Amiles) H.B.ANo.A2357 (In the SenateA-AReceived from the House MayA12,A2021; MayA17,A2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; MayA22,A2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; MayA22,A2021, sent to printer.) COMMITTEE VOTE AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Yea Nay AbsentA PNV