Vote-of-thanks Definition

noun

An often informal vote to thank some chairman or other officer of an organization for the work he has done on the organization's behalf; sometimes ending with the presentation of a gift.

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Noun

Singular:
vote-of-thanks
Plural:
votes of thanks

Vote-of-thanks Sentence Examples

  • Calhoun, bitterly hostile to the last, objected to the usual vote of thanks to the retiring vice-president, but withdrew his objection.

  • In the "Juno" his gallant rescue of some shipwrecked seamen won him a vote of thanks and a sword of honour from the Jamaica assembly.

  • He had always shown great enthusiasm for a military career, and so distinguished himself in the campaigns in which he took part that on one occasion he received a public vote of thanks.

  • He proposed a vote of thanks to the author, which was carried by acclamation.

  • He also proposed a vote of thanks for the hon sec for the hard work involved over the past year.

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