noun
- affirmative votes or voters in a formal decision-making process
Usage: parliamentary procedure
Examples
- The ayes have it, and the motion passes.
- All in favor say aye; the ayes were counted first.
- The speaker called for the ayes and nays on the amendment.
- There were fifteen ayes and only three nays.
- The committee chair announced that the ayes outnumbered the opposition.
- When the vote was tallied, the ayes carried the proposal by a wide margin.