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What is a vote of confidence?

What is a vote of confidence? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.
  2. (informal, by extension) Any indication of confidence in another.
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It deserves a vote of confidence from investors and political leaders alike.
They invoked the Armageddon option and started threatening to table a vote of confidence in the Government if the rebels defeated the proposal.
To their disappointment, the vote of confidence was not given whereupon they resigned from their posts and left the meeting.
If he presented our disfellowship as a vote of confidence in him, they did not see any option but to support him however much they disagreed.
He also secured the continuation of his government through a vote of confidence.
My alternative suggestion was that he should initiate a vote of confidence from the Parliamentary Party.

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