vote-assignment; assigning votes
Used in contexts like international organizations where each member country is assigned a certain number of votes.
In the UN, member countries are assigned votes.
IMF vote assignments are determined by the amount of financial contribution.
Compound of 持ち (mochi, 'holding') + 票 (hyō, 'vote'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term likely emerged in modern political and organizational contexts.