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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

exit poll

/ĕg'-zĭt pōl/ · ex·it poll · IPA
01 a survey poll taken by interviewing voters as they leave (exit) the polling place, to determine how they voted and for what reasons; -- it …
  1. 1.
    a survey poll taken by interviewing voters as they leave (exit) the polling place, to determine how they voted and for what reasons; -- it is usually taken by news media to learn at an early time (often before the balloting has finished) who the winners are, and sometimes the reasons for the voters' choices.