final count

Closing vote total

Final count is the definitive tally after all items, votes, or participants have been counted.

It implies previous counts were preliminary or incomplete: The final count showed three hundred attendees.

In elections, the final count determines the winner after absentee and provisional ballots are included.

In boxing, a final count refers to the referee counting a downed fighter out.

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