yes
n. countablen. an answer that means you agree or say 'ok' to something. You use it when you want to count how many people said they would do something.
n. an affirmative answer or decision. Often used in the plural to represent the total number of votes in favour of a proposal.
We received ten yeses and only two nos.
The committee counted the yeses to see if the new park project had enough support to begin construction.
After weeks of intense lobbying and public debate, the final tally showed a narrow majority of yeses, effectively passing the controversial legislation into law.
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”).
The plural is usually spelled 'yeses', though 'yesses' is an accepted variant.