Majority
81Majority (disambiguation) — A majority is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group. Other uses of majority include: Majority (sociology), a sub group that does form the majority of a population Age of majority, in law, the age at which one acquires the …
82majority, plurality, minority — One meaning of majority is more than half. Plurality means the highest number within a given number, the excess of votes received by the leader over the next candidate when three or more are competing. If Joe got eighty votes, Jack sixty, and… …
83Majority draw — A majority draw is an outcome in several full contact combat sports, including boxing, mixed martial arts, and others sports involving striking. In a majority draw, two of the three judges agree that neither fighter won (i.e. tied scorecards),… …
84Majority Shareholder — A person or entity that owns more than 50% of a company s outstanding shares. The majority shareholder is often the founder of the company, or in the case of long established businesses, the founder s descendants. By virtue of controlling more… …
85majority leader — noun leader of the majority party in a legislature • Hypernyms: ↑legislator * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : the leader of the political party that has the most members in the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives compare ↑minority leader * * *… …
86Majority government — A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of… …
87Majority Rules — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel Majority Rules – Becky regiert die Stadt Originaltitel Majority Rules! …
88Majority report (Poor Law) — The Majority report was a report published by the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws published in 1909. The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws was a group set up to work out the best way to relieve the poor. The Commission was made up of members of …
89majority rule — noun the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group • Syn: ↑democracy • Derivationally related forms: ↑democratic (for: ↑democracy) • Hypernyms: ↑doctrine, ↑ …
90majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, esp. the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives. [1950 55, Amer.] * * * …
