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21 majority vote
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22 majority-owned subsidiaries
= filiales dans lesquelles une personne ou une société détient une participation majoritaireEnglish-French business dictionary > majority-owned subsidiaries
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23 majority, interest
intérêts m majoritaires, participation f majoritaire -
24 majority, interest, partner
associé m détenant une participation majoritaireEnglish-French legislative terms > majority, interest, partner
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25 majority, vote
majorité f(des voix), vote m majoritaire -
26 the age of majority
(legal adulthood (in Britain, eighteen years of age): He has not yet reached the age of majority.) majorité -
27 moral majority
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28 Moral Majority
Moral Majority n Pol US mouvement politique américain regroupant en majorité les chrétiens fondamentalistes, prônant les valeurs morales de la droite. -
29 silent majority
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30 working majority
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31 absolute majority of votes
Pol. majorité absolue des voixEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > absolute majority of votes
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32 overwhelming majority
Pol. écrasante majoritéEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > overwhelming majority
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33 qualified majority
Pol. majorité qualifiée [majorité renforcée: les 2/3 ou les 3/4 des voix]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > qualified majority
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34 required majority
Pol. majorité requiseEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > required majority
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35 silent majority
Pol. majorité silencieuseEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > silent majority
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36 simple majority system
Pol. scrutin màjoritaire à un tourEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > simple majority system
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37 special majority
Pol. majorité qualifiée [= majorité renforcée: les 2/3 ou les 3/4 des voix, p. ex.]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > special majority
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38 substantial majority
Pol. majorité confortableEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > substantial majority
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39 viable majority
Pol. majorité viableEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > viable majority
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40 moral majority
noun majorité f bien-pensante
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majority — We are concerned here with three related uses, two of them relatively straightforward and one that gives rise to a difficulty: 1. majority = ‘a superiority in numbers’, especially in political contexts, ‘the amount by which a winning vote exceeds … Modern English usage
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Majority — • The state of a person or thing greater, or superior, in relation to another person or thing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Majority Majority … Catholic encyclopedia
Majority — Ma*jor i*ty, n.; pl. {Majorities}. [F. majorit[ e]. See {Major}.] 1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
majority — majority, plurality are arbitrarily defined in the United States, especially by statute, when they refer to an excess of votes as determining an election. Both imply an excess of votes over the next highest candidate. The distinction between the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
majority — ► NOUN (pl. majorities) 1) the greater number. 2) Brit. the number by which the votes cast for one party or candidate exceed those for the next. 3) the age when a person is legally considered a full adult, usually 18 or 21. USAGE Strictly… … English terms dictionary
majority — (n.) 1550s, condition of being greater, superiority, from M.Fr. majorité (16c.), from M.L. majoritatem (nom. majoritas) majority, from L. maior greater (see MAJOR (Cf. major) (adj.)). Sense of state of being of full age is attested from 1560s;… … Etymology dictionary
majority — [n1] plurality, most best part*, bulk, greater number, greater part, larger part, lion’s share*, mass, max*, more, more than half*, preponderance, superiority; concepts 766,829,835 Ant. minority, secondary majority [n2] adulthood age of consent,… … New thesaurus
majority — [mə jôr′ə tē, məjär′ə tē] n. pl. majorities [Fr majorité < ML majoritas < L major: see MAJOR] 1. [also with pl. v.] the greater part or larger number; more than half of a total ☆ 2. the number by which the votes cast for the candidate, bill … English World dictionary
Majority — This article is about the mathematical concept of majority. For other uses, see Majority (disambiguation). A majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset… … Wikipedia
majority — ▪ I. majority ma‧jor‧i‧ty 1 [məˈdʒɒrti ǁ məˈdʒɔː , məˈdʒɑː ] noun majorities PLURALFORM 1. [singular] most of the people or things in a particular group: • Some franchisees quit, but the majority are still hanging on. majority of … Financial and business terms