working+majority

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• Working majority — describes a parliamentary majority large enough to govern effectively without the danger of losing a vote of no confidence …   Wikipedia

• working majority — noun A majority of sufficient size that the party in office would not expect to be defeated in any vote • • • Main Entry: ↑work …   Useful english dictionary

• working majority — noun A majority big enough for the party or faction in power to carry through most of its legislative programme without the risk of parliamentary defeat …   Wiktionary

• working majority — noun (singular) BrE enough support in parliament for a government to continue making laws and ruling a country …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• working — [wʉr′kiŋ] adj. 1. that works 2. of, for, used in, or taken up by work [a working day, working clothes] 3. sufficient to allow work to be done [a working majority] 4. on which further work is or may be based [a working hypothesis] 5. moving or… …   English World dictionary

• majority — noun 1 most ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge, large, overwhelming, significant, sizeable, solid, strong, substantial …   Collocations dictionary

• majority — n. number greater than half (AE); greater number (BE) 1) to get, receive a majority 2) to have, hold a majority (the Democrats have a slim majority in the House) 3) a bare, narrow, slim, small; clear; large; overwhelming, vast majority 4) an… …   Combinatory dictionary

• working — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)kɪŋ[/t]] ♦ workings 1) ADJ: ADJ n Working people have jobs which they are paid to do. Like working women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Working people are ordinary people who do not have professional… …   English dictionary

• working — work|ing1 W1S1 [ˈwə:kıŋ US ˈwə:r ] adj [only before noun] 1.) a) having a job that you are paid for →↑employed ▪ a working mother ▪ Many working women rely on relatives for childcare. ▪ A smaller working population will have to support a growing… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• working — /werr king/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that works. 2. operation; action: the involuted workings of his mind. 3. the process of shaping a material: The working of clay is easy when it s damp. 4. the act of manufacturing or building a… …   Universalium

• working — work•ing [[t]ˈwɜr kɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of a person or thing that works 2) operation; action: the involuted workings of his mind[/ex] 3) the process of shaping a material: the working of damp clay[/ex] 4) min Usu., workings. a part of a mine,… …   From formal English to slang