Nounmajority (plural majorities)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A majority, also known as a simple majority in the U.S., is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of the group. This should not be confused with a plurality, which is a subset having the largest number of parts. A plurality is not necessarily a majority, as the largest subset may be less than half of the entire group. In British English, majority and plurality are often used as synonyms; it can also refer to the margin of vote separating the first-place finisher from the second-place finisher, so that a candidate who wins by 1000 votes may be said to have received "a majority of 1000 votes". The term "overall majority" is used in British English to refer to the difference between the number of seats won by the winning party in an election and the combined number of seats for all the other parties in parliament. The term "absolute majority" is used to indicate more than fifty percent of the vote. For example, in a hypothetical group of 40 athletes there are:
In this group, a majority would consist of more than half the total number of athletes, or 21 athletes. The group of all ball sport players together (15 football players + 6 table tennis players = 21) comprise a majority. However, football players, 15 in number, comprise a plurality, not a majority. In British English usage, football players would be described as having a majority of 5 (15 - 10) over sprinters, no individual sport has an absolute majority or an overall majority, and ball players have an overall majority of 2 (21 - 19) over the other sports. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Who is the largest or majority shareholder of the Target corporation? Q. Need to know who has the majority sharehold of Target corporation, and where they are located in the world. Asked by shoemanshoe - Wed Jul 26 11:37:41 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. There is a wealth of information that is easily available by reading their most recent proxy (noted as a "DEF 14A") which is available for free on www.sec.gov. To answer your question specifically, the largest holder of Target shares is: Capital Research and Management Company, based in Los Angeles, California. They own approximately 14% of the company. Answered by mrm33064 - Wed Jul 26 23:10:24 2006 What will happen to the political scene when minorities become the majority? Q. From sprawling urban areas to rural counties, racial and ethnic minorities outnumber whites in more parts of the country, according to 2003 Census estimates out today. t means more Americans may have to ask: Who's a minority? "It's a moving target," says Robert Lang, head of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. "The majority will be the minority and we'll relabel minorities the majority. It's just a matter of time." It is estimated that in 25 years, the majority of this country will be the minorities. Asked by Carol D - Sun Oct 26 23:58:59 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. I hope that this will mean that the politics of division will end. We all bleed red blood, breathe oxygen, walk upright and have the same wants and needs as anyone else. The sooner we all realize it, the better off we will all be. Answered by urnidiot - Mon Oct 27 00:04:03 2008 What is the possibility that Conservatives get an outright majority in tomorrow's elections?
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