majority 音标拼音: [mədʒ'ɔrəti]
n . 多数,大多数;
C 超过对方的票数
多数,大多数;
C 超过对方的票数
majority 多数(逻辑)
majority 多数 多数决
majority n 1 :
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts ;
the main part ; "
the majority of his customers prefer it "; "
the bulk of the work is finished " [
synonym : {
majority }, {
bulk }] [
ant : {
minority }]
2 : (
elections )
more than half of the votes [
synonym : {
majority },
{
absolute majority }]
3 :
the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs [
synonym : {
majority }, {
legal age }] [
ant :
{
minority }, {
nonage }]
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 manage one '
s own affairs .
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2 .
The greater number ;
more than half ;
as ,
a majority of mankind ;
a majority of the votes cast .
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3 . [
Cf .
L .
majores .]
Ancestors ;
ancestry . [
Obs .]
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4 .
The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted ;
especially ,
the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates ;
as ,
he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes .
See {
Plurality }.
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{
To go over to the majority }
or {
To join the majority },
to die .
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73 Moby Thesaurus words for "
majority ":
accomplishment ,
adulthood ,
adultness ,
age of consent ,
ascendancy ,
best part ,
better part ,
body ,
bulk ,
deanship ,
driving age ,
essence ,
excellence ,
favor ,
flower of age ,
full age ,
full bloom ,
full growth ,
fullgrownness ,
generality ,
gist ,
gravamen ,
greatness ,
grown -
upness ,
incomparability ,
inimitability ,
lead ,
legal age ,
legalis homo ,
main body ,
major part ,
manhood ,
manlihood ,
mass ,
mature age ,
maturity ,
meat ,
more than half ,
most ,
one -
upmanship ,
plurality ,
precedence ,
predominance ,
predomination ,
preeminence ,
preponderance ,
preponderancy ,
prepotence ,
prepotency ,
prerogative ,
prestige ,
prime ,
prime of life ,
priority ,
privilege ,
right -
of -
way ,
ripe age ,
riper years ,
seniority ,
skill ,
substance ,
success ,
superiority ,
the greatest number ,
thrust ,
toga virilis ,
transcendence ,
transcendency ,
virility ,
virtuosity ,
womanhood ,
womanlihood ,
years of discretion MAJORITY ,
persons .
The state or condition of a person who has arrived at full age .
He is then said to be a major ,
in opposition to minor ,
which is his condition during infancy .
MAJORITY ,
government .
The greater number of the voters ;
though in another sense ,
it means the greater number of votes given in which sense it is a mere plurality . (
q .
v .)
2 .
In every well regulated society ,
the majority has always claimed and exercised the right to govern the whole society ,
in the manner pointed out by the fundamental laws and the minority are bound ,
whether they have assented or not ,
for the obvious reason that opposite wills cannot prevail at the same time ,
in the same society ,
on the same subject .
1 Tuck .
Bl .
Com .
App .
168 ,
172 ;
9 Dane '
s Ab .
37 to 43 ;
1 Story ,
Const .
Sec .
330 .
3 .
As to the rights of the majority of part owners of vessels ,
vide 3 Kent ,
Com .
114 et seq .
As to the majority of a church ,
vide 16 Mass .
488 .
4 .
In the absence of all stipulations ,
the general rule in partnerships is ,
that each partner has an equal voice ,
and a majority acting bonafide ,
have the right to manage the partnership concerns ,
and dispose of the partnership property ,
notwithstanding the dissent of the minority ;
but in every case when the minority have a right to give an opinion ,
they ought to be notified .
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1954 .
5 .
As to the majorities of companies or corporations ,
see Angel ,
Corp .
48 ,
et seq .;
3 M .
R .
495 .
Vide ,
generally ,
Rutherf .
Inst .
249 ;
9 Serg . &
Rawle ,
99 ;
Bro .
Corporation ,
pl .
63 ;
15 Vin .
Abr .
183 ,
184 ;
and the article Authority ;
Plurality ;
Quorum .
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