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Quorum synonyms

kwôr'əm
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majority
The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
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  1. The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
  2. The number by which the votes cast for the candidate, bill, etc. receiving more than half of the votes, exceed the remaining votes (Ex.: if candidate A gets 100 votes, candidate B, 50, and candidate C, 30, A has a majority of 20)
  3. The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.
plenum
An assembly or meeting with all members present.
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  1. An assembly or meeting with all members present.
  2. A space lying above the ceiling in a building but below the next floor, especially one allowing movement of air between parts of the building.
  3. A full or general assembly, as of all members of a legislative body
Find another word for quorum. In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for quorum, like: majority, legal minimum, plenum, attendance and bulk.

Sentence Examples

  • But enough members remained to give the legal quorum, and it was carried by 120 to 2 votes.

  • Are there enough in attendance to constitute a quorum?

  • When a quorum, with some difficulty, was obtained, another period of retrograde legislation set in.

  • Two-thirds of each house constitute a quorum to do business.

  • The Senate would choose its own president, and the House of Representatives its speaker; each house would make its own rules of procedure; in each, one-third of the number of members would form a quorum; the members of each must take oath, or make affirmation of allegiance; and all alike would receive an allowance of £400 a year.

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