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overhang seat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
over-hang seat
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A legislative seat distribution, used to guarantee that a party gets their fair share of seats, when a party is entitled to fewer seats as a result of party votes than it has won constituencies. Additional seats granted to that party would be overhang seats.

Inflected Forms

overhang seats (plural)

Phrases

underhang seat

Frequently Paired Words

underhang seat

Questions

What does overhang seat mean?
A legislative seat distribution, used to guarantee that a party gets their fair share of seats, when a party is entitled to fewer seats as a result of party votes than it has won constituencies. Additional seats granted to that party would be overhang seats.

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