Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

majority decision

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
ma-jor-i-ty de-ci-sion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decision that gains the acceptance of the majority of voters in a decision-making body, such as a parliament, municipal council or shareholders' meeting.

noun

An outcome in several full-contact combat sports where two of the three judges agree on which fighter won the match, while the third judge indicates that neither fighter won (i.e., a "draw").

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

majority decisions (plural)

Questions

What does majority decision mean?
A decision that gains the acceptance of the majority of voters in a decision-making body, such as a parliament, municipal council or shareholders' meeting.

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