majority
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A majority is more than half of a total; however, the term is commonly used with other meanings, as explained in the "Related terms" section below.
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- Majority vote
- Related terms
- Voting basis
- Examples
- Scenario 1
- Scenario 2
- Scenario 3
- Temporary majority
- Common errors
- See also
- Notes
- References
A majority is more than half of a total; however, the term is commonly used with other meanings, as explained in the "Related terms" section below.
It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. For example, if a group consists of 31 individuals, a majority would be 16 or more individuals, while having 15 or fewer individuals would not constitute a majority.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “majority” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.