quorum
noun/ˈkwɔːrəm/
/ˈkwɔːrəm/
[singular]- the smallest number of people who must be at a meeting before it can begin or decisions can be made
- If a quorum is not present, the meeting must be adjourned.
- I’m afraid we don’t have a quorum.
- The number of representatives attending was too small to constitute a quorum.
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to justices of the peace): used in commissions for committee members designated by the Latin quorum vos … unum (duos, etc.) esse volumus ‘of whom we wish that you … be one (two, etc.)’.
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