Meaning

4 senses
  1. (historical)A select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all justices collectively.

  2. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

    We can discuss the issue tonight but cannot vote until we have a quorum.

    Quorum

    кво́румkvórum

    a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

  3. The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.

  4. (archaic)Distinguished or essential members of any body; a select company.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. We can't begin the meeting until we have a quorum.

    ruМы не можем начать заседание, пока у нас нет кворума.

    deWir können das Treffen nicht beginnen bis wir ein Quorum haben.

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  2. Is there a quorum?

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  3. Do we have a quorum?

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  4. We don't have a quorum.

    Ми не маємо кворуму.

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  5. We seem to have lost our quorum.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
minimum number present for official business:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
minimum number present for official business:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English quorum (c. 1426), from Anglo-Norman quorum, clipped from the

Inherited from Middle English quorum (c. 1426), from Anglo-Norman quorum, clipped from the Anglo-Latin wording of commissions in which certain persons were specially designated as members of a body by the words quorum vos unum esse volumus ad etc. (“of whom we want you to be one assigned to etc.”).

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Forms

plural: quorums / quora

Word family

4 related words

See also

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