quorum
A select body of justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to…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.
» We can't begin the meeting until we have a quorum.
Wir können das Treffen nicht beginnen bis wir ein Quorum haben. — Esperantostern
Мы не можем начать заседание, пока у нас нет кворума. — odexed
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(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.
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
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.
(archaic)Distinguished or essential members of any body; a select company.
Examples
9 sentencesWe can't begin the meeting until we have a quorum.
ruМы не можем начать заседание, пока у нас нет кворума. — odexed
deWir können das Treffen nicht beginnen bis wir ein Quorum haben. — Esperantostern
Is there a quorum?
Do we have a quorum?
We don't have a quorum.
Ми не маємо кворуму. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
We seem to have lost our quorum.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English quorum (c. 1426), from Anglo-Norman quorum, clipped from theInherited 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 / quoraWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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