qualified majority
English
Noun
qualified majority (plural qualified majorities)
- (chiefly UK) A majority in a vote that reaches a preset threshold value significantly larger than 50%, such as 2⁄3, often required instead of a simple majority for reaching a decision; particularly on important matters, such as modifying the bylaws of an association.
- Synonym: (chiefly US) supermajority
- Antonym: qualified minority
- three-fifths qualified majority
- two-thirds qualified majority
Translations
supermajority — see supermajority
Further reading
- “qualified majority”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “qualified majority” (US) / “qualified majority” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “qualified majority voting”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “qualified majority voting”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Qualified majority - Consilium, consilium.europa.eu
- EUR-Lex - qualified_majority - EN - EUR-Lex, ur-lex.europa.eu
- Are qualified majority rules special? | SpringerLink, 1984
- qualified majority, supermajority at Google Ngram Viewer
- “qualified majority” under “qualified”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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