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  • 51minority group — minority (def. 3). [1960 65] * * * …

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  • 52minority stockholder — n. A stockholder who holds very few shares in a corporation and thus is unable to vote effectively for corporate directors. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 53minority — (n.) 1530s, condition of being smaller, from M.Fr. minorité (15c.), or directly from M.L. minoritatem (nom. minoritas), from L. minor (see MINOR (Cf. minor) (adj.)). Meaning state of being under legal age is from 1540s; that of smaller number or… …

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  • 54Minority Report —    Film de science fiction de Steven Spielberg d après le roman de Philip K. Dick, avec Tom Cruise, Kathryn Morris, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Spencer Treat Clark, Peter Stormare, Blake Bashoff.   Pays: États Unis   Date de… …

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  • 55minority — *infancy, nonage Antonyms: majority …

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  • 56minority — ► NOUN (pl. minorities) 1) the smaller number or part; a number or part representing less than half of the whole. 2) a relatively small group of people differing from the majority in race, religion, language, etc. 3) the state or period of being… …

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  • 57minority — [mī nôr′ə tē, minôr′ə tē; mīnär′ə tē, minär′ə tē] n. pl. minorities [ML minoritas < L minor,MINOR] 1. the lesser part or smaller number; less than half of a total 2. a group, party, or faction with a smaller number of votes or adherents than… …

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  • 58minority carrier — noun (electronics) In a semiconductor, the type of carrier electrons or holes which carries the lesser degree of measured current • • • Main Entry: ↑minor …

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  • 59minority waiter — (Sheridan) Meaning uncertain (perh a waiter, or a tidewaiter, out of employment) • • • Main Entry: ↑wait …

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  • 60Minority group — A minority is a sociological group within a demographic. The demographic could be based on many factors from ethnicity, gender, wealth, power, etc. The term extends to numerous situations, and civilizations within history, despite the misnomer of …

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