quorum

UK: /ˈkwɔːrəm/ US: /ˈkwɔrəm/ ,(kwôr′əm, kwōr′-)

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quo•rum /ˈkwɔrəm/   n. [countable]

1. the number of members of a group, usually a majority, that must be present in order to have a meeting, transact business, or carry out an activity according to the group's rules.

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quo•rum  (kwôr′əm, kwōr′-), n. 

1. the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
2. a particularly chosen group.

• Latin quōrum of whom; from a use of the word in commissions written in Latin specifying a quorum
• 1425–75

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quorum / ˈkwɔːrəm/ noun

1. a minimum number of members in an assembly, society, board of directors, etc, required to be present before any valid business can be transacted

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin, literally: of whom, occurring in Latin commissions in the formula quorum vos … duos (etc) volumus of whom we wish that you be … two