📚 noun • entry_id 46693
bare minimum
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lo estrictamente necesario • lo más mínimo • mínimum indispensable • mínimum necesario
The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose.
It is the old problem of what a victor is to do with the vanquished, if the latter is to gain the bare minimum of economic independence.
The Belgian colonies, if they adhere to these limits, must provide for all their wants at a lower cost by one half than the French as a bare minimum.
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