OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 36996

supermajority

/ˌs(j)upɜɹməˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mayoría calificada • mayoría cualificada
A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.
It was in order to exclude not water, but the light of day, that the Roblin Government kept its super-majority on the Public Accounts Committee working under such heavy pressure, w…
The Texas Senate operates on a supermajority, too. Under ordinary circumstances, it takes approval from two-thirds of the 31 senators to bring a bill to the floor for debate.
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