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quo·rum    Audio Help   [kwawr-uhm, kwohr-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.
[Origin: 1425–75; < L quōrum of whom; from a use of the word in commissions written in Latin specifying a quorum]
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quo·rum    Audio Help   (kwôr'əm, kwōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, usually a majority, who must be present for valid transaction of business.
  2. A select group.


[Middle English, quorum of justices of the peace, from Latin quōrum, of whom (from the wording of a commission naming certain persons as members of a body), genitive pl. of quī, who; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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quorum 
1426, in ref. to certain eminent justices of the peace, from L. quorum "of whom," gen. pl. of qui (see who). The traditional wording of the commission appointing justices of the peace translates as, "We have also assigned you, and every two or more of you (of whom [quoram vos] any one of you the aforesaid A, B, C, D, etc. we will shall be one) our justices to inquire the truth more fully." The justices so-named were usually called the justices of the quorum. Meaning "fixed number of members whose presence is necessary to transact business" is first recorded 1616.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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quorum

noun
a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
quorum [ˈkwoːrəm] noun
the smallest number of members necessary at a meeting before any business can be done
Arabic: نِصاب قانوني
Chinese (Simplified): 法定到会人数
Chinese (Traditional): 法定到會人數
Czech: kvorum, většina potřebná k hlasování
Danish: quorum; beslutningsdygtigt antal
Dutch: quorum
Estonian: kvoorum
Finnish: päätösvaltaisuus
French: quorum
German: beschlußfähige Mitgliederzahl
Greek: απαρτία
Hungarian: határozatképesség
Icelandic: tilskilinn lágmarksfjöldi fundarmanna
Indonesian: kuorum
Italian: quorum
Japanese: 定足数
Korean: 정족수
Latvian: kvorums
Lithuanian: kvorumas
Norwegian: beslutningsdyktig forsamling
Polish: kworum
Portuguese (Brazil): quorum
Portuguese (Portugal): quórum
Romanian: quorum
Russian: кворум
Slovak: kvórum
Slovenian: za sklepčnost potrebno število
Spanish: quórum
Swedish: beslutsmässigt antal
Turkish: yeter sayı
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
quorum [(kwawr-uhm)]

The minimum number of members of a committee or legislative body who must be present before business can officially or legally be conducted. In the United States Congress, for example, either house must have a majority (218 in the House of Representatives, 51 in the Senate) to have a quorum.


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Quorum

The minimum acceptable level of individuals with a vested interest in a company needed to make the proceedings of a meeting valid under the corporate charter.

Investopedia Commentary

This clause within a company's charter ensures that there is a sufficient representation of stockholders present at meetings before any changes can be made by the board.

See also: Annual General Meeting

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Main Entry: quo·rum
Pronunciation: 'kwOr-&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, a select number of English justices of the peace formerly required to be present at sessions to constitute a lawful bench, from Latin, of whom, genitive plural of qui who; from the wording of the commission once issued to justices of the peace in England
: the number (as a majority) of members or officers that must be present to conduct business <lacked a quorum at the meeting of shareholders>

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Quorum

Quo"rum\, n. [L., of whom, gen. pl. of qui who, akin to E. who. See the Note below.] Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.

Note: The term arose from the Latin words, Quorum aliquem vestrum . . . unum esse volumus (of whom we wish some one of you to be one), which were used in the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace in England, by which commission it was directed that no business of certain kinds should be done without the presence of one or more of certain justices specially designated. Justice of the peace and of the quorum designates a class of justices of the peace in some of the United States.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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