| absolute majority | |
| —n | |
| Compare relative majority a number of votes totalling over 50 per cent, such as the total number of votes or seats obtained by a party that beats the combined opposition | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |