minimum
the least quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, or the like.
the lowest speed permitted on a highway.
the lowest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded.
an arbitrary amount set by a restaurant, nightclub, etc., as the least amount to be charged each person for food and drink.: Compare cover charge.
Mathematics.
Also called relative minimum, local minimum. the value of a function at a certain point in its domain, which is less than or equal to the values at all other points in the immediate vicinity of the point.: Compare absolute minimum.
the point in the domain at which a minimum occurs.
noting or indicating a minimum.
least possible: minimum risk.
lowest: a minimum rate.
pertaining to a minimum or minimums.
Origin of minimum
1Words that may be confused with minimum
- minimal, minimum
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How to use minimum in a sentence
The minimum number of staff required to safely run the event will also be present, while everyone else will be asked to work remotely.
At minimum, you may be able to search for “vintage Crate & Barrel tumbler.”
Replacing pieces of flatware or china can be a challenge. Here’s how to track them down. | Laura Daily | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostGoogle requires that your campaign have at least 15 conversions over 30 days for when using Target ROAS to optimize search ads, and there are other minimums for other ad types.
Smart Bidding: Five ways machine learning improves PPC advertising | Gabrielle Sadeh | February 10, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe process has already started with some teams, like in New Orleans, where Drew Brees saved the Saints around $24 million by reducing his salary to the league minimum ahead of his expected retirement.
The 10 biggest roster questions in the NFL as the offseason begins | John Clayton | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostMichael Reich, a prominent minimum-wage expert at the University of California at Berkeley whose work is cited by the CBO, disputed the report’s more pessimistic estimates.
CBO report finds $15 minimum wage would cost jobs but lower poverty levels | Eli Rosenberg | February 8, 2021 | Washington Post
He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career.
Remove the roast from the pan and let rest for a minimum of 15 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries | Carla Hall | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the West, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.
To work at Rizzoli you had to be fluent in several languages: three was the minimum when I began.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild | Kevin Zawacki | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe minimum wage law ought to form, in one fashion or another, a part of the code of every community.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThis can be done, as with the minimum wage, partly by positive legislation and partly collective action.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThat'll give us sixteen dollars and eighty cents for haulin' a minimum car of twenty-four thousand.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandIt has as yet suffered no loss and is able to restrict its loss to a minimum by limiting the loan to a particular figure.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiIt has been proved by hydraulic tests that good bricklayers' work can be executed at the latter minimum.
British Dictionary definitions for minimum
/ (ˈmɪnɪməm) /
the least possible amount, degree, or quantity
the least amount recorded, allowed, or reached: the minimum in our temperature record this month was 50°
(modifier) being the least possible, recorded, allowed, etc: minimum age
maths a value of a function that is less than any neighbouring value
of or relating to a minimum or minimums
Origin of minimum
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for minimum
[ mĭn′ə-məm ]
The lowest known or lowest possible number, measure, quantity, or degree.
The lowest value of a mathematical function, if it has such a value.
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