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Old Posted Apr 16, 2018, 5:02 PM
elly63 elly63 is offline
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Originally Posted by eastcoastal View Post
I don't think "majority" means what you think it means... as in a number that is greater than half of the total.
Actually it does mean what I thought but definitionally it means what you thought as well.

ma·jor·i·ty
noun: majority; plural noun: majorities
1. the greater number.
"in the majority of cases all will go smoothly"

majority
1 obsolete : the quality or state of being greater
3 a : a number or percentage equaling more than half of a total