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noun

British the excess of votes or seats won by the winner of an election over the runner-up when no candidate or party has more than 50 per centCompare absolute majority

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How to use relative majority in a sentence

I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
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House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
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Again, I do not know House Majority Whip Scalise or President Obama personally.
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This is a state, after all, where Duke, in his statewide race for governor in 1991, received a majority of the white vote.
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But relative to centuries past, America is a marvel of domestic tranquility.
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Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
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But I suppose, as he is my nearest relative, it is but natural he should be anxious about my health.
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This had been quite genuine, for the Professor had been fond of his relative, who had always been very good to him.
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Such is the opinion of this Correspondent to the Times, and it is doubtless the opinion of a fair and just majority.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
The relative quantity of labor embodied in each object is the basis of its value.
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