plurality
C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
The largest number of votes cast for one option, though short of an overall majority.
The candidate was elected to the board on a plurality, having secured more votes than any rival.
Business noun
A voting standard under which the candidates with the most votes win, even without an outright majority.
Under plurality voting, directors could be elected with a single supporting share.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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