quo‧rum /ˈkwɔːrəm/
noun [singular][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: 'of whom'; from the words of an official request to someone to serve on a committee]
the smallest number of people who must be present at a meeting so that official decisions can be made:
We need a quorum of seven. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲