as used in this program means a business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals of the following qualified groups
Government: A Government, without a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly and there fore dependent on the support of other persons or groups in order to govern Minister (or Cabinet Minister): A Member of the Government responsible for one or more government departments
As defined in the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as part of the Fair Housing Laws "'minority' means any group, or any member of a group, that can be identified either: (1) by race, color, religion, sex, disability, or national origin; or (2) by any other characteristic (such as familial status) on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited by a federal, state, or local fair housing law
being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"
If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers minority shareholders. majority If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority In the past conservatives have been in the minority
Period when an individual was under age (i e less than 21) and therefore could not possess or control his or her inheritance A royal minority occurred when the king was succeeded by an heir (usually) under 21 For example, in 1216 King John was succeeded by Henry III, who was only 9 years old During a minority, the heir and his or her estates were normally under the control of an appointed guardian
{i} smaller group as opposed to the majority; part of a population differing in some characteristic (race, sex, etc.); state of being under legal age
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion. the region's ethnic minorities