Definition of Minimum

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Definition of Minimum
	Minimum The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum. Related Definitions: Admissible, Assignable, Case, Consequence, Given, Hence, In, Least, Maximum, Of, Opposed, Or, Possible, Quantity, Small, The, Thing, To

Minimum Quotations

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
Jackie Kennedy

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
Lenny Bruce

The real minimum wage is zero.
Thomas Sowell

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.
Shia LaBeouf

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
Thomas Szasz

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
Quentin Crisp

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.
Morgan Freeman

I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won't be able to give much information about who it is.
Chuck Close

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
Kofi Annan

Minimum Translations

minimum in Afrikaans is minimum
minimum in Dutch is miniem, minimaal
minimum in French is mini, minimum

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