minimums
- 1Plural of minimum.
The new regulations raised the wage minimums across several industries.
Airlines suspend flights when visibility drops below the required minimums.
Note
An English -s plural on a Latin noun, it serves every noun sense of minimum: wage floors, a star's periods of lowest brightness, the lowest values of a set or sample. Mathematical and scientific writing often prefers the classical plural minima, while minimums is standard in general and administrative use. The adjective minimum (a minimum fee) never takes the ending, so the -s always marks the noun.
minimums is a form of minimum
minimum, noun: The smallest amount, number or degree of something that is possible, needed or allowed; the lowest limit something cannot go below. Full entry
- Spelling
- minimum → minimums: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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