minimum
Speech parts
1. minimum - Noun
2. minimum - Adjective
Meaning
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
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needed to enforce minimal standards
her grades were minimal
minimum wage
a minimal charge for the service
A110s are still too new and sought-after to be cheap – you're looking at a minimum spend of £46,000 – but the release of a second wave of 'upgraded' (not necessarily for the better) A110s should take the edge off first-car prices soon.
A 1920 decree imposed a mandatory minimum penalty of six months in prison for (non-Communist) possession of a firearm, even where there was no criminal intent.