three fourths
Noun
Meaning
three-fourths (uncountable)
Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
three-fourths of the population
three-fourths majority
Synonym: three-quarters
Alternative names
three-fourths
Examples
About 40 former employees of IPI held a peaceful protest against IPI in front of the CCC office last Wednesday for allegedly not paying the three-fourths that is guaranteed in their contract and other issues.
Accordingly, Seward issued an unconditional certificate of ratification, dated July 28, 1868, declaring that the Fourteenth Amendment had been duly ratified by the requisite three-fourths of the states.
Among the three-fourths of the population who don't list Fox as their No. 1, just 15% say Trump is honest and trustworthy, while nearly 80% say he is not.
By the 1982 deadline, only 35 states had ratified the amendment — three-fourths of state legislatures, or 38 out of 50, are needed to amend the Constitution — though five that had earlier passed it had by then rescinded their support.
By then, only 35 states had ratified the amendment — three-fourths of state legislatures, or 38 out of 50, are needed to amend the Constitution — though five that had earlier passed it had by then rescinded their support.
Acxiom Marketing Solutions was responsible for generating three-fourths of Acxiom revenue, so what prompted it to unload such a lucrative asset?