If the leading party has more MPs than these two combined, it should be able to govern as a minorityadministration.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Neither Labour nor the Tories could form a minorityadministration.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Both main parties are reluctant to consider a formal coalition, preferring the idea of a minorityadministration.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Definition of 'administration'
administration
(ædmɪnɪstreɪʃən)Explore 'administration' in the dictionary
countable noun
You can refer to a country's government as the administration; used especially in the United States.
Definition of 'minority'
minority
(mɪnɒrɪti, US -nɔːr-)Explore 'minority' in the dictionary
singular noun
If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them thatforms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half.