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Definition of Two-thirds
1. Noun. Two of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Two-thirds
Literary usage of Two-thirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1888)
"... President is to have power, " by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to make treaties, provided two thirds of the senators present concur. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The two-thirds rule is best known through its adoption and political effect in
national conventions of the Democratic party held for the nomination of ..."
3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... having squandered two thirds of his means, he was now living like a citizen
of comparatively humble rank. Then they questioned each other about their ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"Early on Tuesday discussion on the adoption of the two-thirds rule began again
... The roll having been called, those in favor of adopting the two-thirds ..."
5. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"... and it was decided in the affirmative, two-thirds of all the Senators elected
voting in favor thereof, as follows: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE 51 Ordered. ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"•But this Is not all, for the Journal of the» Senate contains further evidence
that the character of the two-thirds vote exacted by the Constitution (that ..."
7. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"1795] The decrees of Fructidor two-thirds of the members of the present Convention
were to pass into the new Corps Législatif. This was agreed to without ..."
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