minimus
IPA: mˈɪnɪmʌs
noun
- (obsolete) A being of the smallest size.
- (dated) The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname.
- (anatomy) The little finger or the little toe
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Examples of "minimus" in Sentences
- 10A: A minimus is the smallest one (toe) - the monotonous professor in me thought this was something to do with paleography
- Volcker Rule: modified from its initial form to include multiple exceptions for permitted activities, as well as "de minimus" allowances for investments in hedge funds and private equity.
- "You can't just assume away some of these sources as de minimus," said Tom Singer, a senior policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council who focuses on emissions reporting in New Mexico.
- Seek to balance the de minimus labor and environmental requirements that China places on "State Owned Enterprises", or SOEs, with the responsible ones placed on non-state owned enterprises operating outside China.
- One of the few authors willing to venture a guess was Glenn Cooper, a thriller author with whom I share an audiobooks narrator: "I'd say that audio revenues are a de minimus portion of my publishing revenues, certainly less than 1%."
- "De minimus" investments may be made in hedge funds and private equity funds, so long as the banking entity does not have more than 3 percent of total ownership of the fund and that investment does not represent more than 3 percent of its Tier 1 capital.
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