plurality

1. (uncountable) The state of being plural.Examples: "Nominal plurality in Basque is originally exclusively marked on definite determiners and not on nouns."uncountable

2. (ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.Examples: "It was the complaint and lamentation of Prelats, upon every least breath of a motion to remove pluralities, and distribute more equally Church revennu's, that then all learning would be for ever dasht and discourag'd."Synonyms: pluralismcountableuncountable

3. (countable) A state of being numerous.Synonyms: multiplicitycountable

4. (countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.countable

5. (countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.Examples: "To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required."Synonyms: relative majoritycountable

6. (countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.Examples: "Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500;[…]. Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast."countable