Definitions of minority
a person or group that owns a smaller number of shares than the main shareholders of a business; the share of the business that they own
Italian bank Unicredit is being sued by a group of minority investors in HypoVereinsbank, the German firm it bought in 2005.
a side with less than half the votes as opposed to majority
Only a minority of shareholders supported shareholder resolutions on executive pay in 2008.
any comparatively small proportion of a given population in terms of its race, religion or political beliefs; or a person who belongs to such a group
As a Puertorican woman she is considered a minority in the United States.