bare minimum

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   The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition…

   The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose.

   • The Belgian colonies, if they adhere to these limits, must provide for all their wants at a lower cost by one half than the French as a bare minimum.
   • It is the old problem of what a victor is to do with the vanquished, if the latter is to gain the bare minimum of economic independence.
   • The foreign companies would punish Bolivia by refusing to invest and only sustaining the bare minimum of operations here.

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