minimum 150 misfornøyd minimum s minimum; — et år, one year at least, one year as a minimum; det må være et —, that must be the minimum (the least). minimums|pris s minimum price. mink|e v (avta) diminish, decrease; salget har -t, sales have fallen off; -ing, diminution, decrease, falling off. minne v remind; — meg om (på), remind me of; — meg på at, remind me that, minnelig o: en — ordning, an amicable settlement; treffe en — avgjørelse, make an amicable arrangement (settlement); på — vis, amicably; -het: i —, amicably; ordne tvisten i —, settle the dispute amicably. minsk|e v (innskrenke) reduce; det sterkt -ede forbruk, the greatly reduced consumption; -ing: — av, a reduction in (of). minst 1 (mots, mest) least; det koster — et pund, it costs at least a pound; forhøye prisen [med] — 5 %, raise the price [by] at least 5 %; min pris er — 2 % lavere, my price is quite 2% lower; — likså godt som, quite as good as, every bit as good as; og aller —, and least of all; — av alt, least of all; 2 gjøre — mulig, do as little as possible; med det — mulige bry, with the least possible trouble; 3 bringe utgiftene ned til det — mulige, reduce expenditure to a minimum; i det -e (iallfall), at least; ikke det -e, ikke noe) not the least, (slett ikke) not in the least, not at all; 4 (= ikke mindre enn) not less than, (så mange som) no less than; 5 ikke — iviktig er, not the least mportant is; ikke — fordi, and not least (and not the less) because. minst 1 (mots, størst) smallest, least; ikke den -e risiko, not the slightest risk; ikke den — utsikt til å kjøpe, not the slightest prospect of buying; 2 den minste av to (NB! komp. på engelsk), f.e.: the smaller of the two ships. minstepris s minimum price, minus: pluss og —, plus and minus; (fratrukket) less; betaling pr. 30 dager 4- 2 %, payment in 30 days less 2 per cent [-[discount];-] {+[dis- count];+} -tegn, the minus sign (—); 7 minus 3 is 4 (7-3 = 4). minutt s minute; 60 ord i -et, sixty words a minute; hvert tiende —, every ten minutes. misbillig]e v disapprove [of]; -else, disapproval; uttale sin — av, express one’s disapproval of. mis|bruk s (av maskin o. I.) misuse of, (av makt o. I.) abuse of; -bruke, misuse; abuse. miserabel a miserable, wretched, (ynkelig) pitiable. misforhold s (om innbyrdes forhold) disproportion, (ulempe) drawback; dette —, this unsatisfactory state of things; stå i — til, be out of proportion to. misfornøyd a i et bestemt