Definition of "nine-tenths" []

• Nine parts out of ten; 90%; 9/10. (noun)
• Almost all; the vast majority. (noun)

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• "Reinsurer Munich Re counted nearly 1,000 natural disasters in 2010 — nine-tenths of them weather-related — the second-highest number since 1980."
• "At an open meeting Saturday in downtown Chicago, nine-tenths of the nearly 300 present voted to adopt those demands."
• "I housed it for nine months, and possession is nine-tenths of the law, but technically, this thing is not and never will be mine."