measure quantity amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
purchase | the acquisition of something for payment, they closed the purchase with a handshake |
buying purchasing | the act of buying, buying and selling fill their days, shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge |
little black ant Monomorium minimum | tiny glossy black ant, nests outdoors but invades houses for food |
maximum and minimum thermometer | thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time |
quantity | an adequate or large amount, he had a quantity of ammunition |
quantity | the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable |
numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number |
variable variable quantity | a quantity that can assume any of a set of values |
constant constant quantity invariable | a quantity that does not vary |
parameter parametric quantity | a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves |
stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
purchase contract purchase agreement | a contract stating the terms of a purchase |
order purchase order | a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities, IBM received an order for a hundred computers |
unknown unknown quantity | a variable whose values are solutions of an equation |
unknown quantity | a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent, I don't know what the new man will do, he's still an unknown quantity |
purchasing department | the division of a business that is responsible for purchases |
minimum | the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right |
Louisiana Purchase | territory in the western United States purchased from France infor $ million, extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada |
purchasing agent | an agent who purchases goods or services for another |
purchase | a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage, he could get no purchase on the situation |
leverage purchase | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever |
purchase | something acquired by purchase |
minimum wage | the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay, determined by contract or by law |
hire-purchase never-never | installment plan, we bought a car on the never-never |
purchase price | the price at which something is actually purchased |
warrant stock warrant stock-purchase warrant | a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price, as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities |
fundamental quantity fundamental measure | one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement |
definite quantity | a specific measure of amount |
indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity |
relative quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose |
prime prime quantity | a number that has no factor but itself and |
charge unit quantity unit | a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) |
complex number complex quantity imaginary number imaginary | (mathematics) a number of the form abi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of - |
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
small indefinite quantity small indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
minimum lower limit | the smallest possible quantity |
buy purchase | obtain by purchase, acquire by means of a financial transaction, The family purchased a new car, The conglomerate acquired a new company, She buys for the big department store |
minimal minimum | the least possible, needed to enforce minimal standards, her grades were minimal, minimum wage, a minimal charge for the service |