equipment

  • 21equipment — noun Date: 1651 1. a. the set of articles or physical resources serving to equip a person or thing: as (1) the implements used in an operation or activity ; apparatus < sports equipment > (2) all the fixed assets other than land and buildings of&#8230; …

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  • 22equipment*/*/*/ — [ɪˈkwɪpmənt] noun [U] the tools, machines, or other things that you need for a particular job or activity camping equipment[/ex] A computer is the most important piece of equipment you will buy.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 23equipment — /əˈkwɪpmənt / (say uh kwipmuhnt), /i / (say ee ) noun 1. anything used in or provided for equipping: *The vineyard also now has an air bag press and cooling equipment for fermentation –max lake, 1966. 2. the act of equipping. 3. the state of&#8230; …

  • 24equipment — krovinių tvarkymo įranga statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Priemonės, kurių reikia kroviniams pervežti ir tvarkyti. pavyzdys( iai) jūriniai konteineriai, priekabos, krovimo vienetai, padėklai atitikmenys: angl. equipment; materiel handling&#8230; …

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  • 25equipment — The means with which a task can be accomplished; an outfit. The personal luggage of a traveler or passenger. Metz v California Southern Railroad Co. 85 Cal 329, 24 P 610. As the word is used in construction contracts, it means the outfit&#8230; …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 26Equipment — Ausrüstung steht für: allgemein der Werkzeugsatz, der für eine Aufgabe nötig ist, englisch Equipment, siehe Werkzeug in der Produktionslehre zugelieferte Bauteile und gruppen, siehe Ausrüster die Veredlung von textilen Flächengebilden oder Garnen …

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  • 27equipment — /i kwip meuhnt/, n. 1. anything kept, furnished, or provided for a specific purpose. 2. the act of equipping a person or thing. 3. the state of being equipped. 4. the personal knowledge and skill required for a task, occupation, etc.: He has the&#8230; …

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  • 28Equipment — Equip|ment [i kwipmənt] das; s, s &LT;aus engl. equipment »Ausrüstung, Ausstattung« zu to equipe »ausrüsten, ausstatten«, dies aus fr. equiper, vgl. ↑equipieren&GT; Ausrüstung einer Band …

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  • 29equipment —    a man s genitalia    Using the same imagery as tackle:     When we find a potato that looks like a set of men s equipment we pass it round and laugh at it. (de Bernières, 1994) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 30equipment — noun taking inventory of our equipment Syn: apparatus, paraphernalia, articles, appliances, impedimenta; tools, utensils, implements, instruments, hardware, gadgets, gadgetry; stuff, things; kit, tackle, rig; resources …

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