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Definition of Equipment
1. Noun. An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.
Generic synonyms: Instrumentality, Instrumentation
Derivative terms: Equip
Definition of Equipment
1. n. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Definition of Equipment
1. Noun. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. ¹
2. Noun. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on business); horse equipment; infantry equipment; naval equipment; laboratory equipment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Equipment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equipment
Literary usage of Equipment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"The State board must be certain in each case that the equipment is sufficient
... There are two kinds of equipment which "should receive consideration—the ..."
2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING equipment. It is hoped that the Army wiU be able in the
future to supply some equipment to the institutions to which men are to be ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"The holders of the equipment bonds have contended that the result of this ...
1081) that the equipment bonds remained nnm cured, and the Ohio court holding ..."
4. The Financial Policy of Corporations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1920)
"Under all circumstances, railroad equipment wears out rapidly and is growing
obsolete constantly.47 u Of a total of nine series of equipment issues of the ..."
5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1914)
"Salary $1494 08 Supplies and equipment !l,630 43 Traveling 1664 14 ... Salary $1480
00 Supplies and equipment 881 46 Traveling 707 15 Extra help 62 ..."
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