Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of equipping or the state of being equipped.
- noun Something with which a person, organization, or thing is equipped.
- noun The rolling stock especially of a transportation system.
- noun The mental and emotional resources of an individual.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of equipping or fitting out, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or an expedition.
- noun Anything that is used in or provided for equipping, as furniture, habiliments, warlike apparatus, necessaries for an expedition or for a voyage, or the knowledge and skill necessary for a vocation: as, the equipments of a hotel, a ship, or a railroad; the equipment of a man for the ministry, or for the law.
- noun Specifically pl. Milit., certain of the necessaries for officers and soldiers, as horses, horse-appointments, and accoutrements; the clothes, arms, etc., of a soldier, or certain furnishings for artillery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- noun Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; ; for carrying on business); horse
equipments ; infantryequipments ; navalequipments ; laboratoryequipments .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
equipping , or the state of being equipped, as for avoyage orexpedition . - 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
Etymologies
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Examples
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_ A part of the equipment that is not individual to the lines or to the cord circuits, but which may, as occasion requires, be associated with any of them is called the _operator's equipment_.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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I can give one very simple reason, the investment in equipment is far less, let alone the fact you can play basketball anywhere you can put a hoop.
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Quite deliberately, at times, inferior, old fashioned and more expensive European equipment is bought, even where the more modern and effective equipment from the United States is actually cheaper.
Tip of the iceberg Richard 2006
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No word on whether the equipment is an effective fame monster deterrent.
Michael Lohan opening women-only rehab; Amy Winehouse debuts fashion line Liz Kelly 2010
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The cost of the equipment is a onetime buy and will pay for itself soon pending how much you shoot.
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The cost of the equipment is a onetime buy and will pay for itself soon pending how much you shoot.
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Both suck, but I voted HD because our equipment is always broken, we carry far more products than we can reasonably fit on the shelves, and we're severly understaffed.
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We understand the money we invest into this equipment is a tax write off.
PJ is a write off 2007
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Factoring in that this equipment is already installed, the Best Buy Magnolia home theater guy thought that this as an ok deal.
Progress? drewan 2006
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In radio installations, too, much of the equipment is amazingly compact in view of its intricacy.
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