given amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgivenandamount
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given
adjective
uk/ˈɡɪv.ən/us/ˈɡɪv.ən/
already decided, arranged, ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofgivenandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is positive because the firm will prefer agivenamountof benefit today rather than in the future.
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If each iteration accepts agivenamountof code growth, or effort applied, then each iteration might unroll a recursive function further.
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It must be possible therefore to calculate how many loaves of bread can be baked with agivenamountof grain.
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The lower value of a1 indicates that the boundary layer is less efficient in extracting shear stress from agivenamountof turbulent kinetic energy.
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The cost efficiency of direct incentives implies that agivenamountof conservation can be achieved with less money using direct incentives.
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Because of reduced neural density and reduced metabolic rate, the elderly are probably more sensitive to agivenamountof anaesthetic drug.
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Minor products, such as poultry, belonged to the tenant, who did, however, often have to supply the landlord's kitchen with agivenamountof produce.
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This predicts that as the target thickness decreases, the maximum ion energy that can be obtained for agivenamountof energy will increase.
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Prices, taxes, or regulations may induce a reduction in natural resource inputs for agivenamountof consumption.
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This economy contains agivenamountof land split into forest and cleared land.
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First, senators representing small states have more to gain from procuring agivenamountof federal dollars than do senators who represent larger states.
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However, when agivenamountof time has passed out, the search is stopped and failure is reported.
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What we need to know is for which types of sentences speakers with agivenamountof processing resources process which types of morphosyntactic or structural information.
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The fact, for one individual, to have a lower satisfaction for anygivenamountof resources is then not a reason to give him more resources.
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This reflects the fact, for example, that the trade-off between consumption and leisure changes over time due to technical progress (which allows more production for agivenamountof effort).
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Essentially (11) gives the minimum amount of energy required to irreversibly process agivenamountof information and (13) gives the thermodynamic limit of computing speed per unit of power.
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Scheme f is a conditional debt repayment in period two, where agivenamountof debt is repaid per unit of resources extracted.
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