minimum quantity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminimumandquantity
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minimum
adjective
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/us/ˈmɪn.ə.məm/
used to describe something that is the smallest or least allowed ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition ofminimumandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theminimumquantitywhich will qualify is 20 tons.
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I do not want thisminimumquantityto be stopped.
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Theoretically, there is no bound on theminimumquantityof data that needs to be stored in order to perform the estimation heuristically.
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I understand theminimumquantityof fertiliser is to be reduced from 10 cwt.
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We feel that in reducing theminimumquantityto 4 cwt.
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I was asked about theminimumquantityof fertiliser which qualifies for a subsidy.
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In the case of parcels sent by post theminimumquantityfor this purpose is 2 lb.
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The years 1944 and 1945 are covered by a contract for aminimumquantityof 400,000 tons, involving approximately £46,000,000.
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Theminimumquantitywhich may be purchased is 2 metric tonnes of carcases, sides or compensated quarters.
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Theminimumquantityof butter that will be released direct from intervention stocks will be one ton.
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If it was aminimumquantityof 25 centilitres the chap could put in a little more and be safe.
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Is it not the case that the trade recommended a return to aminimumquantitynot exceeding 4 cwt.
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The only prohibition we are imposing is on the use of flour which does not contain a certainminimumquantityof these three token nutrients.
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Theminimumquantityof fissile material required for criticality in an underground nuclear repository would be the same as that in any other nuclear facility.
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If we have a certainminimumquantityof oil absolutely in our hands, this is very important and in my opinion the most happy solution.
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The interesting thing about the present crazy situation is that there is no restriction on theminimumquantityof beer that is sold.
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Aminimumquantityof 30,000 tons of feed barley is scheduled to be bought from the 1949 crop, if available at a satisfactory price.
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Invitations to tender for these contracts specify the type and theminimumquantityof plant which my technical officers consider necessary to ensure the contractual output of coal.
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These are payments made to pharmacies for medicines which remain unused six months after the pharmacy has purchased theminimumquantitynecessary to dispense a prescription.
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It may be suggested that we might get over this last difficulty by issuing licences only to companies which undertook to import a specifiedminimumquantity.
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The whole of the deliveries provided for in the agreement, namely, aminimumquantityof 170,000 tons per month, are to be made on a commercial basis.
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The brewers then proposed that there should be a scheme based on aminimumquantityof barley purchased for malting and brewing and a fair minimum price.
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Principles included applying aminimumquantityof water and the individual transplanting of very young seedlings in a square pattern.
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Moreover, the opportunity to meet demand in excess of theminimumquantitymay arise next year, as it has been doing so far this year, through allocations from the reserve.
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