commercial fleet

collocation in English

meaningsofcommercialandfleet

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commercial
adjective
uk
/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/us
/kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/
related to making money by buying and ...
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fleet
noun[C]
uk
/fliːt/us
/fliːt/
a group of ships, or all of the ships in a ...
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(Definition ofcommercialandfleetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1945, thecommercialfleetnumbered 446,879 vehicles of all kinds in the service of trade.
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To-day, we still command the largest activecommercialfleetin the world.
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Already two vessels are on charter from thecommercialfleetfor survey and this requirement will increase.
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For example, if a company has a programme of replacing its vehicles, whether company cars or itscommercialfleet, it cannot defer the decision to invest for ever.
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For that sum of £1,200,000 we could maintain 10 regular and five auxiliary squadrons whose first line strength would be the same as the first line strength of thatcommercialfleet.
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Commercialfleetoperators also need to be able to confirm proof of delivery of goods to their customers.
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After 1990 regulatory, economic and other events led to a contraction of the localcommercialfleet.
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The ship is the largest remaining skipjack and was part of the last workingcommercialfleetin the country.
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In modern usage navy used alone always denotes a military fleet, although the term merchant navy for acommercialfleetstill incorporates the non-military word sense.
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Its largecommercialfleetengaged in acts of piracy, while wealthy merchants paid for such tributes as public works, monuments, and competitions as well as the games and gladiator fights.
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Given the current practices of commercial fleets, this measure will lead to inadequate safety levels and the deterioration of environmental safety, employment and working conditions.
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With its help, more than 20 commercial fleets have been converted to natural gas propulsion.
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Mobile fuel management refers to a fleet of fuel trucks or tankers which provide fuel supply to commercial fleets of trucks or construction equipment.
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It specializes in designing, manufacturing and selling video driver safety programs used by commercial fleets.
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