rank of captain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrankandcaptain
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rank
noun
uk/ræŋk/us/ræŋk/
a position in an organization, such as the army, showing the importance of the person ...
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captain
noun
uk/ˈkæp.tɪn/us/ˈkæp.tən/
the leader of a ...
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(Definition ofrankandcaptainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The rate of allowance is £2 per month per child, up to a total of £96 per annum, for officers not above therankofcaptain.
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The gratuity issuable to a technical officer of therankofcaptain, with between four and five years' service, varies from £316 to £372.
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These men regard it as a deep insult to their characters that they should never be able to rise beyond therankofcaptain.
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Then let us deal only with junior officers up to therankofcaptain.
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The approximate number of naval officers of the rank and relativerankofcaptainand below in receipt of lodging allowance is 1,500.
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I believe that at the present time a man remains in therankofcaptainfor about 10 or 11 years.
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The costs of married and single executive officers were respectively £12,101 and £9,892 compared with£12,784and £13,689 for the equivalentrankofcaptain.
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I myself know a young soldier who from therankofcaptainreached the rank of brigadier-general.
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I say that a junior officer with therankofcaptainis entitled to a batman.
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Yet these men can never rise higher than therankofcaptain, notwithstanding their knowledge and all the work they put in.
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If he is a civilian, how is it that he has a commission with therankofcaptain?
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Nine officers who were appointed to the ranks in 1902 are now serving as lieutenants and are qualified by examination for therankofcaptain.
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You have a strict system of selection up to therankofcaptain, and after that a rigid system of seniority.
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There have been cases in which actingrankofcaptainhas been conferred for service other than service rendered in action.
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And is it because of that you would not even allow him to retain his temporaryrankofcaptain?
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In the large majority of cases therankofcaptaingiven at home is temporary and lapses on the holder going abroad.
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In reply to the last part of the question the honoraryrankofcaptainis granted.
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It must be remembered that the average service for promotion to therankofcaptainis upwards of eight years.
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On many occasions officers of therankofcaptainhave declared blockades and laid down the rules for them entirely on their own responsibility.
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If he is a captain, he will receive extra remuneration of £100 a year or, if he is below therankofcaptain, of £80 a year.
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