equal quantity

collocation in English

meaningsofequalandquantity

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equal
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.kwəl/us
/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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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 ofequalandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofequal quantity

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Care was taken to loadequalquantityof proteins.
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One ton of pulp will produce about anequalquantityof paper.
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Would all diplomatic premises attract the poll tax in anequalquantity?
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Anequalquantityof feeding stuffs would be subtracted from commercial producers.
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By means of rationing, anequalquantityof food is made available to all.
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Anequalquantityof her writings had remained unpublished.
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It is always termed equal pay for equal work, but it is not that unless you getequalquantityand equal quality of work.
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This is a position where anequalquantityof thrust is aimed forward and aft.
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They have committed the other unfortunate error of selling us a great many of their commodities without being prepared to purchase anequalquantityin return.
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As a result, you get the farmer laboriously taking his wheat to the merchant and laboriously bringing back anequalquantityof somebody else's wheat from the merchant.
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A great deal more alcoholic emphasis can be obtained from a good quantity of heavily loaded port than can be obtained from a properly dilutedequalquantityof whisky.
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In the last returns of the currency department, we find that although over eleven crores of rupees in gold were absorbed, there was also anequalquantityof silver absorbed.
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Therefore, the fact that a quantity of goods and services is offered for sale is evidence of anequalquantityof demand.
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When enantiomers are formed non-selectively and the resulting product contains anequalquantityof each enantiomer it is called a racemic mixture.
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So taking care the two subjects, the king cut anequalquantityof flesh to the bird from his limb and gave it to the hunter.
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The escapement's role was to tip the container over each time it filled up, thus advancing the clock's wheels each time anequalquantityof water was measured out.
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