bulk quantity

collocation in English

meaningsofbulkandquantity

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bulk
noun
uk
/bʌlk/us
/bʌlk/
something or someone that is ...
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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 ofbulkandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Wine is dutied according to itsbulkquantityand the nature and strength of the product.
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More specifically, the thermodynamic temperature of anybulkquantityof matter is the measure of the average kinetic energy per classical (i.e., non-quantum) degree of freedom of its constituent particles.
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But where goods are carried long distances or in bulk quantities rail is an appropriate and economic mode of transport which has great environmental advantages.
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I understand, however, that no offers for bulk quantities were received from traders in this country.
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They want their eggs carefully graded and in bulk quantities.
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One problem is that stores in these areas cannot buy the bulk quantities of goods.
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The measurement of bulk quantities to retailers presents special technical and administrative difficulties the investigation of which had been started before the war, but is now necessarily suspended.
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Mendelevium metal has not yet been prepared in bulk quantities, and can not be thus prepared using current methods.
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In modern times, railroads are primarily used to haul bulk quantities of cargo over long distances.
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Bulk quantities of nanofibers of conducting polymers such as polyaniline, can be synthesized in one step without the need for any template.
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Brick are produced in numerous types, materials, and sizes which vary with region and time period, and are produced in bulk quantities.
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