operating efficiency

collocation in English

meaningsofoperatingandefficiency

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operating
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈɑː.pər.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
businessspecialized
relating to the main business activities of ...
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efficiency
noun
uk
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
the quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time ...
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(Definition ofoperatingandefficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Operatingefficiency2002 ends on a duller note than 2001.
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To try to frustrate changes would be permanently to damage theoperatingefficiencyof our entire economy.
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If the corporation runs down its research not only the long-term work but the currentoperatingefficiencyof the works will suffer.
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The distribution of the new subsidy will be related to theoperatingefficiencyof vessels, and this principle has been welcomed by the industry.
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If unsolved, this problem could have prejudiced the aircraft'soperatingefficiencyand economic value.
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Priorities generally will be carefully examined to get the best value in increasedoperatingefficiencyfor the resources employed.
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It was not as if there had been any fall in technicaloperatingefficiency.
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Despite the fact that the private sector faces higher borrowing costs, these are expected to be offset by its greateroperatingefficiency.
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Steps could be taken to correct that and thus increase theoperatingefficiencyof the fleet.
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The distribution of the subsidy will be related to theoperatingefficiencyof vessels and not as at present to their classification.
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They have made considerable strides in improvingoperatingefficiencyand financial performance.
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With that investment comesoperatingefficiency, reduced cost, the ability to rationalise manpower and the ability, above all, to deliver a better service to passengers.
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Additional performance measures relating to the objectives of the agency will also be used to measureoperatingefficiencyand quality of service.
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On the second point, greater efficiency, no one denies—and we applaud the fact— that virtually every water authority has achieved greateroperatingefficiencyin the last two or three years.
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How completely can they be made to disclose what is happening without in any way damaging theoperatingefficiencyof the concern?
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Second, how will theoperatingefficiencystandard be worked?
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Increased reliability of steel structures and increasedoperatingefficiencyof various items of machinery and equipment require considerable volumes of empirical research in this sphere.
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Secondly, a privatised underground will be much more efficient, which will result in betteroperatingefficiency, better marketing and the more commercial use of property assets.
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Those matters lead me, fourthly to the whole question ofoperatingefficiency, labour costs, overheads and capital.
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Either way there is a concentration on the mere fact of ownership, which is miles away from the question ofoperatingefficiencyand marketing success.
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