fixed quantity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffixedandquantity
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fixed
adjective
uk/fɪkst/us/fɪkst/
arranged or decided already and not able to ...
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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 offixedandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffixed quantity
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Finally, they physically exchanged the products with afixedquantityof rice after a consensus was formed between all members within that group.
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Here we regard m as afixedquantity.
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The cascade of workspace densities is afixedquantityfor a given manipulator.
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Usually, this conditional illness probability is treated as afixedquantity.
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The effect this has on the nominal demand for money is ambiguous, since the nominal value of afixedquantityof real demand rises.
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Intensional vagueness, the possession of possible absolute borderline cases, is afixedquantity.
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It has afixedquantityof output which could decrease if it played its hand badly.
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As the demand increases so the supply increases, but the supply of land cannot be increased, because it is afixedquantity.
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There is nofixedquantityof funds available for investment.
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I have never agreed that there is afixedquantityof wealth in this country.
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There is nofixedquantityof success, prosperity or peace for which we need to fight by doing others down.
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A quota means a definitefixedquantityof stock being required from each farmer, which is really an impossible thing in agriculture.
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It is not afixedquantity, because it tends to diminish.
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They would have had afixedquantityof assets with which to discharge the liabilities.
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The wealth of this country is not afixedquantity.
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It is afixedquantity.
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If they use more than afixedquantityof electricity—say, 10 amps—a switch-off mechanism is triggered to prevent the consumer from getting into further debt.
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He regards the potential wealth of this country as afixedquantity.
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As fresh fruit is seasonal, it is not included as afixedquantityin the ration scale.
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This would mean, in respect of each of the products of the agricultural industry, afixedquantityup to which a particular price would be paid.
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