BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Unit
- a collection of securities traded together as one item
Wiktionary Definition for: Unit
- #(''scientific'') A standard measure of a quantity.
- Ex:''The centimetre is a unit of length.''
- #An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- Ex:''He was a member of a special police unit.''
- Military Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization'''Joint Publication 1-02 ''U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).'''''.
- Military An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- Military A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- Military With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- military A member of a military group.
- Ex:''The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units.'' (''i.e., 20 tanks'')
- algebra An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse.
- (''commerce'') An item which may be sold singly.
- Ex: ''We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.''
- For each unit.
- Ex: ''We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.''
- math Having a size or magnitude of one.
- Ex: ''All solutions lie within the unit disc centered at the origin.''
- ''third-person singular indicative present of unir''
- ''third-person singular indicative past historic of unir''
Additional Resources
- Unit Corporation promotes Guidry to senior vice president
- Unit Corporation (NYSE: UNT) has promoted Brad Guidry to senior vice president of exploration for Unit Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unit Corporation. Guidry joined Unit in August 1988 as a staff geologist and was promoted in 1991 to geoUnit Corporation (NYSE: UNT) has promoted Brad Guidry to...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- DTN News: Lockheed Martin Establishes New Missile Defense Systems Operating Unit Based In Huntsville Led By John Holly
- DTN News: Lockheed Martin Establishes New Missile Defense Systems Operating Unit Based In Huntsville Led By John Holly*Source: DTN News / Lockheed MartinNSI News Source Info HUNTSVILLE, Ala., - August 26, 2009: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space Systems Company has established a new Missile Defense Systems operating unit based in...
- News items 2009-08-28
- Justice Department unit to investigate insurance fraud.
- Justice Department Unit To Investigate Insurance Fraud WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has created a special unit that will investigate insurance fraud. The unit will try to determine whether there is evidence of fraud in the insurance industrJustice Department Unit To Investigate...
- Research articles 1991-04-08
- Sony Ericsson to establish new R&D unit in Chennai to strengthen presence in India
- Sony Ericsson is establishing an R&D unit for cellphones in Chennai, to increase its presence in the booming Indian telecom market. Anders Grynge will head this R&D unit in Chennai. This new unit represents a part of the firm's worldwide RSony Ericsson is establishing an R&D unit for cellphones in...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- American Express Buys GE's Corporate-Card Unit
- If, as some economists are saying, the economic downturn is going to hurt consumer spending more than business spending then American Express is making a good defensive move. AmEx is paying $1.1 billion for a General Electric unit that processes charge cards for corporations. American Express suffered...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- HP debuts disk recorder; MPEG-2 unit can work as stand-alone unit or cache.
- MPEG-2 unit can work as stand-alone unit or cache MPEG-2 unit can work as stand-alone unit or cache
- Research articles 1997-03-03
- BigBand closes deal for ADC unit.(Broadband Week)(purchasing of ADC Telecommunications Inc's IP Cable Business unit)(Brief Article)
- REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. -- BigBand Networks Inc. has closed the deal to purchase ADC Telecommunications Inc'.S IP Cable Business unit. The unit makes the Cuda cable-modem terminal system and FastFlow broadband provisioning manager. REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. -- BigBand Networks Inc. has closed...
- Research articles 2004-07-05
- Senior vice president of drilling retires from Unit Corp.
- Earle Lamborn is retiring as senior vice president of drilling with Tulsa-based Unit Corp. Lamborn will also resign from Unit's board of directors. Lamborn has worked for Unit since its inception in 1963. Unit's board of directors has elected Larry Pinkston, Unit's president, as a director to replace Lamborn.
- Research articles 2004-01-14
- Questa announces tentative merger agreement with Unit
- TULSA, OKLAHOMA--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 13, 1995-- Questa Oil & Gas Co. (NASDAQ: QUES) today announced it has reached a tentative merger agreement with Unit Corporation (NYSE: UNT). Under the terms of the agreement, Unit would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Questa in exchange for, at the option of...
- Research articles 1995-01-13
- Dow Forms Business Unit.
- Dow has formed the Custom & Fine Chemicals business unit, which consolidates many of the assets, resources and technologies of recent acquisitions into a separate global business unit. George Blitz has ... Dow has formed the Custom & Fine Chemicals business unit, which consolidates...
- Research articles 2001-08-01
- Britax International to acquire Hexcel unit.(Brief Article)
- Britax International plc reached a definitive agreement to acquire a Bellingham, Wash., unit of Hexcel Corp. for $116.9 million. The unit, which employs 325, designs and makes aftermarket interior components for commercial aircraft. The unit has Britax International plc reached a...
- Research articles 2000-04-10
- Honeywell unveils business unit.(Honeywell Inc. forms Consumer Products unit)
- Honeywell Inc formed its Consumer Products unit to oversee its plans to expand retail sales. Bernard Chiu, former head of recent Honeywell acquisition Duracraft, will oversee the unit. Consumer Products will be based in Southborough, MA, and employ 3,400.Honeywell Inc formed its Consumer Products unit to oversee its plans to...
- Research articles 1996-05-13
- And buys Tyco unit. (In Brief).(Dow Corning buys Raychem power materials unit, Menlo Park, California)(Brief Article)
- Dow Corning Corp. has agreed to acquire the Raychem power materials unit of Tyco Electronics of Tyco International Ltd. The unit had sales of about $9 million in 2002. ... Dow Corning Corp. has agreed to acquire the Raychem power materials unit of Tyco...
- Research articles 2003-02-03
- American Express Buys GE's Corporate-Card Unit
- If, as some economists are saying, the economic downturn is going to hurt consumer spending more than business spending then American Express is making a good defensive move. AmEx is paying $1.1 billion for a General Electric unit that processes charge cards for corporations. American Express suffered...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- AS/400 unit gains ISO 9000 approval - IBM AS/400 development unit recognized by International Organization for Standardization as meeting ISO 9000 standards of quality assurance - Client/Server Computing edition - Brief Article
- The IBM AS/400 development and manufacturing unit in Rochester, Minn., has been recognized by the International Organization for Standardization ISO, based in Geneva, Switzerland, for meeting the ISO 9000 standards for quality assurance. The unit won a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the U.S. government in 1990. ...
- Research articles 1993-01-15
- Evergreen's second Raton Basin federal Unit approved
- DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 14, 1997--Evergreen Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:EVER) announced today that the Bureau of Land Management has designated approximately 33,000 acres of Evergreen's Raton Basin oil and gas leases as a new Federal Unit called the Sangre de Cristo Unit. Evergreen Operating Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary, has...
- Research articles 1997-01-14
- Unit 4 of Shandong Huaneng's Weihai Plant Commences Operation
- JINAN, SHANDONG, PRC--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 19, 1998--New York-listed Shandong Huaneng Power Development Co. Ltd (NYSE:SH) announced today that the fourth unit of its Weihai Power Plant Phase II project is now in operation following the completion on Nov 5, 1998 of its trial run. The project, which comprises two 300MW...
- Research articles 1998-11-19
- INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit
- Wireless News 07-18-2005 INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit WIRELESS NEWS-July 14, 2005-INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit C2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com INDUS Corporation today announced its new Defense...
- Research articles 2005-07-18
- INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit
- Wireless News 07-22-2005 INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit WIRELESS NEWS-July 14, 2005-INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit C2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com INDUS Corporation today announced its new Defense...
- Research articles 2005-07-22
- INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit
- Wireless News 08-04-2005 INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit WIRELESS NEWS-July 14, 2005-INDUS Corp. Announces New Defense and Intelligence Solutions Unit C2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com INDUS Corporation today announced its new Defense...
- Research articles 2005-08-04
