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''
Since before the 1950s, unit ventilators have been standard elements in the physical character of elementary and high schools. Although unit ventilators have not changed significantly in outward appearance, the internal technology has continued to advance to meet changing needs. As a primer, the whitepaper's purpose is to review design,...
Unit Corp. Wednesday revealed a 30 percent increase in its consolidated capital expenditure budget to $205 million for 2005, allocated between its three primary subsidiaries: Unit Drilling, Unit Petroleum and Superior Pipeline.
AT&T says it plans to spin off the remaining 84.4% interest in its AT&T Wireless unit to its shareholders in a transaction valued at $43.1 billion. Previously, AT&T split off a 15.6% stake in the unit as a tracking stock through an initial public offering. AT&T also says it's planning...
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...
According to the paper the outlook for unit-linked business in Europe is positive. Unit-linked products returns present the policyholder and life insurer with an interesting alternative to traditional products. Not only do unit-linked products incur no investment risk for the life insurer, they also need to be backed by less...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Citing faster-than-expected development results, the 25-unit Buca Inc. Italian chain upped its planned number of unit openings for 1999 from 13 to 15.
YORBA LINDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 8, 1995--Unit Instruments Inc., the successor corporation to Autoclave Engineers Inc. announced that effective Nov. 17, 1995 the company's name and listing symbol on the NASDAQ was changed to Unit Instruments Inc. under the symbol UNII.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the NORSOK standard, necessary for data- and telecommunications services needed onboard a drilling unit in order to fulfill the operator's requirements for voice and data communication between the drilling unit and the operator's communication networks. It also forms the basis for achieving...
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 19, 1998--Alliance Capital Management L.P. (NYSE: "AC") announced today that the Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one split of its outstanding Units. The record date for the Unit split is March 11, 1998. It is anticipated that new Unit certificates will be mailed on April 2,...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Grandma Lee's Inc., an 89-unit quick-service operator here, opened ,its first unit in a Sears Department store in Toronto. The downsized unit includes the chain's trademark on-premises baking facilities.
With sights set on nurturing its eight core food categories, H.J. Heinz Co. announced in September plans to sell its $200-million bakery products unit to The Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis.
RADNOR, Pa. -- Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:PVR) announced today that, on February 23, 2006, the Board of Directors of Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership, declared a two-for-one split of the Partnership's common and subordinated units. To effect the split, one additional common...
This paper explores the reason for the research literature that focuses on elasticities, it derive analytical expressions that relate the decomposition of unit sales effects to the elasticity decomposition. This paper apply these expressions to obtain estimated unit sales effect decompositions from previously reported elasticity decomposition results. It shows why...
Pfizer Inc., primarily a drug company, acquired a mint and chewing gum unit a little more than two years ago when it purchased Warner-Lambert. British media reported recently that Cadbury Schweppes was preparing a $4.7 billion offer for the unit, which includes the Trident, Clorets, and Dentyne brands.
For The First Time, Samsung Captures the Number One Unit and Dollar Share for Flat Panel TVs; Number One Unit Share for Total Digital TVs; Number One Unit Share for LCD TV; Number One Unit and Dollar Share for Flat CRT
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