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''
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...
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...
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...
THE Comedy Unit is an oddly straight-faced name for a company which has created most of the funniest TV shows to come out of Scotland in the last two decades. It makes me think of Barlinnie's Special Unit, or something from Orwell, perhaps a subcommittee of the Ministry of Truth....
Mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. is tapping its Irvine unit to launch a push into the commercial insurance brokerage business. The Irvine unit-Countrywide Insurance Group-plans to open a new operation at its Park Place offices in July. By the end of the year the commercial insurance unit is expected to...
According to the information released by an executive from Chinese Petroleum Corp. CPC of Taiwan, the company is planning to construct a fluidized catalytic cracking FCC unit and a diesel desulfurization unit in Dalin Refinery located in Kaohsiung in the south of Taiwan. ...
JAKARTA AFP — An Indonesian unit of US mining giant Newmont has received a government award for preserving the environment even while another unit has been brought to court on pollution charges. It was the second consecutive year that Newmont Nusa Tenggara Tenggara, which operates a copper mine on...
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.
Coincidentally, Pearson is seeking a buyer for the Financial Times Energy unit, Pearson's last U.S. professional publishing property. The unit includes Pasha Publications, Resource Data International and ESource.
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,...
Merger creates new Nykiel Carlin unit SCHAUMBURG - Nykiel Carlin & Co. said Wednesday it has created a new unit as part of its merger with Arlington Heights-based Gregory Financial Group Inc. Gregory Financial Group LLC is now a Nykiel unit dedicated to buying...
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.
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