equipment (noun)
1equipment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ the latest, modern, state of the art, up to date ▪ high tech, sophisticated, technical ▪ expensive …
2equipment — ► NOUN 1) the items needed for a particular purpose. 2) the process of supplying these items …
3equipment — noun /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ a) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. b) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the… …
4equipment — equip·ment n: the implements used in an operation or activity; specif in the Uniform Commercial Code: goods that are bought for or used in a business enterprise or by a debtor which is a nonprofit organization or a government agency and that are… …
5equipment lease — ➔ lease2 * * * equipment lease UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a financial arrangement in which an organization lends equipment to a company for a specific period of time in return for regular payments: »I fell into arrears on my office equipment lease… …
6equipment leasing — ➔ leasing * * * equipment leasing UK US noun [U] FINANCE ► a system in which equipment is lent to a company for a particular period of time in return for regular payments: »Equipment leasing can be successfully included in micro finance …
7equipment — noun 1 (U) all the special tools, machines, clothes etc that you need for a particular activity: Dentists must take great care in sterilizing all their equipment. | office/video/sports etc equipment: fire fighting equipment | piece of equipment:… …
8equipment — noun Date: 1651 1. a. the set of articles or physical resources serving to equip a person or thing: as (1) the implements used in an operation or activity ; apparatus < sports equipment > (2) all the fixed assets other than land and buildings of… …
9equipment trust certificate — noun : an interest in an equipment trust on which payments are made out of rentals received from lease of the equipment …
10equipment — noun taking inventory of our equipment Syn: apparatus, paraphernalia, articles, appliances, impedimenta; tools, utensils, implements, instruments, hardware, gadgets, gadgetry; stuff, things; kit, tackle, rig; resources …
