the acid test
1the acid test — the ultimate trial for someone s credibility Your readiness to support me during the examination was the acid test of our relationship …
2Acid test — may refer to:*Acid test (gold), a test used to determine weather a metal is real gold or not. Ever since, a generalized term for verified or approved/tested . *Acid Test (Liquidity Ratio), a ratio used to determine the liquidity of a business… …
3acid test — When Fowler was preparing the first edition of Modern English Usage, he remarked that acid test was undoubtedly the popularized technical term ‘most in vogue at the moment of writing (1920)’. In scientific use it meant the use of nitric acid to… …
4acid test — noun count usually singular a fact, event, or situation that proves something, for example whether a plan will work: The state of the economy is usually the acid test of any government s success …
5The Alcat Test — was developed as a screening test for adverse reactions to specific foods, food additives, pharmacoactive agents to food chemicals and food colorings. The ALCAT test is based on the accurate measurement of cells volume and counting of the… …
6acid test — noun a rigorous or crucial appraisal • Hypernyms: ↑appraisal, ↑assessment * * * noun [singular] : a difficult situation or task that shows if someone or something is good enough to succeed The new team faced its first acid test when it played the …
7Acid test (gold) — An acid test for gold was used during the the gold rush of the 1850s by gold seekers and gold traders to quickly and accurately test whether a given metal, excavated or found, was gold or a mere base metal.The metal would be submerged in a strong …
8Acid-Test Ratio — A stringent indicator that determines whether a firm has enough short term assets to cover its immediate liabilities without selling inventory. The acid test ratio is far more strenuous than the working capital ratio, primarily because the… …
9acid test — 1. The ratio of *current assets to *current liabilities. The acid test ratio is a quick means of assessing an entity’s *liquidity and its alternative names include the quick ratio and the liquid ratio. Only liquid current assets are used in the… …
10acid test — An acid test is something that proves whether something is good, effective, etc, or not. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To refer to something as the acid test means that it will prove how effective or useful something is. The… …
