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71Unit block — A unit block is a type of standardized wooden toy block for children. Known also as standard unit blocks or Kindergarten blocks, these building blocks are common in preschools and some Kindergarten classrooms in the United States.izesA unit block …
72unit — [[t]ju͟ːnɪt[/t]] ♦♦ units 1) N COUNT If you consider something as a unit, you consider it as a single, complete thing. Agriculture was based in the past on the family as a unit. 2) N COUNT A unit is a group of people who work together at a… …
73unit-linked policy — A life assurance policy in which the benefits depend on the performance of a portfolio of shares. Each premium paid by the insured person is split: one part is used to provide life assurance cover, while the balance (after the deduction of costs …
74unit card — noun : a library catalog card containing full information about a book or other printed item and reproduced in quantity so that it may be not only used for a main entry but adapted for all secondary entries * * * Library Science. a main entry… …
75Unit of alcohol — In Britain a unit of alcohol is defined as 10 millilitres (or approximately 8 grams) of ethanol (ethyl alcohol). It is used as a basis for guidelines on consumption of alcoholic beverages; the number of units contained in a typical drink is… …
76unit trust — 1) In the UK, an investment fund shared by a large number of different investors. A unit trust is an ‘open ended fund’, which means that the fund gets bigger as more people invest and smaller as people withdraw their money. A fund manager is… …
77Stick (unit) — Unit of length name=stick m=.0508 accuracy=3A stick, when used as a unit, is usually two inches, i.e. 5.08 cm (for the international inch). It was once used in the English tailoring business, but has now fallen out of use completely …
78unit — [16] The term unit was given general currency by the 16th century English mathematician, astrologer, and magician John Dee. It was formed from Latin ūnus, probably on the analogy of digit, and used as a mathematical term to replace unity as a… …
79unit trust — 1) In the UK, an investment fund shared by a large number of different investors. A unit trust is an open ended fund , which means that the fund gets bigger as more people invest and smaller as people withdraw their money. A fund manager is… …
80unit — /ˈjunət / (say yoohnuht) noun 1. a single thing or person; any group of things or persons regarded as an individual. 2. one of the individuals or groups making up a whole, or into which a whole may be analysed. 3. any magnitude regarded as an… …
