(n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
(n.) That which is collected
(n.) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
(n.) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
(n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.
(n.) An accumulation of any substance.
(n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
(n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
Example Sentences:
(1) On both days, blood was collected by jugular venepuncture at 10.30 h, and then again 2, 4, 6 and 24 h later.
(2) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
(3) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
(4) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
(5) Periodontal diseases are a collection of disorders that may affect patients throughout life.
(6) Blood was collected from pups and dams to determine its caffeine concentration.
(7) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(8) Neither Brucella organisms, nor increased numbers of neutrophils could be found in semen samples collected from the experimental animals.
(9) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was prepared, and platelet aggregation studies were conducted directly or conducted on washed platelets prepared from PRP collected with ACD.
(10) Data collection at the old hospital for comparison, however, was not always reliable.
(11) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
(12) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
(13) Two fully matured specimens were collected from the blood vessel of two fish, Theragra chalcogramma, which was bought at the Emun market of Seoul in May, 1985.
(14) Data were collected on a sample of 131 women receiving treatment for gynecological cancer.
(15) Their efforts will include blocking the NSA from undermining encryption and barring other law enforcement agencies from collecting US data in bulk.
(16) Adults and immatures of Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls were collected by flagging vegetation and from lizards during a 3-mo period in the Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County, AZ, in 1991.
(17) This is basically a large tank (the bigger the better) that collects rain from the house guttering and pumps it into the home, to be used for flushing the loo.
(18) Group teaching compared to individualized teaching of the patients to collect their own aliquots did not appear to have a measurable effect upon the levels of bacteriuria.
(19) Blood samples were collected from an antecubital vein at sea level (S1), in a base camp at 1515 m prior to the summit ascent (S2), on the summit at 3285 m after 6.5 hours of climbing (S3), at base camp immediately after the descent (S4), and at sea level following a trail descent from the base camp (S5).
(20) In invasive epidermoid carcinoma, the accuracy with the self-collected specimens approached the physician-scraped specimens.
Portfolio
Definition:
(n.) A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.
(n.) Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added that 45% of traffic to Local World's extensive portfolio of websites – 76 newspaper sites, 26 This is … sites and 400 hyper local sites – comes from mobile devices.
(2) This non-cabinet post – equivalent to a minister without portfolio – enabled him to be at the centre of all government activities.
(3) The 2-dimensional portfolio-matrix will be used to analyse these factors, manifesting both the overall activity of a research unit and the development of new research and funding strategies.
(4) Camden Town is a creative business with a great range of brands that will complement our existing portfolio.” Mark Benner, managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) said: “As craft beer continues to grow in popularity and steal market share we are likely to see more global brewers looking to take over craft breweries, something which makes membership to Siba even more important for breweries looking to differentiate themselves, as consumers look to seek out truly independent craft brewed beers.” • This article was amended on 21 December 2015 because Guinness is owned by Diageo, not SAB Miller as an earlier version said.
(5) That would usually be the point of the match, having gone in 2-0 down at the interval, when United would be expected to set about trying to add another story to their portfolio of exceptional comebacks.
(6) In his critique of a GST increase on equity grounds, Bowen noted that Morrison had opened his tenure in the treasury portfolio by declaring the Commonwealth had a spending problem, not a revenue problem – but now seemed more interested in chasing revenue than cutting spending.
(7) In the past couple of years, it has purchased portfolios of loans from RBS, National Australia Bank, Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and Lloyds Bank, betting on a recovery in European property markets.
(8) Hancock is covering the same portfolios but has moved up a rung from his previous position as a parliamentary under secretary of state.
(9) Renzi is also in the market for a prestigious portfolio for Italy's commissioner, who could be either Enrico Letta or Massimo D'Alema, both former prime ministers.
(10) In a review published on Thursday, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai) says the Department for International Development (DfID) has failed to turn rhetoric about how bolstering the private sector can help end global poverty into a realistic, well-balanced and joined-up portfolio of programmes.
(11) We are really disappointed to hear that from April 2015 the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds will no longer be funded by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation.
(12) Often, a fund manager may run both unit trusts and investment trusts with similar aims and almost identical portfolios.
(13) I am looking forward to working closely with him to ensure the BBC's television portfolio remains the envy of the broadcasting world."
(14) The Blairs' property portfolio already includes a £3.6m townhouse and an £800,000 adjoining mews house in Connaught Square, London, two flats in Bristol and the constituency home in Trimdon, Co Durham, which Blair bought when he was elected MP for Sedgefield in 1983.
(15) The Rockefeller Brothers Fund pledged to reduce its investments in coal and tar sands to less than 1% of its portfolio.
(16) Currently a junior employment minister, she has been widely tipped as a shoo-in for Ken Clarke's job in the cabinet as minister for TV studios (or minister without portfolio, to give it its official title).
(17) He said it was clear to him from the time he took the industry portfolio post election that Holden did not intend to stay in Adelaide.
(18) "This sits within Nick Clegg's portfolio and I'm sure he's working on those answers," he said.
(19) Channel 4 is keen to talk of its business as a single portfolio.
(20) Other parts of the group's vast food portfolio could also be put on the block.