(a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
(n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
(n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
(n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
(a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
(a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
(n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
(n.) Acquiescence without examination.
(n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
(n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".
Example Sentences:
(1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
(2) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(3) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
(4) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(5) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
(6) However, decapitation did not eliminate the sex difference in the tissue content of P4 during control incubations.
(7) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
(8) The ATP content of the cholinergic electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata has been measured.
(9) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(10) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
(11) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(12) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
(13) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
(14) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
(15) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
(16) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
(17) "With hyperspectral imaging, you can tell the chemical content of a cake just by taking a photo of it.
(18) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
(19) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
(20) The aim of this study was to describe the contents of daily reports in two homes for the aged.
Equity
Definition:
(n.) Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.
(n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.
(n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.
Example Sentences:
(1) Video games specialist Game was teetering on the brink of collapse on Friday after a rescue deal put forward by private equity firm OpCapita appeared to have been given the cold shoulder by lenders who are owed more than £100m.
(2) Private equity millionaires, wealthy hedge fund managers, some of the most successful bankers in financial history – they crowded into Cavendish’s Georgian offices.
(3) Just months later, Grade popped up fronting a private-equity backed bid for Pinewood from the Rank Group.
(4) The implementation of equity policies in health have however been challenged by several trends and features of the health care system, these becoming more pronounced in the economic stagnation period after 1983.
(5) Some scientists, backed by countries like China and India, have tried to build an “equity calculator” based on capacity, responsibility and need.
(6) Entitled Jobs, Justice and Equity, the report warned that growing inequality, marginalisation and disenfranchisement are threatening Africa's prospects and undermining the foundations of its recent success.
(7) The results indicate that half or more of the interstate differences in spending for this population group are due to actuarial and efficiency factors rather than deviations from equity potential.
(8) Given the poor profitability profile of the operating companies, it is no surprise that the private-equity-owned businesses have not always needed to adopt the high leverage model to secure a tax advantage.
(9) The recently bailed-out Belgian-French bank Dexia had a capital ratio well above regulatory limits but a leverage ratio more than 60 times its equity base.
(10) Shed Media, the independent producer behind Supernanny and Waterloo Road, is reportedly in talks with private-equity firms about a buyout of the business.
(11) Effectiveness, efficiency and equity in health care are discussed in this article against the background of concerns that 'cost containment' may lead to reductions in quality of care.
(12) 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.
(13) A joint receiver and restructuring services partner at Deloitte, Neville Kahn, added: "The senior lenders were reluctant to appoint a receiver but felt they had no choice due to the ongoing defaults, which have remained uncured for over five years, and concerns that the borrowers' lack of equity in the transaction had caused their incentives to become misaligned with the lenders'."
(14) While several banks have improved their capital ratios, including through raising fresh equity, balance sheet repair remains incomplete and fragmentation persists."
(15) Last year it launched a £404m fund-raising to pay down debt, which saw private equity house Warburg Pincus take a 15% stake.
(16) David Thebault, head of quantitative sales trading at Global Equities, Paris "The timing for such a huge rights issue is quite bad.
(17) The equity markets remained under pressure on Thursday with a fall in the oil price refocusing attention on the weakness of the global economy.
(18) Jeremy Brade, who led the transaction on behalf of Harwood Private Equity, added: "We are delighted to support the acquisition of the titles and the management team with its ambitious plans for the business".
(19) If the Coalition keeps going down the current path, its most enduring achievement will be the dismantlement of the equity-based federal funding settlement achieved under Whitlam and the dawn of a new era of evidence-less policy making.
(20) It also severely restricts their investments in high-risk hedge funds and private equity ventures.