(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
(n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
(n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
(v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) In contrast, arteries which were exposed to CO showed a higher uptake of cholesterol as compared to their corresponding control.
(3) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
(4) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
(5) This bone could not be degraded by human monocytes in vitro as well as control bone (only 54% of control; P less than 0.003).
(6) Nutritionally rehabilitated animals had similar numbers of nucleoli to control rats.
(7) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(8) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(9) Intravesical BCG is clearly superior to oral BCG, and controlled studies have demonstrated that percutaneous administration is not necessary.
(10) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
(11) If the method was taken into routine use in a diagnostic laboratory, the persistence of reverse passive haemagglutination reactions would enable grouping results to be checked for quality control purposes.
(12) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
(13) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
(14) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(15) The goals in control patients were to attain normal values for all hemodynamic measurements.
(16) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
(17) Comparison with 194 age and sex matched subjects, without STD, were chosen as controls.
(18) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
(19) Collagen production of rapidly thawed ligaments was studied by proline incubation at 1 day, 9 days, or 6 weeks after freezing and was compared with that of contralateral fresh controls.
(20) This study compared the non-invasive vascular profiles, coagulation tests, and rheological profiles of 46 consecutive cases of low-tension glaucoma with 69 similarly unselected cases of high-tension glaucoma and 47 age-matched controls.
Escrow
Definition:
(n.) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.
Example Sentences:
(1) Changes in ESCROW scores showed patients to have a greater need for social supports as they moved from admission to discharge.
(2) And, just like eBay, there were star ratings for sellers, detailed feedback, customer service assurances, an escrow system and a busy forum in which users posted helpful tips.
(3) The CAT has brokered a deal under which Virgin Media , BT and Top-Up TV can all take advantage of the reduced wholesale price for the two Sky Sports channels, but they must place the difference between the new regulated price and Sky's original wholesale price in a so-called "escrow" account.
(4) Stijn Hoorens, project leader for the team behind the report, said: “It could be explained by some of the challenges that these markets have faced over the years with ‘exit scams’, [which is] administrators who take their sites offline, saying for maintenance or something … in some cases they have just left with all bitcoins that were held in escrow.
(5) BP has been forced by Washington to set aside $20bn into an "escrow account" that can be used to pay out the billions of dollars worth of claims expected to emanate from those who have suffered financial hardship as a result of the spill.
(6) • At the conclusion of the appeal, the CAT will determine the distribution of the monies held in escrow.
(7) The interim deal approved by the CAT last week will allow Virgin Media, BT and Top Up TV to take advantage of the reduced wholesale price for the two Sky Sports channels, but they must place the difference between the new regulated price and Sky's original wholesale price in a so-called "escrow" account.
(8) He called an escrow account established for victims of the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill a “ Chicago-style political shakedown ”.
(9) A spokesman for BT said that despite the escrow arrangement, which means it cannot be certain of reaping the benefits of Ofcom's ruling if Sky wins its challenge, it would forge ahead without "radically revising" pricing plans.
(10) The Barthel index, PULSES profile, and ESCROW profile were used to measure functional status, social support, and rehabilitation progress.
(11) They get round this in different ways, sometimes paying bigger salaries, sometimes giving a person two jobs, where one is paid as a salary, and the other one held in escrow until the end of the year … a little bit like a bonus.
(12) That includes clean-up operations, co-ordinating with the US government and local officials, and managing the $20bn (£13.4bn) escrow account.
(13) The CAT has brokered a deal under which Virgin Media, BT and Top Up TV can all take advantage of the reduced wholesale price for the two Sky Sports channels, but they must place the difference between the new regulated price and Sky's original wholesale price in a so-called "escrow" account.
(14) The agency is attempting to access 600,000 Bitcoins, worth around $80m (£49.7m), accumulated by Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator of Silk Road, but has already seized 26,000 ( $3.2m ) that the site had held in escrow for its customers.
(15) The company said in court documents filed in Minnesota that the funds for reimbursements will be kept in an interest-bearing escrow account.
(16) Beam holds its customers’ money in escrow at a bank and its CEO, Anand Shrivastav, admits the company has had to spend considerable amounts of time, building public trust, making sure customers felt their money was secure in a Beam account.
(17) The European citizens should know, however, that loans to Greece are paid into an "escrow" account and are used exclusively to repay past loans and to re-capitalise near bankrupt private banks.
(18) The CAT has ruled that any other broadcaster who wishes to offer Sky's channels at the new Ofcom rate will be able to ask the court directly to join the escrow regime.