(n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
(n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
(n.) A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
(n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
(n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
(n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
(n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
(n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
(a.) Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
(v. t.) To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
(v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper.
(v. t.) To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
Example Sentences:
(1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
(2) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
(3) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
(4) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
(5) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
(6) In this paper, we report the cases of 4 male patients (mean age 32.7 yr) with right-ventricular dysplasia, that occurred in familial form.
(7) This paper has considered the effects and potential application of PFCs, their emulsions and emulsion components for regulating growth and metabolic functions of microbial, animal and plant cells in culture.
(8) In this paper we present a robust algorithm to determine automatically contours with elliptical shapes.
(9) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
(10) 2,3-Dihydroxybenzamide had previously been detected only as a minor metabolite of salicylamide by paper chromatography.
(11) "We do not yet live in a society where the police or any other officers of the law are entitled to detain people without reasonable justification and demand their papers," Gardiner wrote.
(12) This paper reports, principally, the caries results of the first three surveys of 5, 12 and 5-year-olds undertaken at the end of 1987, 1988 and 1989, respectively.
(13) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
(14) This paper presents findings from a survey on knowledge of and attitudes and practices towards AIDS among currently married Zimbabwean men conducted between April and June 1988.
(15) In this paper we report sixteen new cases from Europe and North America, suggesting that Kabuki make-up syndrome may be more common outside of Japan than supposed.
(16) This paper analyzes the nucleotide sequences of three viruses: Kunjin, west Nile, and yellow fever.
(17) In this paper we report the case of a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastatic to the ampullary region.
(18) In this paper sensitive and selective bioassays are described for growth factors acting on substrate-attached cells, in particular members of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and heparin-binding growth factor families.
(19) This paper provides a description of the cerebellar-vestibular-determined (CV) neurological and electronystagmographic (ENG) parameters characterizing 4,000 patients with learning disabilities.
(20) This paper examines the chiral nature of the covalent conjugates formed upon reaction of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) with enantiomeric cycloheptyl, isopropyl, and 3,3-dimethylbutyl methylphosphonyl thiocholines.
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.