Measurer: alternatives and connections

A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in…

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the…

the market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the expected spot price at contract maturity.…

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five qu…

A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand…

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices…

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; fail…

Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the…

One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.

To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to…

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preo…

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…