| 单词 | index number |
| 释义 | > as lemmasindex number index number n. (a) = sense 9e above; (b) a number in an index; spec. the registration number of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > recording of prices or dealings > unit or number in quoting variations point1855 index number1875 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number registration number1841 index number1875 plate number1881 registration mark1903 registration1930 licence number1937 rego1967 1875 W. S. Jevons Money xxv. 332 A table containing the Total Index Number of prices, or the arithmetical sum of the numbers expressing the ratios of the prices of many commodities to the average prices of the same commodities in the years 1845–50. 1886 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1885 871 The index number for the price of each article in 1883 is 1 or 100, according to the use or otherwise of the decimal point. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 466/1 The only matter connected with price which it is necessary to refer to here is the theory of the index number. 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 3 Feb. 211/2 This total index number..merged all prices high and low in a single figure. 1900 A. L. Bowley Wages in U.K. in 19th Cent. xii. 95 (caption) Index numbers, showing rate of Change of Wages in the London Building Trades. 1928 J. W. F. Rowe Wages in Pract. & Theory 14 Index numbers based on changes in the nominal weekly rates in these industries afford a general guide to the character of wage fluctuations. 1942 [see sense 9e]. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 233/1 The distribution of coal by rank, geologic age, and district is indicated in Fig. 4. The index numbers, which refer to coal districts, are grouped by continent and country in the accompanying list. 1973 Daily Tel. 11 July 6/6 He admitted owning a car which had an index number identical to one Miss Mallalieu had noted. < as lemmas |
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