2014年8月27日 星期三

procedure, shaver, shave, crone, customary rates, in light of, conditions and procedures


New York State Hospital Data Exposes Big Markups, and Odd Bargains

By NINA BERNSTEIN
As part of an effort to make health care pricing more transparent, the State Health Department released an online trove of hospitals' median charges and costs for 1,400 conditions and procedures from 2009 to 2011.

Still havering about the  wretched crone!
Toyota to shave 2011 production forecast(12/06)

Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More

By NINA BERNSTEIN

After compiling a database of customary rates for medical procedures, many insurance companies switched to a calculation based on Medicare rates, meaning higher costs for patients.


China urged to improve Taiwanese detainee rights
Taipei Times
Several lawmakers and local human rights groups urged China to improve conditions for Taiwanese detained in China in light of efforts to improve conditions for Chinese detainees in Taiwan. Several lawmakers visited a detention center in Yilan, ...



Crone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crone
The crone is a stock character in folklore and fairy tale, an old woman. In some stories, she is disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or ...

 in light of

Also, in the light of; in view of. In consideration of, in relationship to. For example, In light of recent developments, we're postponing our meeting, or In the light of the weather forecast we've canceled the picnic, or He got a special bonus in view of all the extra work he had done. The first two of these terms date from the late 1600s, the third from about 1800.

haver

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪvə/
Translate haver | into Italian

verb

[no object]
  • 1Scottish talk foolishly; babble:Tom havered on
  • 2British act in a vacillating or indecisive manner: (as noun havering)she was exasperated by all this havering

noun

[mass noun] (also havers) Scottish
  • foolish talk; nonsense.

Origin:

early 18th century: of unknown origin


shave

v., shaved, shaved, or shav·en (shā'vən), shav·ing, shaves. v.tr.
    1. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: The barber lathered his face and then shaved him.
    2. To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver.
  1. To crop, trim, or mow closely: shave a meadow.
    1. To remove thin slices from: shave a board.
    2. To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred: shave chocolate.
  2. To come close to or graze in passing. See synonyms at brush1.
  3. To limit the number of (points) scored by one's own team in an athletic contest by point-shaving.
    1. To purchase (a note) at a reduction greater than the legal or customary rate.
    2. To cut (a price) by a slight margin.
v.intr.
To remove the beard or other body hair with a razor or shaver.

n.
  1. The act, process, or result of shaving.
  2. A thin slice or scraping; a shaving.
  3. Any of various tools used for shaving.
[Middle English shaven, to scrape, from Old English sceafan.]




customary[cus・tom・ar・y]

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[kʌ'stəmèri | -məri]
[形]
1 習慣的な, しきたりの, 通例の, 常習的な, 慣習[慣行, 慣例]の. ⇒USUAL[類語]
one's customary exercise
いつもやる運動
a customary practice
慣行
It is customary for [with] him to do
…するのが彼の習慣になっている.
2 《法律》慣習(法)上の
a customary law
慣習法.
━━[名](複-ies)慣習法集.
cus・tom・ar・i・ly〔kstmèrli;((強調))kstmér- | kstmr-〕


procedure

Line breaks: pro|ced¦ure
Pronunciation: /prəˈsiːdʒə 
  
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NOUN

1An established or official way of doing something:the police are now reviewing procedures[MASS NOUN]: parliamentary procedure
1.1A series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner:the standard procedure for informing new employees about conditions of work
1.2A surgical operation:the procedure is carried out under general anaesthetic
1.3Computing another term for subroutine.

Origin

late 16th century: from French procédure, from procéder(see proceed).

Derivatives

procedural

ADJECTIVE

procedurally

ADVERB



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