container

container
container/vehicle
A container or vehicle, which has been built, equipped and approved to meet specific standards of construction and security. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary

* * *

container con‧tain‧er [kənˈteɪnə ǁ -ər] noun [countable]
1. something such as a box or bottle that can be used for keeping things in:

• the EU directive on beverage containers

2. TRANSPORT a very large metal box, of a standard size, in which goods are packed to make it easy to lift or move them onto a ship or road vehicle:

• The deck was full of cargo containers.

• a container ship (= one designed to carry containers )

* * *

container UK US /kənˈteɪnər/ noun [C]
► a hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, which can be used for holding something, especially to carry or store it: »

After opening, transfer the contents of the tin to a plastic container for storage.

► TRANSPORT a very large metal box used for transporting goods: »

a cargo/freight/shipping container

 »

a container lorry/ship/truck

 container business/traffic »

Around three-quarters of the world's 50-billion dollar container business is still done under service contracts.

 a container port/terminal »

Hong Kong ranked as the world's second busiest container port last year, after Singapore.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Container — may refer to: Items used to contain, store, and transport products, such as: Carton Bottle Can (disambiguation), several meanings Shipping containers include Crate Wooden box Intermodal container, aka Ship container or Cargo container Twenty foot …   Wikipedia

  • container — [ kɔ̃tɛnɛr ] n. m. • 1932; mot angl. « récipient; contenant » ♦ Anglic. ⇒ conteneur(recomm. offic.). ● conteneur ou container nom masculin (anglais container) Caisse de dimensions normalisées utilisée pour la manutention, le stockage ou le… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • container — Any equipment used to hold more than one mailpiece. The term includes a sack, pouch, hamper, nutting truck, basket, letter tray or flat tray and a variety of boxes and carts. Mail transport equipment used to move mail in plant or between… …   Glossary of postal terms

  • container — CONTÁINER, containere s.n.1. Ambalaj în formă de rame, lăzi etc. care serveşte la transportul materialelor sau al produselor. 2. Recipient destinat încărcării utile a unei rachete. – Din engl. container. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 01.11.2005. Sursa:… …   Dicționar Român

  • Container — Sm normierter Großbehälter erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. container, einer Ableitung von ne. contain enthalten , aus frz. contenir, aus l. continēre umfassen , zu l. tenēre halten und l. con .    Ebenso nndl. container, nfrz.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Container — Container: Bei dem Fremdwort mit der Bedeutung »(genormter) Großbehälter« handelt es sich um eine seit der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jh.s nachgewiesene Entlehnung aus gleichbed. engl. container, einer Ableitung des Verbs to contain. Dieses ist über frz.… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Container — Con*tain er, n. 1. One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Container — Container. См. Обойма. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • container — index catchall, coffer, depository, enclosure, repository Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Container — Container(englausgesprochen)m 1.HandtaschemitdoppeltemBoden.EigentlichdergenormteBehälterfürStückgutbeförderung.Agentenjargon1970ff. 2.modernerZweckbau.Eristwürfelförmigundunschön.1970ff. 3.größeresGeschenkpaket.Häftlingsspr.1970ff …   Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”