extract

extract
A supplementary license or certificate issued by a competent authority for part of the quantity authorised by an existing license or certificate. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary

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▪ I. extract ex‧tract 1 [ɪkˈstrækt] verb [transitive]
1. MANUFACTURING to remove raw material S, such as gold or oil, from a place, for example the sea or the ground, so that they can be sold or used in an industrial or manufacturing process:

• The landowner has appealed for planning permission to extract the peat.

• The three most heavily taxed commodities are alcohol, tobacco, and the oil being extracted from the North Sea.

2. MANUFACTURING to separate a substance or chemical from raw material S:

• The roots are crushed in the local sugar factory to extract the sugary juice.

• Cocoa butter and cocoa powder are extracted from the beans.

3. to get information or facts from a piece of writing or set of figures:

• The software extracts data directly from the accounting system.

• He would not leave until he'd extracted every detail.

4. to get information or an agreement from someone, although it is difficult to do so:

• The full employment of the 1950s gave trade unions the power to extract better terms and conditions from employers.

  [m0] ▪ II. extract ex‧tract 2 [ˈekstrækt] noun [countable]
1. a small part of a piece of writing, music, or a film:
extract from

• an extract from a memorandum to a US delegate

2. a substance or chemical which has been removed from raw material S:

• vanilla extract

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extract UK US /ɪkˈstrækt/ verb [T]
► NATURAL RESOURCES to remove a substance from the ground or from another substance: »

In this area brown coal is extracted in open pits.

 extract sth from sth »

Ethanol can be extracted from potatoes, switchgrass, garbage, and timber waste.

► to get something, such as information or money, from someone, especially when they do not want to give it: »

The proposed law would allow unions to extract fees from non-union workers for services that unions provide.

 extract a promise »

He managed to extract a promise from the board that his department would not be subject to cuts.

► to get a piece of information from a book, document, computer file, etc.: »

The website itself does not automatically extract any information from users or about user behaviour.

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extract UK US /ˈekstrækt/ noun [C]
► a small part that has been taken from a book, document, computer file, etc.: extract from sth »

In addition to its news, sport, and business coverage, the online version of the paper includes extracts from the weekend magazine.

► NATURAL RESOURCES a substance that has been got from another substance, using a particular process: »

medicinal plant extracts


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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