We hired a major accounting firm to crunch the numbers.
»We believe we have made a profit, but we haven't crunched the numbers yet.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
crunch the numbers — Calculate the cost, price, value. ► “Besides being easy to use, the applications have to be able to crunch the numbers quickly and accurately and present data graphically.” (InfoWorld, Sept. 24, 1994, p. 89) … American business jargon
Crunch the Wolf — is the official mascot of the NBA franchise, the Minnesota Timberwolves. He appears as a hidden player in the 1994 video game NBA Jam Tournament Edition. Notes External links Crunch s Home Page … Wikipedia
crunch — [krʌntʆ] verb crunch (the) numbers STATISTICS ACCOUNTING to do very complicated calculations on large amounts of data (= information stored on a computer) in order to find out about something: • Media buyers have to know what s going on, not just … Financial and business terms
crunch numbers — crunch (the) numbers ► to deal with data by performing a large number of calculations: »We hired a major accounting firm to crunch the numbers. »We believe we have made a profit, but we haven t crunched the numbers yet. → See also NUMBER… … Financial and business terms
crunch — crunch1 [krʌntʃ] n 1.) [singular] a noise like the sound of something being crushed ▪ The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel. 2.) [C, singular] AmE a difficult situation caused by a lack of something, especially money or time ▪ Three… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crunch — [[t]krʌ̱ntʃ[/t]] crunches, crunching, crunched 1) VERB If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth. [V n] She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly... [V into/on n] Richard crunched… … English dictionary
crunch — crunchable, adj. /krunch/, v.t. 1. to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise. 2. to crush or grind noisily. 3. to tighten or squeeze financially: The administration s policy seems to crunch the economy in order to combat inflation. v.i … Universalium
crunch — [[t]krʌntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to chew with a sharp crushing noise 2) to crush or grind noisily 3) cvb to condense: Crunch the first page into one paragraph[/ex] 4) bus to squeeze financially 5) cmp to manipulate or process (numbers or data)… … From formal English to slang
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — For the novel by C.S. Lewis, see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. For other uses, see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (disambiguation). The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Theatrical Poster … Wikipedia
the nitty-gritty — very important matters, the crunch The nitty gritty of an election is the vote itself the numbers! … English idioms
