assay

assay
Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange ( commodities exchange center). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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▪ I. assay as‧say 1 [əˈseɪ, ˈæseɪ] noun [countable, uncountable]
a test to show how pure a metal, drug etc is:

• The experiments were done under standard assay conditions.

  [m0] ▪ II. assay as‧say 2 [əˈseɪ] verb [transitive]
to test something such as a metal or drug to find out how pure it is:

• All samples were assayed in duplicate.

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assayer UK US /əˈseɪər/ noun [C]
► a person or company that tests a metal, etc. to find out how pure it is: »

the chief assayer at the Birmingham Assay Office

assay verb [T]
► »

We buy, refine, and assay all forms of gold, silver, and platinum.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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(to determine the quality of metals, alloys, or ores), , , , (metallic substances), ,


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