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A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.

to trade. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount. Cowper.

act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.

An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in different liquids.

The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.

To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

The act of overdrawing; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.

To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture. Faraday.

Pertaining to, or used for, the determination of the amount of ozone; of or relating to ozonometry.

An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the amount, of ozone.

Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone.

ences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.

or more special partners, who are not liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute as capital. -- Partnership in commendam, the title given to the limited partnership (F. société en commandité) of the French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana. Burrill. -- Silent partnersh…

a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax…

e, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.

ntum, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. -- Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.]…

By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day.

A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon. [R.]

Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.