(n): a move made to gain a tactical end
(n): how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
(n): a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
(n): a statute in draft before it becomes law
(n): (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
(n): the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
(n): any specific behavior
(n): a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
(n): a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
(n): (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
(n): (prosody) a system of versification
(n): musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
(n): (music) notation used by musicians
(n): measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
(n): instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
(n): a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
(n): any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
(v): determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
(v): reach, make, or come to a decision about something
(v): express as a number or measure or quantity
(v): serve as a means for expressing something
(v): have certain dimensions
(v): have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
(v): evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
(v): form a critical opinion of
