Dry Unit (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain).
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The merchant bought the grain by the dry unit of a bushel, ensuring an accurate measure for trade purposes.
- The local market utilized the dry unit of a peck for fruits and vegetables, an age-old practice among the community.
- In international trade, countries adopted the metric system as the standard dry unit of measurement to minimize errors.
- Historical records indicated the ancient civilization employed the dry unit of a sack to store grains, thus defining a primary means of economic transaction.
- Regulatory authorities were mandated to set standardized dry units of measurement to monitor commercial exchanges involving foodstuffs such as oats or rye.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- Cubic Measure
- Capacity Measure
- Capacity Unit
- Cubature Unit
- Cubic Content Unit
- Displacement Unit
- Cubage Unit