单词 | all-up |
释义 | all-upadj.n. A. adj. 1. Chiefly in all-up weight. a. Designating the total weight of an aircraft or mass of a spacecraft in flight, including crew, passengers, fuel, and cargo. ΚΠ 1923 W. Mitchell et al. Rep. Inspection Trip to France, Italy, Germany, Holland, & Eng. (U.S. Air Service Information Circular) No. 391. 98/2 The aircraft is to be fitted with hoisting slings suitably attached. The slinging gear is to be designed to take three times the ‘all up’ weight of the aircraft. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 774 We have been able to build a flying boat with an all-up weight of 56 tons. 1990 D. J. Calvert Harrier (‘Aircraft Illustr.’ Special) 3/2 At the other extreme, using a normal runway and a rolling take-off, the Harrier can launch at an all-up weight of over 30,000lb. 2004 M. J. L. Turner Exped. Mars iv. 127 The all-up mass of the Mars excursion composite is then 242.2 tonnes. b. Designating the total weight of any machine, vehicle, structure, etc. ΚΠ 1946 Sci. News Let. 20 July 39/2 Economic factors prescribe that normal European cars should not exceed 2,000 pounds all-up weight. 1980 Offshore (Nexis) Apr. 49 There is a need to know the all-up dry weight of the platform when it is operating [and] the all-up weight of a module as it is to be loaded out and lifted. 1987 Shooting Life Spring 78/1 The barrels are 27 inches in length and the gun's all-up weight is 5lbs. 5ozs. 1993 Mod. Railways July 434/1 When all the equipment has been installed the all-up weight is 52 tonnes. 2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) iii. 3/3 The compressor unit runs without the need for lubrication. Wheels are fitted as standard and at an all-up weight of 21kg the unit is easily transportable. 2. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. a. Betting. Designating a system of betting or series of bets in which the stake and winnings accruing from each bet won are placed on the next bet; = accumulator n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet swoopstake1599 by-beta1627 levant1714 even money1732 play or pay bet1738 side bet1769 long shot1796 sweep1849 pay-or-play1853 sweepstake1861 pari-mutuel1868 to go a raker1869 flutter1874 skinner1874 by-wager1886 plunge1888 accumulator1889 saver1891 mutuel1893 quinella1902 parlay1904 Sydney or the bush1924 treble1924 daily double1930 all-up1933 round robin1944 double1951 twin double1960 perfecta1961 pool1963 lose bet1964 tiercé1964 Yankee bet1964 Yankee1967 nap1971 superfecta1971 tricast1972 triple1972 trixie1973 telebetting1974 trifecta1974 over-and-under1975 over-under1981 spread bet1981 1933 R. Spargo Betting Syst. Analysed 24 For making sure of a losing day after picking a winner the all-up method is ‘one hundred per cent. the goods’. 1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 15 ‘Does this bookie pay full odds?’ ‘No limit on all-up bets.’ 2000 D. M. Grant Two over Three on Goodtime Sugar x. 215 In March 1992 the TAB introduced mixed pools all-up betting. b. Designating the total cost of a product, enterprise, etc., or the total of some payment or expenditure; overall. Frequently in predicative use. ΚΠ 1967 H. Nicol Limits of Man 91 An alert farmer will surely want to know more about the all-up costs when nitrogenous fertilizers are sold without any neutralizing material. 1974 Valuer (Austral. Instit. Valuers) Jan. 411/2 Given a relatively large subdivision of say 150 lots having cost all up say $15000 per lot..the subdivider would have $2250000 outstanding. 1985 National Times (Austral.) 22 Nov. 2/2 The all-up cost to the taxpayer must be nudging the million-dollar mark by now. 1999 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 16 July 4 The payout for the season was $3.78 per kg of milk solid, plus imputation credits of 15c, giving an all-up payment of $3.93. 2005 M. Johnson Family Village Tribe 173 All up, it cost the manager over $1000, plus the probable $2000 commission he'd lost. 3. Originally and chiefly British. Of a postal service: with all items sent by air, but with no special fee charged for this. Also: relating to, or sent by, such a service. ΚΠ 1937 Rep. Proc. 14th Conf. ASLIB 76 The ceremonial send-off from Southampton of the first ‘all-up’ Empire Air Mail. 1964 H. Robinson Carrying Brit. Mails Overseas xxiii. 291 Sir Philip Sassoon..informed the Commons in December 1934 of..the decision to carry all of the first-class mail by air...Up to this time the Imperial surface rate had been..11/ 2d for an ounce. The new ‘all-up’ rate was set at 11/ 2d but for a half ounce only, with no special fee for conveyance by air. 1968 Economist 13 July 41/3 A major diversion of first-class mail from the railways to the airlines, reflecting the determination of the postal authorities to shift to ‘all-up’ handling of inter-city first-class mail. 1990 T. Foster Secretarial Procedures viii. 168 Completed International Business Reply cards and envelopes will be returned as European All-up mail. B. n. colloquial. An all-up weight. Also (originally and chiefly Australian): an all-up cost, payment, or expenditure. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > types of cost or expenditure incident1652 incidental1740 sunk1771 sumptuary1796 indirect1903 oncost1908 overhead1909 all-up1942 pass-through1952 internalized1971 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [noun] > total weight all-up1942 1942 Aeroplane 12 June 675/2 The gross wing area is 1,181 sq. ft.... The power loading all up is 15.1 lb. per h.p. 1975 Bulletin (Austral.) 18 Jan. 55 Ian Chappell has indicated that he believes the $200 a match plus $50 expenses and $35 meal allowance per test—an all up of $285—needs to be improved in the light of inflation. 1989 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 29 June 15/1 The 35-70mm f/2.8AF Nikkon adds 663g (1lb 70z) to these weights, giving an all up for more than 4lb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1923 |
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