equipment

(ĭ-kwĭp'mənt)
n.

1. The act of equipping or the state of being equipped.
2. Something with which a person, an organization, or a thing is equipped.
3. The rolling stock especially of a transportation system.
4. The qualities or traits that make up the mental and emotional resources of an individual.

SYNONYMS   equipment, apparatus, gear, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia. These nouns denote the materials needed for a purpose such as a task or a journey: hiking equipment; laboratory apparatus; skiing gear; naval materiel; an explorer's outfit; a beekeeper's paraphernalia.

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Machines or major tools necessary to complete a given task. The tools a mechanic needs to repair a machine are an example.
Equipment must be capitalized and written off over the appropriate recovery period. For example, most equipment may be written off over seven years using the 200% declining-balance method.

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noun

Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose: accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, tackle, thing (used in plural), turnout. See means.

(DOD) In logistics, all nonexpendable items needed to outfit or equip an individual or organization. See also assembly; component; subassembly; supplies.

IN BRIEF: The things needed for some purpose.

Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. — George Polya.

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n

The nonexpendable items used by the dentist in the performance of professional duties.

Common misspelling(s) of equipment

• equippment

Dansk (Danish)
n. - udstyr, mundering, materiel, grej, udrustning, ekvipering

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitrusting, apparatuur, het uitrusten met, het uitgerust zijn met, talent

Français (French)
n. - équipement, matériel, dispositif, outillage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausrüstung, Ausstattung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μηχανικός/τεχνικός) εξοπλισμός, εφόδια, υλικά μέσα, (καθομ.) γεννητικά όργανα

Italiano (Italian)
attrezzatura, equipaggiamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - equipamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
оборудование, снаряжение, аппаратура, боевая техника

Español (Spanish)
n. - equipo, herramientas, utillaje, material móvil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utrustning, ekipering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
装备, 才能, 设备品

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 裝備, 才能, 設備品

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 준비, 설비, 기술, 철도차량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 準備, 装備, 車両, 素質, 能力

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تجهيزات, معدات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציוד, מטרת אספקת הציוד‬

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