unit

u|nit [ `junıt ] noun count ***

▸ 1 individual thing

▸ 2 part of organization

▸ 3 quantity for measuring

▸ 4 small machine

▸ 5 whole number under 10

1. ) an individual thing that is part of a larger group: ITEM:

The sen is the smallest unit of Malaysian currency.

a ) one of the parts that an educational book or a school course is divided into:

Next week's unit is on the digestive system.

b ) a family, considered as part of society or considered as a group of individual people:

the traditional two-parent family unit

c ) one of the apartments that a building or group of buildings is divided into:

thirty units of affordable housing

d ) a piece of furniture or equipment that fits together with other pieces of the same type:

new kitchen units

a storage unit

e ) BUSINESS a single example of a product that a company makes in large numbers:

By my calculation, the company needs to sell 10,000 units over the coming year to break even.

2. ) a department of an institution, especially a hospital, that has a particular purpose:

He's in the intensive care unit.

a ) a company or organization that is part of a group, or a place that an organization uses for a particular purpose:

The group has two main manufacturing units.

b ) a group of people who work as a team within a larger group or organization

3. ) a standard quantity used for measuring something:

unit of: I needed two units of blood during the surgery.

a ) BRITISH used for measuring the amount of alcohol that people drink

4. ) a small machine that does a particular job by itself, or is a part of a larger machine:

an air-conditioning unit

5. ) a whole number less than 10:

Enter 17 by putting 1 in the tens column, and 7 in the units column.

a ) TECHNICAL the number 1