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low standard — index bad repute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

standard of living — n [C usually singular] the amount of wealth, comfort, and other things that a particular person, group, country etc has = ↑living standard high/low standard of living ▪ a nation with a high standard of living …   Dictionary of contemporary English

standard of living — noun singular the type of life that a person or society has according to the amount of money they have: a high/low standard of living: Japan has a very high standard of living …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

Standard deviation — In probability and statistics, the standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a collection of values. It can apply to a probability distribution, a random variable, a population or a data set. The standard deviation is usually denoted… …   Wikipedia

low — [[t]lo͟ʊ[/t]] ♦ lower, lowest, lows 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is low measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top. ...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door... She put it… …   English dictionary

standard — ▪ I. standard stan‧dard 1 [ˈstændəd ǁ ərd] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a level of quality, skill, ability, or achievement by which someone or something is judged, and that is considered good enough to be acceptable: • The airline has… …   Financial and business terms

standard — n. 1) to establish, set a standard 2) to apply a standard 3) to adhere to, maintain a standard 4) to lower; raise standards/ a standard (to raise the standard of living; to raise academic standards) 5) to abandon a standard (the gold standard was …   Combinatory dictionary

standard — stan|dard1 W2S3 [ˈstændəd US ərd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(level of quality/achievement)¦ 2¦(moral principles)¦ 3¦(measurement)¦ 4¦(song)¦ 5¦(flag)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: estandard battle flag ] 1.) ¦(LE …   Dictionary of contemporary English

standard — 1 noun 1 LEVEL OF QUALITY (countable often plural, uncountable) a level of quality, skill, ability or achievement by which someone or something is judged, that is considered to be necessary or acceptable in a particular situation: The airline has …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

standard of living — n. 1) to raise the standard of living 2) a high; low standard of living 3) a standard of living falls, goes down; goes up, rises * * * goes down goes up low standard of living rises a high a standard of living falls to raise the standard of… …   Combinatory dictionary

Standard of review — In law, the standard of review is the amount of deference given by one court (or some other appellate tribunal) in reviewing a decision of a lower court or tribunal. A low standard of review means that the decision under review will be varied or… …   Wikipedia