common measure
nounDefinition of common measure
— called also common meter
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The most common measure of yield curve steepness is the difference between two-year and 10-year yields. — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, "Inverted Yield Curves Aren’t a Crystal Ball," 4 Dec. 2018 Its total net debt was about $1.40 billion on Oct. 31, or about two times Vail’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, a common measure of how much cash a company makes from operations. — Ezequiel Minaya, WSJ, "Vail Expansion Plan Goes Aggressive and Wipes Out," 11 Dec. 2018 Months of supply is a common measure of housing inventory. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "Is the housing market starting to cool off?," 2 Aug. 2018 But, adjusted for one common measure of inflation, the $100,000 original cost would instead be about $197,000 today. — Richard Rubin, WSJ, "Treasury Chief Calls Changing Capital-Gains Rule a Job for Congress First," 29 June 2018 Speed humps, which are similar to speed bumps but are slightly lower and placed at a longer driving distance, are the most common measure used. — Alejandra Reyes-velarde, latimes.com, "Glendale City Council approves more lenient speed-hump criteria," 25 May 2018 The circumference of his upper arm, a common measure for malnutrition, was 7 centimeters, less than 3 inches. — Washington Post, "In Yemen, a mother’s quest to save her baby from starvation," 5 May 2018 It’s unclear if a US court ever validated the order with an international enforcement of judgment, a common measure for foreign rulings involving US businesses. — Russell Brandom, The Verge, "The battle for France.com," 30 Apr. 2018 One common measure of risk-taking, known as value-at-risk, rose sharply in the quarter. — Liz Hoffman, WSJ, "Goldman Profit Surges but Investors Lament Buyback Pause," 17 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'common measure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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