...on the greater of...
English translation: to be followed by at least two choices
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| 02:37 Jan 28, 2002 |
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34 mins confidence: 
the top biggest supply Explanation: I must confess, it's not that easy for me either! "The anual charge is calculated using the biggest supply among those exceeding 3 mln. boxes per period" (Given that the supplies are uneven, the top biggest of them all is used to calculate the charges.) Good Luck -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-01-28 03:14:25 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Typo: \'Annual\' (me still thinking in Spanglish - sorry :ñ) |
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1 hr confidence:
supplies exceeding minimum of 3 million boxes Explanation: I pretty much agree with the definition posted above, but then, why wouldn't it say the "greatest"..? Perhaps AMC is calculated using the figures with supplies exceeding minimum of 3 mill boxes.. |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1This is not the entire sentence, is it? Explanation: The sentence sounds truncated. Typically, when "the greater of" is used, two items are mentioned, and the action hinges on which of the two is greater, such as "will pay the greater of $100 or the fair price." Fuad |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1The simplest answer would be a little typo :o) Explanation: If you just replace "of 3 million boxes" with "OR ..." it would make much more sense; otherwise, I would agree with Fuad Yahya's suggestion of an incomplete sentence. I tried to do a little research on the Internet hoping to find any 'unorthodox' usage of 'on the greater of', but all the results I got just served to reconfirm my suspicion of a typo in the subject sentence. There just has to be two opposing values, one of which is greater and therefore used as the basis for the calculation. |
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