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equipment definition

equip·ment (ē kwip′mənt, i-)

noun

  1. an equipping or being equipped
  2. whatever a person, group, or thing is equipped with; the special things needed for some purpose; supplies, furnishings, apparatus, etc.
  3. goods used in providing service, esp. in transportation, as the rolling stock of a railroad
  4. one's abilities, knowledge, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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