unitize

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Definition of unitize

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To convert, package, or organize into one or more units.
    “At any rate the general exterior is the same. And though we may attach shades of difference to them, and they may work themselves out in the final result, there are enough points of agreement to make men cohere; to unitize them.”
    “The container era 1966-95: The solution was to unitize general cargo. Standardizing the cargo unit allowed liner companies to invest in mechanized systems […].”
    “Pass-through stretch wrappers are used to unitize loads at high speeds.”
    “In contrast, in social interactions it is often not obvious how to unitize events or how to score them. What, for example, constitutes a unit of friendliness?”
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verb

  1. To convert, package, or organize into one or more units.
    “At any rate the general exterior is the same. And though we may attach shades of difference to them, and they may work themselves out in the final result, there are enough points of agreement to make men cohere; to unitize them.”
    “The container era 1966-95: The solution was to unitize general cargo. Standardizing the cargo unit allowed liner companies to invest in mechanized systems […].”
    “Pass-through stretch wrappers are used to unitize loads at high speeds.”
    “In contrast, in social interactions it is often not obvious how to unitize events or how to score them. What, for example, constitutes a unit of friendliness?”
  2. To manage as a unit.
    “This notion is illustrated empirically by the desire among oil producing firms to unitize oil fields early to avoid the potentially large losses of common-pool extraction.”

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Etymology

From unit + -ize.

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