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Meanings of benchmark in English
Test to the measure performance of a computer system.
Related terms
Russian
сорта товарной нефти Crude oil that serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil.
Synonyms
Examples for "benchmark crude"
Examples for "benchmark crude"
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Bakken oil currently costs about 20 cents less than U.S. benchmark crude.
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The benchmark crude oil margin the company used slipped 41 percent.
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Most analysts say the benchmark crude is unlikely to see fresh lows this year.
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Most foreign grades are priced against Brent, Europe's benchmark crude.
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Forcados is one of Nigeria's benchmark crude oil grades but output has been interrupted by militant attacks before.
Portuguese
padrão de desempenho A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point.
Usage of benchmark in English
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National benchmark indexes rose across Western Europe except in Spain and Italy.
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And today Ireland must pay investors more than that German benchmark rate.
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The EU should set the benchmark, not follow it, the official said.
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Tuesday's bond issue strengthens liquidity in the 30-year benchmark, the government said.
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The benchmark MSCI emerging market index is down 10 percent this year.
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You want to benchmark a specific problem you see in the application.
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The global benchmark had only briefly breached the key level last week.
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The benchmark index has lost about 13 per cent since late October.
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Ms Lawson said the benchmark for success will be return on investment.
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It was soon regarded a benchmark of good practice by his bank.
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These data provide a key benchmark for shell-model interactions far from stability.
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However the CAFE numbers used to benchmark auto makers remained the same.
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However, a fall in the healthcare sector kept the benchmark in check.
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National benchmark indices advanced in nine of the 18 western-European markets yesterday.
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For City, they must use Sunday's performance as a benchmark going forward.
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The benchmark index has lost nearly 3 percent so far this week.
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