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blank

(blank),

A solution consisting of all of the analytic components except the compound to be measured; this is used to establish a baseline of measurement intensity with which the compound of interest is compared.

[M.E. white, fr. O.Fr. blanc, fr. Germanic]

blank

a solution containing all of the reagents needed for analysis of a substance except the substance tested.

blank

Drug slang
noun A regional street term for any low quality substance of abuse.

Lab medicine
noun A negative control specimen used in immunoassays and quality assurance in many lab tests. Blanks are processed in tandem with the test serum or tissue, differing in that a primary antibody is not added in the first step; blanks assure a true negative result, allowing comparison of a possibly positive result with a known negative.

Vox populi-UK
verb To deliberately ignore someone, as in “Mark blanked Carole.”

blank

(blangk)

A solution consisting of all the analytic components except the compound to be measured; used to establish a baseline of measurement intensity with which the compound of interest is compared.

[M.E. white, fr. O.Fr. blanc, fr. Germanic]

Blank

If an individual has inherited same HLA antigen from both parents, the HLA typing is designated by the shared HLA antigen followed by a "blank"(—).

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At the first, second or mostly third default of payment, the bank would take legal action with the blank cheque and sometimes without serving notice to the loan defaulter.

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She said she didn't think the direct debit had been set up for Anthony's payments yet and asked me to sign a blank cheque for that month.

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More than 90 per cent of bank customers do not know that blank cheques cannot be used as evidence against them in a court case.

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But we can't give any private sector company a blank cheque ( which is what they are asking us to do.

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Jonathan, a bit of a car buff (he's even having a bubble car restored), reckons Ford's slinky two-seater is the perfect modern classic that's as pretty as a blank cheque, utterly reliable and with retro charm in spades.

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But the venture doesn't mean Alex McLeish will be handed a blank cheque to rebuild his squad.

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A 21-YEAR-OLD with drug debts took a blank cheque received by his employers, filled in the sum pounds 3,000 and cashed it at a bank.

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It simply goes against common sense to hand over a blank cheque to someone," notes Rupert Connor, senior consultant at Acuma Independent Financial Advice.

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He gave me a blank cheque and told me not to report the matter to the police.

Ex-wife launches domestic violence lawsuit

Summary: I lent Dh130,000 to one of my friends in 2008 and he gave me a blank cheque as security.

Criminal case if cheque bounces

44 - by insisting he would no longer sign a blank cheque.

Benefit blank cheques ended as landlords face shake-up

MULTAN , April 05, 2009 (Frontier Star) -- Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said no blank cheque will be taken from or given to US, adding no compromise will be made on the sovereignty of the country.