the nearest equivalent we have to a carnival
the modern equivalent of the Roman baths
The campaign says that hunters are the moral equivalent of murderers.
These drawings are the visual equivalents of stage whispers.
the online equivalent of the telephone
The company has $43.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.
a word which has no direct equivalent in English
each sponsor received the equivalent of £1millon worth of advertising.
He's only paid the equivalent of $200.
There is no exact male equivalent for witches.
It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn.
This qualification is the equivalent of a degree.
This concert hall is the American equivalent to London's Albert Hall.
the price we would pay elsewhere for a broadly equivalent house
These first computers were equivalent in power to a modern calculator.
• The Japanese bank had the equivalent of $131 billion in assets on March 31.
• It must issue 5 million new shares or equivalent convertible securities to complete the deal.
• It is quite easy to work out the cash equivalent of a company pension to an employee.
• Investors would have been better off putting their money into cash and cash equivalents such as short-term Treasury bills.
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The total consumer electronics market is equivalent to approximately $100 for every person on Earth.
equivalent amount/level/price »Under the new scheme, companies would agree to pay the pension contributions of their employees, and in return workers would sacrifice an equivalent amount from their salary.
The FSA has spoken to its New York equivalent, the SEC, regarding the takeover.
»The price of a barrel of crude oil in the early 1980s went as high as $40 (the equivalent of $80 today).
The plan requires national systems to achieve equivalence to World Bank standards.