Complement and Unit

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

noun

• Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
  • usage: "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
  • synonyms: unit of measurement
• An individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole.
  • usage: "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"
• An organization regarded as part of a larger social group.
  • usage: "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
  • synonyms: social unit
• A single undivided whole.
  • usage: "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
• A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else.
  • usage: "units of nucleic acids"
  • synonyms: building block
• An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity.
  • usage: "how big is that part compared to the whole"; "the team is a unit"
  • synonyms: whole

• (n.) A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
• (n.) The least whole number; one.
• (n.) A single thing or person.
• (n.) A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.
• (n.) Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.

(DoD) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
(DoD) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
(DoD) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
(DoD) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.

Unit is a bundled securities position. One example is the combination of stock warrants with a convertible bond. These two combined positions, particularly, in the context of a new offering are considered as a unit.