noun
- An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service. .
Edifices and Equipment
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) The act of equipping or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
equipment is a category of goods defined by Article 9 of the UCC. Equipment is goods used primarily in the operation of a business. It includes professional equipment and farm equipment. Any personal property that is tangible and is not consumer goods, farm products, or inventory.
(DoD) In logistics, all nonexpendable items needed to outfit or equip an individual or organization. See also assembly; component; subassembly; supplies.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.