From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Food, Drugs, medicines, Computersbatchbatch /bætʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable]1GROUP OF PEOPLEGROUP OF THINGSa group of people or things that arrive or are dealt with togetherbatch of
Every day another batch of papers reaches the manager, demanding his attention.2DFMDa quantity of food, medicine etc that is produced or prepared at the same timebatch of
She was in the kitchen taking a batch of bread out of the oven.3a set of jobs that are dealt with together on a computer
an overnight batch file
a batch jobExamples from the Corpusbatch• Mr Green, I have a batch of letters here for you to sign.• The baker took a batch of freshly bakedrolls out of the oven.• a batch of cookies• Home plans to get its first batch of cablemodems from Motorola.• Since the Validation program may take severalhours to run, it is recommended that it is run overnight in batchmode.• Sort the files into batches and give one batch to each secretary.• If you'd rather receive your mail in large batches than have it trickle through, request a digest where available.• The latest batch of new recruits had just arrived at the camp.• the latest batch of reports• Then she ran, reappearing in the next batch of dreams.• This has been mostly in agricultural chemicals where tonnages have proved a good fit with Hickson's type of batchequipment.• Also, because it is a naturalproduct, its textures may vary from one batch to the next.batch file• Firstly - presuming you have a batch file to run AbilityPlus - type in the batch filename.• It is triggered from a WindowsCommandPrompt, usually in the form of a batch file.• Finally, batch files are covered in detailexplainingwhy we use these compact command files and what each batch command does.• You only need to enclose the parameters in the batch file in quotes where there are spaces in the parameter.• This runs the batch file which will put you in the correctsubdirectory and run the program.• Of course, this batch file can be set in motion from within the database, if required.• You could run the applicationsconcerned from shortcuts to batch files.From Longman Business Dictionarybatchbatch /bætʃ/ noun1[countable] a group of similar things or people arriving or being dealt with at the same timethe process of indexing each new batch of documents2[countable] a quantity of food, goods, work etc prepared or produced at the same timeThe paper is always from a single batch, to ensure evenness of shade.Originbatch(1400-1500) From an unrecorded Old Englishbæcce“something baked”, from bacan; → BAKE
