VOLUMEの意味、総量、総額

@Work 2010.12.09 (Review of 2008.04.03 edition)
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Today's Lesson
 

(SALES) VOLUME   （販売）総量、総額

Explanation
The word volume is often used to mean the total amount of something.

Sales volume, for example, is the total amount of products sold or their total value.
volume という単語は、何かの総量をさして使うことがあります。

例えば、sales volume であれば、販売された商品の総数、またはその総額、つまり、売上高、という意味になります。
(SALES) VOLUME

examples
1 Coast Guard crews began cleanup operations this morning after a small volume of liquid benzene was accidentally spilled into the bay.
2 (embassy announcement)
Due to the large volume of requests for visas in recent years, we're opening a new consular office in January.
3 We've hired a couple of part-time workers to help answer phones during the hours of peak call volume.
4 (fictional stock market report)
The market gained 55 points today on volume of 400 million shares.
5 The company's strong performance last quarter was due to extremely high sales volume in Asia.
6 Small specialty stores often rely on high prices for their profits. The strategy of most big-box stores, on the other hand, is to generate profits from high sales volumes rather than high markups.
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