The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling.

Volume of product which a housing will accommodate expressed in gallons or similar units. Also amount which will filter at a given efficiency and low rate, expressed in gallons per minute or similar units.

Fluid flow measured in gpm, liters/min, M3/hr. etc.

Amount of freight which can be carried in a railcar or trailer expressed in terms of weight and measurement.

The amount of insurance that an insurance company is able to assume on a particular risk.

The average amount of traffic that a circuit or circuit group can handle.

The largest amount of insurance an insurer or a reinsurer is willing and able to underwrite, including the amount they retain and the amounts for which they can automatically bind their reinsurers.

The amount of insurance (measured either by face value of policies or by premium) which an insurer is able or willing to issue as a maximum, as limited by legal restrictions, corporate restrictions, or indirect restrictions. Legal restrictions (e.g., "no policy may be issued for an amount in excess of 10% of policyholder surplus") or corporate restrictions (e.g., a board of directors resolution that "the company shall not knowingly commit itself to a policy amount in excess of $10 million") establish the maximum capacity an insurer is able to write. Indirect restrictions on the capacity an insurer is willing to write include: 1) the financial strength (policyholder surplus) of the insurer, or 2) the willingness of the insurer to venture a portion of its current anticipated underwriting (or overall) profit on a single policy (this willingness could also be expressed as a percent of annual premium) and the confidence felt in that anticipated result.

A company or economys ability to produce goods and services.

Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.

In credit it refers to the borrower's ability to repay the loan, and is one of the five C's of credit analysis. In manufacturing, it refers to the ability to produce a certain volume of product.

The person is capable of understanding the nature and effect of decisions about the matter and can freely and voluntarily make decisions about the matter and can communicate decisions in the same way.• Disability

Capacity of a compressor is the full rated volume of flow of gas compressed and delivered at certain set conditions.( 099)

The volume of the oven cavity measured in cubic feet.

(3) A measure of how much liquid or other pourable substance a container can hold.

The number of pieces, volume, or weight of material that can be handled by a conveyor in a unit of time when operating at a given speed.

The number of passengers a roller coaster train or car can hold.

(1) The largest number of passengers an aircraft can safely transport under a given set of circumstances. (2) The total number of aircraft handled by an airport under a given set of circumstances.

The capacity is the quantity of ore that can be mined and processed. In general, the capacity is a function of the deposit tonnage because the scales of the mine and mill are increased in proportion to the amount of ore reserves.

Amount of storage space in a memory expressed as number of bits or number of words.

Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency.

The resources (e.g., competent staff, appropriate data-collection systems, sufficient funding) to conduct an evaluation.

in the context of this program, refers to organizational competencies and the extent to which these are effective in realizing an articulated mandate. It refers in this context to competencies in financial management, governance practices, planning, marketing and organizational development policies. Capacity building is any undertaking that would expand, increase or develop an organization′s competencies.

Competence to enter into a legal agreement. Minors and those of unsound mind generally lack capacity.

Resources available to do work. For example, the number of pieces of equipment available multiplied by the hours of staff time available to run it

The term used for all the resources available to an organisation, including people, money, equipment, expertise and information.

Availability of opportunities for literacy and numeracy learning.

The actual number of parallel servers and workstation resources available during a specified open interval.