toolkit
nounUS /ˈtulˌkɪt/
Etymology From tool + kit.
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A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
- The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 119:
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Broadly A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.
- a financial planning toolkit for small businesses
- My hope is that this book will familiarize readers with tools for analyzing historical and contemporary mechanisms of social differentiation, ethnoracial division, and symbolic structural inequality. My belief is that boundary theory offers the very best tool kit for this kind of work.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 7:
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- Anthony Lambert's review of the Cycle-Rail toolkit was, to this non-cyclist, of interest - particularly the recognition of tourism support and opportunities.2023 December 13, “Open Access: Access for cyclists and tourists... opportunities for the railway”, in RAIL, number 998, page 63:
- Prior to the Great Recession, active management of the long-bond portfolio was not a major feature of most central banks' toolkits, Japan being one notable exception.2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, and Ji Zhang, The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model, The Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), pp. 931--947
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A set of software tools or components.
- Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power.1986, PC Mag, volume 5, number 17, page 221:
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Government, Politics India A set of guidelines or instructions.
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Government, Politics India, Derogatory A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest.