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n. - The act of putting into service.

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  • Short-term utilisation of credit by the SARB rose from 18.8 billion rand at end 1999 to 19.7 billion rand at end 2000.
  • One way to improve resource utilisation is to change from combustion engines to engines based on fuel cell technology.
  • The existence of the premiums is responsible for the low levels of labour utilisation - in other words, unemployment.
  • It intends to increase the "utilisation" rate of court buildings across the country to at least 80%.
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