At 104.7 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production in February was 0.3 percent above its level of a year earlier. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector declined 0.1 percentage point in February to 75.4 percent, a rate that is 4.5 percentage points below its long-run (1972â2016) average.
Learner's definition of COUNTENANCE. [+ object] formal. : to accept, support, or approve of (something) The city would not countenance [=permit] a rock concert in the park. The leader did not officially countenance [=encourage] negotiations with the rebels.
vanity noun [U]. âº the âpersonal âcharacteristic of being too âproud of and âinterested in yourself, esp. in âyour âappearance or âachievements. (Definition of vanity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.