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.
Appurtenance. An Accessory or adjunct that is attached and incidental to something that has greater importance or value. As applied to real property, an object attached to or a right to be used with land as an incidental benefit but which is necessary to the complete use and enjoyment of the property.