In 2011, the average salary for all surgeons and physicians was $184,650 a year, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But extremely high or low salaries can skew the average, and median wage is usually a better indication of earning potential. Half of all surgeons earn $187,000 or more a year.
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners. 2. the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation: mixing a batch of concrete. 3. the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.
In composition and speech, chronological order is a method of organization in which actions or events are presented as they occur (or occurred) in time. Narratives and process analysis essays commonly rely on chronological order. See Examples and Observations below. Also see: 1  Climactic Order.