storage

Storage — Stor age, n. 1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse. [1913 Webster] 2. Space for the safe keeping of goods. [1913 Webster] 3. The price changed for keeping goods in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

storage — index arsenal, cache (storage place), coffer, conservation, cumulation, depository, preservation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Will …   Law dictionary

storage — [stɔʀaʒ] n. m. ÉTYM. 1969, cit.; mot angl., de to store « emmagasiner ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Techn. Mise en réserve, en mémoire (par une machine). 0 Car il manque à la machine la plasticité d intégration, qui est l aspect vital de la mémoire par lequel… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

storage — [stôr′ij] n. 1. a storing or being stored 2. a) a place or space for storing goods b) the cost of keeping goods stored 3. the charging of a storage battery so as to make possible the subsequent generation of electricity 4. Comput. MEMORY …   English World dictionary

storage — 1610s, from STORE (Cf. store) (v.) + AGE (Cf. age) …   Etymology dictionary

storage — ► NOUN 1) the action of storing. 2) space available for storing. 3) a charge for storing things in a warehouse …   English terms dictionary

storage — The cost to store commodities from one delivery month to another. Storage is one of the carrying charges associated with futures. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary * * * storage stor‧age [ˈstɔːrɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] 1. the act of keeping or… …   Financial and business terms

storage — /stawr ij, stohr /, n. 1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage. 2. capacity or space for storing. 3. a place, as a room or building, for storing. 4. Computers. memory (def. 11). 5. the price charged… …   Universalium

Storage — The term Storage may refer to:* Warehouse, a commercial building for storage of goods * Self storage, public storage facility * Food storage, containers such as Tupperware and Rubbermaid brands * Storage tank * Dry cask storage, storing high… …   Wikipedia

storage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ safe, secure ▪ the safe storage of nuclear weapons ▪ cold, dry ▪ long term, temporary …   Collocations dictionary

storage — [[t]stɔ͟ːrɪʤ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT If you refer to the storage of something, you mean that it is kept in a special place until it is needed. ...the storage of toxic waste... Some of the space will at first be used for storage... The collection has… …   English dictionary