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handling

[hand-ling]

noun

  1. a touching, grasping, or using with the hands.

  2. the manner of treating or dealing with something; management; treatment.

  3. the manual or mechanical method or process by which something is moved, carried, transported, etc.



adjective

  1. of or relating to the process of moving, transporting, delivering, working with, etc..

    The factory added a 10 percent handling charge for delivery.

handling

/ ˈæԻɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of picking up, turning over, or touching something

  2. treatment, as of a theme in literature

    1. the process by which a commodity is packaged, transported, etc

    2. ( as modifier )

      handling charges

  3. law the act of receiving property that one knows or believes to be stolen

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of handling1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English handlung (noun); equivalent to handle + -ing 1
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Shanks said more than 80 potential investors in the site had come forward, with Scottish Enterprise handling due diligence on proposed projects.

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Ms Badiani-Hamment said she had noticed the fashion industry changing, adding there were "very few designers left in the country handling fur".

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One is handling the situation in the Middle East, the other the plane crash in Ahmedabad in India on Thursday.

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Why “A Photographic Memory” stands out, however, is her daughter’s handling of this precious life.

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State Farm General is not the only insurer that has been criticized over its handling of Jan. 7 fire claims.

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