benchmark
pronunciation
How to pronounce benchmark in British English:
UK [ˈbentʃmɑːk]
How to pronounce benchmark in American English:
US [ˈbentʃmɑːrk]
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- Noun:
- a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
Word Origin
- benchmark (n.)
- also bench-mark, "surveyor's point of reference," 1838, from a specialized surveyors' use of bench (n.) + mark (n.1); figurative sense is from 1884.
Example
- 1. It sets the benchmark for other savings accounts too .
- 2. But india 's benchmark was unusually abstemious .
- 3. Rio and bhp may scorn this putative benchmark .
- 4. Economists can and do depart from the benchmark .
- 5. The benchmark system itself should survive .