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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bin / bin/ • n. a receptacle for storing or depositing a specified substance: a vegetable bin | a trash bin. ∎ Statistics each of a series of ranges of numerical value into which data are sorted in statistical analysis. • v. (binned , bin·ning ) [tr.] place (something) in a bin. ∎ Statistics group together (data) in bins. ORIGIN: Old English bin(n), binne, of Celtic origin; related to Welsh ben ‘cart.’ The original meaning was ‘receptacle’ in a general sense; also specifically ‘a receptacle for provender in a stable’ and ‘a receptacle for storing grain, bread, or other foodstuffs.’

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

bin †manger OE.; receptacle for corn, etc. XIV. OE. bin(n), binne — OBrit. *benna (W. ben cart) :- *bhendhnā, f. IE. *bhendh- weave, BIND; or — medL. benna, which is the source of F. banne. It. dial. benna hamper, Du. ben, G. benne body of a cart.

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T. F. HOAD. "bin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bin.html

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bin

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

bin In a range of data broken into a series of equal intervals, a single interval.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "bin." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "bin." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-bin.html

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

bin A FILE EXTENSION for the executable programs.

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bin

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bin •agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, gin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin •weigh-in • lutein • lie-in • Samhain •Bowen, Cohen, Owen, throw-in •heroin, heroine •benzoin •bruin, ruin, shoo-in •Bedouin • Islwyn •genuine, Menuhin •cabin, Scriabin •Portakabin • sin bin • swingbin •bobbin, dobbin, robin •haemoglobin (US hemoglobin) •Reuben • dubbin • dustbin • Jacobin •kitchen, lichen •Cochin • urchin

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