By And Large

Definition: By And Large

By And Large

Adverb

1. Usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: By And Large

Crosswords: By And Large

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Because American firms are, by and large, not cost-effective when compared with Asian, Arab, or even European firms, they must rely on technical merit to win business. (references)

According to market sources, clients in the UAE recognize that the lifetime of poorly executed projects is shorter and their maintenance costs higher, but they have by and large chosen lower quality work with lower up front costs. (references)

Market sources indicate that US firms have a 10-20% share of the ACE services market in the UAE. American firms are by and large exclusively involved in very large projects, and there is no expectation that this situation will change in the coming few years. (references)

Economic History

Guyana

By and large, foreign investment is viewed favorably by nongovernmental groups. (references)

Switzerland

The direct sale of clothing items has by and large failed due to the modest margins and the huge variety of products. (references)

Sri Lanka

U.S. firms identify corruption as a restraint to foreign investment, but, by and large, it is not a major threat to operating in Sri Lanka. (references)

Minorities

Mali

Political parties, by and large, do not have readily identifiable ethnic bases, but some reflect regional constituencies. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

The OECD believes that Ukraine's double taxation agreements by and large conform to international standards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

përgjithësisht (commonly, generally, mostly, skin deep). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على العموم (largely, predominately), ‏بشكل عام (generally, in general). (various references)

Bulgarian 

въобще (as a general rule, as a rule, in general), общо взето (all in all, altogether, generally, on the whole), поначало. (various references)

Czech

celkem vzato (all in all, all things considered, broadly speaking, in all). (various references)

Finnish

yleisesti ottaen (generally speaking), suurin piirtein (on the whole). (various references)

French

en tout cas (by the way), de toute façon (by the way). (various references)

German

soweit (as far as, insofar as, on the whole, that much, thus far, up to now), insgesamt (all in all, altogether, collectively, in the round, on the whole, overall, together). (various references)

Hebrew 

ב�"רך כלל (as a general rule, as a rule, generally, in general, usually), בסך �"כל (altogether, in all, in total, totally). (various references)

Hungarian

nagyjából (broadly, on the whole, roughly, taking it by and large, thereabouts), egészében véve (altogether, on the whole, viewed in the large). (various references)

Italian

nell'insieme. (various references)

Pig Latin

ybay anday argelay

Portuguese

em geral (enable, generalissimo, large-eyed). (various references)

Romanian

în general (altogether, as a rule, broadly speaking, first and last, for the main, generally, generically, in the gross, in the main, on the whole). (various references)

Russian 

вообще говоря (broadly speaking, generally speaking, relatively speaking), в общем (all in all, far and by, in all, in fine, on the whole). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nadugačko i naširoko (detail: in great detail). (various references)

Spanish

en términos generales, en general (as a rule, broadly, generally, in general, in the main, mostly, usually). (various references)

Swedish

vanligtvis (commonly, ordinarily, usually), i regel (as a rule, generally, usually). (various references)

Turkish

genellikle (as a general rule, as a rule, at large, exoterically, for the most part, generally, in general, largely, normally, on the whole, ordinarily, usually), genel olarak (at large, generally, in general, in the abstract). (various references)

Ukrainian

в цілому (in the aggregate), загалом (all in all, altogether, any, anywhere, in general, in sum, on the whole, totally). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: badgerly, bandager, gradable, landgrab, readably.

-3 letters: adrenal, algebra, already, angerly, bandage, blander, blarney, dangler, drayage, dryable, garbled, garland, gnarled, grandly, lanyard, yardage.

-4 letters: abrade, adenyl, agedly, agenda, aglare, alegar, anergy, angary, angled, angler, anlage, arable, argled, argyle, badger, balder, bander, banged, banger, bangle, barely, barged, barley, bayard, beglad, belady, benday, blared, bleary, brandy.

+5 letters: decarboxylating.

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