sale by sample
sample
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈsɑːmpl/us
COMMERCE, MARKETING
to try a small amount of a product, or try a service for a short time, in order to see whether you want to buy it:
On a typical overseas tour, a buyer could sample 120 wines in a day.
They are recruiting 2,500 telephone customers to sample the service for 12 months.
MARKETING
to ask for the opinions of a number of people chosen from a group, in order to get information about the whole group:
The survey sampled 150 chief executives from both large and small companies.
to test a small amount of a substance or product to find out whether it is good, whether it contains a particular substance, etc.:
sample sth for sthBefore the food can be sold to markets and stores, the FDA samples goods for defects.

Examples of sample

sample
Eels were sampled in the main stream at both sites which were similar in flow rate, stream width and substratum.
Identification was aided by comparison with positive control samples provided in the kit.
Thus, it would appear that patients are not even sampling their local area exhaustively.
The general interpretation of this climbing is that a typical key is being "sampled" from the database.
Of 44 human samples, 56n8 % were anthroponotic, whereas 40n9 % were zoonotic genotypes.
Each species was sampled every month when possible, but not all species could be sampled with the same regularity.
Mean values of duplicate samples were used for data analysis.
Equal amount of proteins was loaded for all samples.
The sampling methods were of necessity a compromise.
Then 100 ml of serum samples were added at a dilution of 1 : 100.
Bars represent the average concentration (in dry weight) for groups of samples taken from fish at different time points after vaccination.
Positive samples were then re-tested with a negative control between each positive reaction for confirmation.
A crystal of phenylthiourea was added to samples to be used for electrophoresis to inhibit melanin formation.
Studies with larger samples and a longer f ollow-up per iod are justif ied.
All samples were air-dried and sieved to pass through 2 mm mesh.
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Collocations withsample

sample

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audio sample
The amplitude of each audio sample is derived from the magnitude of the final output value.
biased sample
The likelihood of having a biased sample can thus be reduced and the validity of results can be increased.
biological sample
In the present work, for the same biologicalsample and the same genetic typing method, robustness of the results was greatly influenced by the number of loci.
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