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4 definitions • 5 examples
1
the
activity
of
providing
or trying a
small
amount
of a
product
so someone can
decide
whether to
buy
it:
Examples:
When it
works
, sampling can be the most
effective
form
of
advertising
.
2
the
activity
of getting the
opinions
of a
number
of people
chosen
from a
group
, in
order
to find out about the whole
group
:
Examples:
Something has gone wrong in the sampling
methods
used by the
market
researchers
.
3
the
activity
of
testing
a
small
amount
of something to see whether it is good, whether it
contains
a
particular
substance
, etc.:
Examples:
air
/
blood
/water sampling
4
a
small
amount
,
number
, or part of something that is tried or
tested
:
Examples:
He'll
collect
a sampling of 100
items
and then
scan
them to
confirm
their
prices
.
a
random
sampling
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