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Unit
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Unit
More than one class of securities traded together (e.g., one common share and three subscription warrants).

Unit
1. A combination of securities or types of securities packaged together and bought and sold as one. For example, a preferred share may have warrants and/or common shares attached to it when it is sold. See also: Paired shares, Cum warrant.

2. One thing that may be exchanged. For example, one dollar is a unit of money.

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In the postanesthesia care unit, patients were given morphine as needed for pain and ondansetron as needed for nausea and vomiting.
Next, a weaning protocol for postoperative patients was developed, which cut the number of patients staying overnight in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) by more than 30 percent.
 
 
 
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