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Activity
(redirected from purposeful activity)

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Activity
1. An act that requires use of resources or time. In Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), an activity is represented by an arrow on a PERT chart.

2. In investing, the amount of a security's relative trading volume; that is, the amount of money flowing into and out of a security in trading. A high amount of activity means that many shares of the security are being bought and sold at a high rate, while a low level of activity indicates the opposite.

activity
The amount of relative trading volume in a security.


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The inspector's report praises the jail for improving in "safety, respect, purposeful activity and resettlement".
As well not meeting accepted safety standards, the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland said the prison also failed to pass the other three internationally-recognised tests for inmate welfare - respect, purposeful activity and resettlement.
Parkhurst badly needs regional and national support to ensure the restoration of basic levels of safety and decency, together with investment to increase purposeful activity.
 
 
 
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