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balk

the term used in queuing analysis where a customer decides that a QUEUE is too long and decides to leave.
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The latter run would probably have been more had he not inadvertently 'double baulked' himself.
Peaker's form too hot for his big Handicap rivals
Edinburghbased property dealer Alan Henderson, 43, claims Baulk still owes him pounds 30,000 fees for sourcing flats for him.
DODGY LANDLORD'S PROPERTY SEMINARS
Dott stubbornly recovered to 4-3 and had an opportunity to force a deciding frame but missed the yellow to a baulk pocket and Davis stepped in with a match-clinching clearance to pink.
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We are often said to be a nation of gardeners but even the greenest-fingered expert would baulk at growing the Century Plant.
Birmingham Post Comment: Pointless plant
Hibs striker Clayton Donaldson and former Fame Academ contestant Pippa Fulton have been forced to leave their apartment after the pounds 3million default by rogue landlord Jason Baulk.
We've been given the boot for Christmas; EXCLUSIVE HIBS STAR AMONG 20 EVICTED AFTER ROGUE LANDLORD'S pounds 3M DEFAULT ON LUXURY FLATS
The survey of more than 16,000 students at 30 universities found that undergraduates from state school backgrounds were more likely to baulk at the prospect of having to pay top-up fees.
Top-up fees deter uni hopefuls
Top price per head PS88.50 for Texel x from M/s Robson & Son, High Baulk.
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