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spot check

1

noun

  1. a random sampling or quick sample investigation:

    A spot check showed that at least ten percent of the items were defective.



spot-check

2

[ spot-chek ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to examine or investigate by means of a spot check.

verb (used without object)

  1. to conduct a spot check.

spot check

noun

  1. a quick random examination
  2. a check made without prior warning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to perform a spot check on
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spot check1

First recorded in 1940–45

Origin of spot check2

First recorded in 1940–45
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She also said their could be stronger financial oversight on how an attorney acts such as spot checks or producing financial records for certain transactions.

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When the current system was introduced last year, the government also gave funding to Dover Port Health Authority to carry out spot checks on smaller vehicles directly at the border.

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BBC News reported on Thursday that the association had to run spot checks on more than 200 'RSPCA Assured' farms to ensure they met its own standards.

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Germany already has controls at its eastern and southern borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Austria, primarily spot checks on roads and in trains.

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She discovered the March lapse during what she called spot checks on the law enforcement agencies.

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