A prescribed quantity or extent. • Moderation, temperance. • A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) • An (unspecified) portion or quantity. • The act or result of measuring. • A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. • A standard against which something can be judged; a way of measuring it; a criterion for it. • Any of various standard units of capacity. • A unit of measurement. • The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) • The act or process of measuring. • A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. • A bed or stratum. • A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor. • A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia • Metrical rhythm. • A melody. • A dance. • The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. • A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. • A course of action. • Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. • A piece of legislation.