Betekenis van spec In het Nederlands

• 0 informal for specification (= a detailed description of how something should be or has been done, made, etc.):

  • The article compares the specs of ten of the best-selling cars.

• 1 taking a chance, without being sure that you will get what you want:

  • We just turned up at the airport on spec, hoping that we'd be able to get tickets.

  • You could always send your CV to a few companies on spec.

• 2 to plan, do, or make something according to a particular specification (= a detailed description of how something should be done or made):

  • I have seen players spec their characters into real killing machines.

  • You can also spec your TwinTop with a 197bhp engine.

• 3 used to describe a house, etc. that is designed and built by a person or company to be sold to anyone who will buy it, rather than for a particular customer:

  • Building high-priced spec homes is a gamble that can pay off but also can prove disastrous when the market tightens.

  • His company has one spec house for sale in Scottsdale for nearly $3.8 million.

• 4 short form ofspecification:

  • We’re drawing up the specs for your new bathroom this week.

• 5 abbreviation for specification :

  • Always look at the car's spec before you sign a contract.

  • high/basic spec The PC with the most basic spec is the cheapest.

  • How much does it cost to continue retooling a mold when a customer keeps changing design specs?

• 6 taking a chance, without being sure that you will get what you want:

  • The builders built homes on spec - prior to finding a buyer.