This number is usually stamped onto the shank (shaft) or handle for identification.

The number of cases handled by a judge or a court.

However, even with complete success in encouraging waste minimisation and recycling, society will still have a number of wastes to handle.

Although a growing number of lawyers handle such cases, only a small fraction litigate the complex ones.

The small number of Federal judges could not possibly handle such a flood of new cases.

The number of units of all types handled fell by 2 per cent compared with the same quarter in 2010.

The 800 number in the back of the atlas cannot handle individual requests for copies.

And remember, any number of people could have handled that bottle.

The number of fire and police incidents handled by these agencies increased from 3,400 in 1988 to more than 11,000 in 1996.

A larger number of regional carriers would handle the billing locally.