1. A container; usually has a lid
   "She tossed the recyclables into the appropriate bins"
    
2. The quantity contained in a bin
   "They harvested a bin of apples from the orchard";
   - binful
    
3. (statistics) one of a series of ranges of values for a particular variable
   "the lowest bin has all values less than 100"

1. Store in bins
   "The warehouse workers binned the new shipment of products"
    
2. (statistics) to convert continuous data into discrete sets with similar values
   "make a plot of the binned values"

1. An identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
   "The BIN helped trace the origin of the transaction";
   - bank identification number, ABA transit number

Derived forms: binned, binning, bins

Type of: container, containerful, hive away, lay in, number, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store

Encyclopedia: Bin, Li