material

college material

Someone who seems likely to succeed in collegiate studies. You have a 3.6 GPA, you volunteer in the summer, and you row as well? You're definitely college material. With all these absences, you're not going to seem like college material to admissions departments. I worked really hard in high school to ensure that I was not only college material but was also deserving of a scholarship.

See also: college, material

not college material

Someone who does not seem likely to succeed in collegiate studies. Bill's had to go to summer school twice? Maybe he's just not college material.

See also: college, material, not

time and material

The cost of labor and materials necessary to complete a construction job. Can you believe what these guys are charging me for time and material on this small job? What a rip-off.

See also: and, material, time

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