A term used (originally borrowed from surveying) to indicate a certain kind of standard. The original meaning was a mark cut into a rock, or other permanent feature, that could be used as a point of reference for levelling. In education, a benchmark...

Originally a line, mark or similar cut or scratched into a rock sur-face or on a building by a surveyor at a point that had been determined as being at a particular height or altitude. The mark was used as a point of reference from which other bearings...

To indicate best...

Benchmark may refer to: Benchmark (surveying), a point of reference for a measurement Benchmark (crude oil), a reference for and discussion of cost and/or pricing of petroleum, such as Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate in terms of benchmarks based...