ˌTop ˈTen, the

1. the ten best-selling recordings of popular music in a particular week:
Tune in to Radio 1 for this week's Top Ten.
a record that reached the Top Ten in December 1995

2. any list of the ten best-selling products or most successful organizations of a particular type. There are sometimes also longer lists, such as the Top Twenty or Top Fifty:
this year's Top Twenty novels
Compaq is one of the world's Top Ten computer companies.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ˌTop ˈTen, the

1. the ten best-selling recordings of popular music in a particular week:
Tune in to Radio 1 for this week's Top Ten.
a record that reached the Top Ten in December 1995

2. any list of the ten best-selling products or most successful organizations of a particular type. There are sometimes also longer lists, such as the Top Twenty or Top Fifty:
this year's Top Twenty novels
Compaq is one of the world's Top Ten computer companies.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲