also stands as an abbreviation for several words of which it is the initial letter; as “Mary,” (the English queen of that name,) ” Michaelmas ,” “master,” “middle.”
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M AND AVI BALLIVO
(I have commanded or made my mandate to the bailiff.) In English practice. The return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of a […]
M ANTE A
In old records. A long robe or mantle.
M D
An abbreviation for “Middle District.” in reference to the division of the United States into judicial districts. Also an abbreviation for “Doctor of Medicine.”
M R
An abbreviation for “Master of the Rolls.”
M T
An abbreviation for ” Michaelmas Term.”
M-COMMERCE
Using mobile communication devices like cell phones or personal digital assistants (PDA) to transact electronic commerce, ecommerce.
M&A
Alternative , short term for mergers and acquisitions .
M1
demands on accounts such as circulating currency and deposits.
M2
An M1 option plus overnight agreements and deposits, savings accounts, and mutual funds.
M2ERE
Famous; great; noted; as /El- mere, all famous. Gibs. Camd.
M3
An M2 option plus large time deposits and repurchase agreements.
MA BELL
Telecommunications giant AT&T’s old, nostalgic name. Originally called Ma Bell because it was the primary service provider of telephone services and seen as the mother of the industry. The company […]
MACARONI DEFENSE
When a company requires securities be purchased at a high cost preventing a hostile takeover .
MACAULAY DURATION
In 1938 US academic Frederick Macaulay defined this tool. A fixed-income financial instrument ‘s approximate measure of its price volatility and interest rate – sensitivity . An interest bearing bond […]
MACE
A large staff, made of the precious metals , aud highly ornamented. It Is used as an emblem of authority, and carried before certain public functionaries by a mace- bearer. […]
MACE-GREFF
In old English law . One who buys stolen goods , particularly food, knowing it to have been stolen.
MACEDONIAN DECREE
In Roman law. This was the Senatus-oonsultum Mace- donianurru, a decree of the Roman senate, first given under Claudius, and renewed un- der Vespasian, by which it was declared that […]
MACHECOLLARE
To make a warlike device over a gate or other passage like to a grate, through which scalding water or ponderous or offensive things may be cast upon the assailants. […]
MACHINABILITY
Being easier to cut, drill, grind, and shape are typical of this material’s characteristics.
MACHINATION
Contriving a plot or conspiracy. The act of planning or contriving a scheme for executing some purpose, particularly an evil purpose; an artful design formed with deliberation .
MACHINE
In patent law . Any contrivance used to regulate or augment force or motion; more properly, a complex structure, cousisting of a combination , or peculiar modification , of the […]
MACHINE BUREAUCRACY
Typical in large, established organizations that have formalization and specialization at a high degree. Top level making decisions, lower levels mechanically carrying then out is this type of management structure.
MACHINE CODE
Machine language as a programming code , either written by man or compiled, to be executed directly by a machine, the computer, with no further conversion or translation . Also […]
MACHINE CONTROLLED TIME
No intervention by an operator is typical of total machine control of the machine’s work cycle segment.