In criminal law . One that maintains or seconds a cause depending in suit between others, either by disbursing money or making friends for either party towards his help. Blount. […]
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MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY
Post-production or post-market task done by a product support team to fix user, market, or production issues. Typically occurs when a new good or service rolls out to the consumer […]
MAINTENANCE BOND
a type of construction bond that guarantees against defective materials or craftsmanship. This bond is good for a specified amount of time after the finished work has been accepted.
MAINTENANCE BURDEN
Administration , controlling, monitoring, planning, testing, and tooling as labor and material overhead activities contributing to overall maintenance costs . Also known as indirect maintenance cost.
MAINTENANCE CAPABILITY
Drawings, facilities, funding, personnel, spare parts, technical data , test equipment, tools defined as resources available for required maintenance tasks.
MAINTENANCE CAPACITY
Direct labor hours applied during a normal work-week are a quantitative measure of maintenance capability .
MAINTENANCE CONCEPT
Concept, policy, or planned approach broadly defined to govern equipment, machine, plant, or system maintenance levels and task-types required.
MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
Periodic maintenance of a buildings or equipment as a contracted services for a fixed fee service.
MAINTENANCE FACTOR
Yearly reported failures count per 100 end-items.
MAINTENANCE FEE
Homeowner’s associations’ monthly charge residents pay to maintain and mend common residential property components
MAINTENANCE LEVEL
Organization ‘s maintenance operations on three unique levels: (1) organizational level maintenance, (2) intermediate level maintenance, and (3) depot level maintenance . The scope of maintenance activity at each maintenance […]
MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
scheduled maintenance operations for assessing and planning administrative , financial, and technical framework tasks.
MAINTENANCE MARGIN
To continue holding one or more futures contracts, an investor is required to maintain a minimum account value. The specific commodity or financial instrument varies the maintenance margin ‘s dollar […]
MAINTENANCE MARKETING
In a highly competitive market to maintain a product’s or a firm’s current market share requires specific promotional activity.
MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP CLAUSE
Collective bargaining agreement optional provision. Requires employees to maintain membership for its duration. Conditions are for union members current at the time of the agreement, and for those who voluntarily […]
MAINTENANCE OF VALUE CLAUSE
Inflation-rate based price adjustments stated in a contract’s provision.
MAINTENANCE RATIO
Total required maintenance manpower for system support quantified. Calculated as [ cumulative direct labor man-hours posted during a given period] divided by [cumulative end item operating hours during the same […]
MAINTENANCE RESOURCES
Maintenance operations requires the availability of these as facilities, funding, personnel, spare parts, technical data , test equipment, and tools.
MAINTENANCE STRATEGY
Making ongoing but limited investments in its marketing aimed at maintaining the current market share of a brand or product, specifically in stagnant or low growth markets, as a planned […]
MAIRE
In old Scotch law . An officer to whom process was directed. Otherwise called “mail- of fie,” (fee,) and classed with the “serjand.” Skene. In Frcnch law. A mayor.
MAIRIE
In French law . The government building of each commune. It contains the record ollice of all civil acts and the list of voters; and it is there that political […]
MAISON DE DIEU
Fr. A hospital; an almshouse; a monastery. St. 39 Eiiz. c. 5. Literally, “house of God.”
MAISTER
An old form of “master.”
MAISURA
A house, mansion, or farm. Cowell.
MAITRE
Fr. In French maritime law . Master; the master or captain of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 2, tit. 1, art. 1.