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MULTIPLE LINE LAW

To write both property and casualty insurance the same insurer is legal under this specific type of state law.

MULTIPLE-MANAGEMENT PLAN

different types of management involved in this specific type of plan are typically in roles different than ones originally identified for them. This helps in vetting future upper-level management positions. Top-level management

MURABAHA

An Islamic financial transaction. Having property or an asset to sell, the owner will rent or lease it at a fully disclosed rate of profit to an interested buyer. Just like a

MACHINE READABLE

Data or instructions readable through a computer’s electronic device. This input is ready for interpretation and manipulation. Bar codes, magnetic ink, or disk are sources of this data or instructions. Laser scanners,

MAGNETIC STRIPE

A narrow rectangular magnetic strip. Bank cards, credit cards, and the like carry one on the back. Information retained on a magnetic stripe can be damaged or wiped out by a strong

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

scheduled maintenance operations for assessing and planning administrative, financial, and technical framework tasks.

MAKE-GOOD

Rerunning the corrected ad or correctly timed commercial as a promise to ‘make an error good’ by a medium. Newspaper, magazine, radio or TV station as an advertising medium gives an advertiser

MANAGEMENT AUDIT

A systematic organizational management assessment. Evaluates sufficiency of methods and policies. Resource administration and use, tactical and strategic planning, and employee and organizational improvement are this action’s focus.

MANAGING PARTNER

Senior partner’s highest formal job title. Typically accountable for a firm’s overall practice, management and day-to-day operations. This job title is most used in accounting and law firms. In terms of duties

MANUAL EXCESS

Liability limit excess in an insurance premium’s amount. Multiplying the manual rate by rate factors found on a table establishes this premium. Determines a premium for the limit selected.

MAREVA INJUNCTION

Until the outcome of an associated law suit is decided, this court order prevents a defendant from transferring assets. ‘Mareva Compania Naviera S.A. vs. International Bulk Carriers S.A.’ was the founding 1975

MARGINAL PLAYER

A company having a relatively minor impact on its own field of operation due to dominating rival companies of greater size and influence. Marginal players are always susceptible to their larger rivals’

MARGINAL RATE OF TRANSFORMATION

Producer’s substitution rate of a small input variable’s amount for another small input variable’s amount. This rate indicates the opportunity cost of a unit of each commodity in terms of another.

MARKED CHECK

A check guaranteed by the bank on which it is drawn when marked ‘good for payment’, typically by means of a special stamp. The check’s issuer thereby acknowledges to having sufficient funds

MARKET OF ONE

A customer feels like the firm’s exclusive, preferred customer due to this level of customization and customer service.

MARKET-VALUE WEIGHTED INDEX

A weighted average in proportion to each of the securities’ market value gives its value base to the overall group of securities that encompass the indexing used directly in this type of

MASONRY NONCOMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION

Non-combustible materials for the roof and floor, and brick or concrete on the outside walls of a structure are the main ingredients in this type of construction.

MASTER LEASE

1. In Equipment leasing, this is on ongoing type of lease arrangement. Additional equipment is leased by simply doing a new lease schedule for the new equipment rather than doing a new

MATERIAL BREACH

Significant enough substantial failure in the performance of a contract, as to give the affected party the right to sue for damages as well as release the aggrieved party from its obligations

MATILDA

A note issued in Australian currency to the Australian markey by a foreign country.

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