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M&A;
m-commerce
Ma Bell
Macaulay duration
Machiavellian
machinability
machine
machine bureaucracy
Machine Capability Index (Cmk)
machine code
machine controlled time
machine element
machine hour
machine instruction
machine language
machine learning
machine readable
machine scanning
machine tool
machining
Macintosh
macro
macro accounting
macro data
macro environment
macro forecast
macro hedge
macro marketing
MACRO rating
macro risks
macroeconomic conditions
macroeconomic equilibrium
macroeconomics
macroprudential analysis
mad cow disease
made to order
Madison Avenue
Madrid Agreement
magazine
magistrate
magna cum laude
magnetic stripe
magnetic stripe reader
magnetic tape
magneto optical (M-O)
magnitude
mail
mail order
mail order company
mail order/telephone order (MOTO) discount rate
mail shot
mailing list
mailmerge
main contractor
main effect
main street
mainframe computer
mainstream
mainstream economics
maintain
maintainability
maintainability parameters
maintenance
maintenance activity
maintenance bond
maintenance burden
maintenance capability
maintenance capacity
maintenance concept
maintenance contract
maintenance factor
maintenance fee
maintenance level
maintenance management
maintenance margin
maintenance marketing
maintenance of membership clause
maintenance of value clause
maintenance ratio
maintenance resources
maintenance strategy
maintenance, repair, operations (MRO) items
major airline
major assembly
major currencies
major facility
major hospitalization policy
major item
major market index
major medical insurance
major nonconformance
major violation
majordomo
majority
majority fallacy
majority interest
majority ownership
majority shareholder
majority voting
majority-owned subsidiary
make a market
make or buy decision
make ready
make to assemble (MTA)
make to order
make to stock (MTS)
make whole provision
make-good
make-up air
maker
Making Homes Affordable
mala fides
maladministration
malaria
Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award
male chauvinism
malfeasance
malice
malicious falsehood
malicious mischief
malicious prosecution
malignant
malinger
mall intercept
malleability
Mallows statistic
malnutrition
Maloney Act
malpractice
malpractice liability insurance
Malthusian Law Of Population
Malthusian thesis
maltreatment
malware
MAN
man machine interface
man-days lost
man-made disaster
man-month
man-year
manage
managed account
managed bank
managed care
managed care organization (MCO)
managed currency
managed earnings
managed float
managed fund
managed health care plan
managed risk
managed service
managed trade
management
management accounting
management accounts
management and employee buyout (MEBO)
management audit
management buy in
management buy out (MBO)
management by design
management by exception
management by exception (MBE)
management by fact
management by objectives (MBO)
management by results
management by walking around (MBWA)
management company
management consulting
management contract
management contractor
management control
management development
management discussion and analysis (MD&A;)
management expenses
management fee
management indicators
management information system (MIS)
management inventory
management philosophy
management prerogative
management rights
management risk
management science
management self assessment
management style
management succession plan
management support system (MSS)
management system
management theory
management's discussion and analysis
manager
managerial finance
managerial flexibility
managerial grid
managerial integrator
managerial skill
managing contractor
managing director
managing diversity
managing partner
mancession
mandamus
mandatary
mandate
mandated benefits
mandated providers
mandator
mandatory
mandatory bargaining issue
mandatory injunction
mandatory retirement
mandatory spending
Mandelbrot set
manifest
manifest error
manifest system
manifest variable
manipulandum
manipulated variable
manipulation
manipulative
Mann-Whitney Test
manometer
manpower
manpower planning
manpower scheduling and loading
mantissa
manual
manual element
manual excess
manual rates
manufacturability
manufacture
manufactured gas
manufacturer
manufacturer branding
manufacturer's agent
manufacturer's identification number (MID)
manufacturer's output policy
manufacturer's selling price clause
manufacturers and contractors liability insurance
manufacturing
manufacturing account
manufacturing and trade inventories and sales
manufacturing cell
manufacturing cost
manufacturing defect
manufacturing execution system (MES)
manufacturing information system
manufacturing inventory
manufacturing lead time
manufacturing location
manufacturing overhead
manufacturing resource planning (MRP-II)
manufacturing sector
manufacturing system
manufacturing technology (MANTECH)
manufacturing test specification and procedure
manufacturing throughput time
manuscript
manuscript policy
map
map clerk
mapping
maquiladora
Mareva injunction
margin
margin account
margin buying
margin call
margin deposit
margin loan
margin of error
margin of safety
margin pressure
margin requirement
marginal account
marginal analysis
marginal benefit
marginal condition
marginal cost
marginal cost of capital
marginal cost of funds
marginal cost of production
marginal cost pricing
marginal costing
marginal efficiency of capital
marginal external benefit
marginal external budget
marginal external cost
marginal outlay
marginal physical product
marginal player
marginal pricing
marginal private benefit
marginal private cost
marginal producer
marginal product
marginal product of labor
marginal productivity
marginal productivity of capital
marginal productivity theory of distribution
marginal productivity theory of income distribution
marginal productivity theory of wages
marginal profit
marginal propensity to consume
marginal propensity to save
marginal property
marginal rate
marginal rate of substitution
marginal rate of technical substitution
marginal rate of transformation
marginal relief
marginal revenue
marginal revenue product
marginal social benefit
marginal social cost
marginal tax rate
marginal utility
marginal utility of money
marginal value
marginal value of product
marginal value product
marginalism
marginalization
Margrabe option
marine bill of lading (B/L)
marine insurance
marine interest
marital deduction
marital deduction trust
maritime
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
maritime law
maritime lien
mark down
mark to market
mark to model
mark-up cancellation
markdown cancellation
marked check
market
market acceptance
market access
market approach
market assistance plan
market attractiveness
market attrition
market audit
market breadth
market capitalization (market cap)
market challenger
market concentration
market condition
market conduct
market conduct examination
market connection
market control
market controlled price environment
market coordination
market coverage
market coverage strategy
market cycle
market demand
market demand curve
market density
market development
market differentiation
market disruption
market distortion
market diversification
market driven
market dynamics
market ecology
market economy
market efficiency
market entry
market environment
market equilibrium
market expansion
market factor
market failure
market follower
market forces
market forecast
market fragmentation
market growth
market growth rate
market if touched (MIT)
market index
market inefficiency
market information system
market intelligence
market intelligence system
market interest rate
market leader
market maker
market maker spread
market map
market mapping
market mechanisms
market model
market multiplier
market neutral strategy
market niche
market not held order
market of one
market offering
market on close order
market on open order
market opportunity
market opportunity analysis
market opportunity evaluation
market order
market orientation
market outlook
market penetration
market penetration pricing
market performance
market planning
market portfolio
market position
market positioning
market potential
market power
market price
market price of risk
market pricing
market profile
market proxy
market rate
market reach
market recognition
market research
market return
market risk
market risk premium
market saturation
market segment
market segmentation
market segmentation theory
market share
market share liability
market signal
market size
market skimming pricing
market spoiler
market standing
market structure
market system
market target
market test
market timing
market to book ratio
market trend
market value
market value clause
market value policy
market volume
market-based forecasting
market-based price
market-based pricing
market-focused organization
market-led marketing
market-value weighted index
marketability
marketability study
marketable
marketable security
marketable title
marketed claims
marketer
marketing
marketing advantage
marketing budget
marketing campaign
marketing communications
marketing concept
marketing controls
marketing cost
marketing defect
marketing environment
marketing ethics
marketing fraud
marketing function
marketing information
marketing information management
marketing information system
marketing intangibles
marketing intelligence
marketing intermediary
marketing management
marketing manager
marketing mix
marketing myopia
marketing objectives
marketing plan
marketing principles
marketing research
marketing research process
marketing research system
marketing sample
marketing strategy
marketing tactics
marketing theme
marketing tools
marketplace
marketspace
MarketWatch
markings
Markov analysis
Markov chain
Markov process
Markovian dependence
marks
markup
markup language
markup pricing
marquee asset
married put
marshalling of assets
Martensite
Martensitic stainless steels
Martingdale
Marxism
Marxist
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
masonry noncombustible construction
mass communications
mass customization
mass flow rate
mass market
mass marketing
mass media
mass merchandise
mass merchandiser
mass merchandising
massaging the figures
master agreement
master and servant
master bill of lading
Master Black Belt (MBB)
master brand
master budget
master data management (MDM)
master distributorship
master franchise
master labor agreement
master lease
master limited partnership
master mortgage
Master of Public Administration (MPA)
master plan
master planned community
master policy
master production scheduling (MPS)
master record
master servant rule
master trust
master's degree
MasterCard
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
matching principle
matching rule
mate's receipt
material
material alteration
material breach
material contract terms
material cost
material evidence
material fact
material information
material man
material misrepresentation
material overhead
material participation test
material price standard
material quality standard
material recovery
material requirements planning (MRP/MRP-I)
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
material weakness
materialism
materiality
materials handling
materials inventory
materials management
materials planning
materials quantity variance (MQV)
materials requirement planning (MRP)
materiel
maternity leave
maternity rights
mathematical economics
mathematical evidence
mathematical logic
mathematical model
mathematical programming
matrix
matrix diagram
matrix management
matrix organization
matter
matter of fact
matter of law
matter of record
mature
mature economy
mature industry
mature market
mature policies
matured
matured bond payable
matured interest payable
maturity
maturity amount
maturity date
maturity guarantee
maturity intermediation
maturity matching
maturity mismatch
maturity mix
maturity period
maturity stage
maturity structure
maturity swap
maturity value
maxi tail
maximax criterion
maximin criterion
maximization
maximum acceptable toxic concentration
maximum allowable cost list
maximum annual debt service
maximum contaminant level
maximum disability policy
maximum exposure limit (MEL)
maximum inventory level
maximum likelihood criterion
maximum loan amount
maximum price
maximum price fluctuation
maximum retrospective premium
maximum stock level
maximum tolerated dose
may
Mazur plan
MBF
MCF
McKinsey 7S Model
McLean letter of credit
meals and entertainment expense
mean
mean absolute deviation
mean cycles between failures (MCBF)
mean deviation
mean error
mean maintenance time
mean sea level (MSL)
mean squared error
mean time between failures (MTBF)
mean time to repair (MTTR)
meander line
means ends analysis (MEA)
means-tested benefits
measure
measured day work (MDW)
measured variable
measurement
measurement accuracy
measurement cargo
measurement error
measurement method
measurement noise
measurement precision
measurement system analysis (MSA)
measurement ton
measurement validity
measures
measures of central tendency
mechanic's lien
mechanical
mechanical properties
mechanical working
mechanism
mechanism design theory
mechanistic
mechanistic organization
mechanization
medallion program (STAMP)
media
media advisory
media broker
media buy
media buyer
media channel
media conversion
media kit
media mix
media pack
media plan
media planning
media rate
media relations
media research
media schedule
media strategy
media system dependency theory
media vehicle
media weight
median
mediate possession
mediation
mediator
Medicaid
medical care ratio (MCR)
medical disaster
medical examination
medical examiner
medical expense deduction
medical expense insurance
medical expense reimbursement plan
medical information bureau
medical loss ratio
medical payments insurance
medical practitioner
medical savings account
medical supplies
medical waste
medically necessary
Medicare
Medicare beneficiary
Medicare doughnut hole
Medicare Hold Harmless Provision
Medicare Part D
Medicare select policy
Medicare supplement insurance
Medicare tax
mediocrity
medium of exchange
meeting
meeting fare
meeting of minds
meeting rate
mega
mega deal
mega marketing
megabyte
megacorporation
Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)
meltdown
melting point
member
member certificate
member month
member of household
members' voluntary liquidation
membership
memo
memo bill of lading (B/L)
memo entry
memorandum (memo)
memorandum of agreement
memorandum of association
memorandum of satisfaction
memorandum of tariff
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
memory
memory typewriter
menial
mens rea
mental accounting
mental health insurance
mental health provider
mental health services/supplies
mental models
mental/emotional distress
mentoring
menu costs
Mercalli scale
mercantile agency
mercantile agent
mercantile law
mercantile risk
mercantilism
merchandise
merchandise broker
merchandise control
merchandise exports
merchandise inventory
merchandisers
merchandising
merchandising allowance
merchandising business
merchandising director
merchandising service
merchant
merchant account
merchant account provider
merchant bank
merchant bar
merchant discount rate
merchant navy
merchant server
merchant services provider
merchant's privilege
merchantable
MERCOSUR
mercury
mere exposure effect
merger
merger deficit
merger mania
merger of equals
mergers and acquisitions
meridian
merit bonus
merit goods
merit increase
merit pay
merit rating
merit system
meritocracy
merits
Merrill Lynch
mesothelioma
message
messaging
messenger
messenger robbery insurance
meta
meta-craftsmanship
meta-market
metabolism
metadata
metal
metal fatigue
metallurgy
metaphor
metaplan
metaproblem
metasystem
Metcalfe's Law
meter
metered mail
metes and bounds
methane (CH4)
methanol (CH3OH)
method
method of payment
method of procurement (MOP)
method specification
methodology
methods study
methods-time measurement (MTM)
methylmercury
métier
metric carat
metric horsepower
Metric system
metric ton (MT)
metrication
metrics
metrology
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
mezzanine
mezzanine financing
mezzanine level
Michigan leadership studies
mickey
micro (µ)
micro country risks
micro finance
micro hedge
micro risk
micro-profits
micro-scheduling
microbial contamination
microbiological agent
microbridge
microbusiness
microcap
microcap fund
microcash
microchip
microcomputer
microcontroller
microcredit
microeconomic incentive
microeconomic policy
microeconomic trends
microeconomics
microengineering
microenterprise
microenvironment
microfiche
microfilm
microfilming
microform
microgram
microgram per cubic meter (µg/m3)
microinch
microlender
micromanagement
micromarketing
micromerchant
micrometer
micron
microorganism
micropayment
microprocessor
microsavings
Microsoft
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Windows
mid market price
mid-point convention
midcareer plateau
midddle capitalization stock
middle class
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
middle income country
middle management
middle manager
middle market manufacturing exporter (MMME)
middle of month terms
middle-market company
middle-of-the-road
middleman
middleware
midi tail
midmarket
midnight deadline
midpoint
midstream
midterm bargaining
migration
mil
mild steel
mile
mileage allowance
mileage charge
mileage rate
miles per gallon (MPG)
miles per hour (MPH)
milestone
milestone billing
military time
milk run
milking strategy
mill
mill construction
mill rate
mill scale
Millard
Millennial
Miller's Law
milliard
millibar
milligram
milliliter
millimeter
Milline rate
million
Million Dollar Round Table
million instructions per second (MIPS)
millions
millionth
mind mapping
mindshare
mineral
mineral lease
mineral oil
mineral rights
mini computer
mini mill
mini tail
mini-warehouse limited partnership
minibar
minimax principle
minimax regret criterion
minimum amount policy
minimum cash balance
minimum charge
minimum compensation level
minimum connecting time
minimum contact
minimum deposit policy
minimum down payment
minimum efficient scale
minimum inventory
minimum inventory level
minimum margin
minimum order
minimum premium
minimum purchases
minimum quote size
minimum rate
minimum recommended sample size
minimum retrospective premium
minimum subscription
minimum valuation
minimum wage
minimum weight
minimum-variance frontier
minimum-variance portfolio
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
minor
minority
minority business
minority discount
minority interest
minority shareholder
minority squeeze-out
minor's account
Minsky moment
mint ratio
minus
minute book
minutes
minutia
Miranda rule
mirror image rule
mirror site
mirroring
mirroring and matching
misapplication
misappropriation
miscarriage of justice
miscellaneous benefits
miscellaneous expense
miscellaneous expenses
miscellaneous income
mischarge
mischief
misconduct
misdemeanor
misery index
misfeasance
misfeasance proceedings
mismatch bond
misrepresentation
missing specifications
missing value
mission
mission critical
mission statement
misstatement of age
mist
mistake
mistake in judgment
mistake of fact
mistake of law
mistrial
misuse
mitigating circumstance
mitigation
mitigation of damages
mitigation of punishment
mixed cargo
mixed credit
mixed credits
mixed economy
mixed expenses
mixed forecasting
mixed insurer/company
mixed jury
mixed lot
mixed model production
mixed signals
mixed-income housing
MKS system
MM
mnemonic
mobile
mobile agricultural machinery and equipment coverage form
mobile equipment
mobile home policy
mobile money
mobile office
mobile phone
mobility of capital
mobility of labor
mobilization
mobilization base
mock auction
mockup
mode
mode of payment
mode of premium payment
mode of transmission
mode of transport
model
model of the world
model risk
model tax conventions
model unit
modem
Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)
modernity
modernization
modification
modified
modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS)
modified accrual basis accounting
modified adjusted gross income
modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)
modified cash basis accounting
modified community rating
modified duration
modified endowment contract
modified fee for service
modified fire resistive construction
modified gross lease
modified life policy
Modiglani-Miller hypothesis
Modigliani and Miller Proposition I
Modigliani and Miller Proposition II
modular
modular bill of materials
modular contracts
modularity
modulating
modulation
module
modulus
modus operandi
Mohs' hardness scale
moisture content
molasses
mold
mole
molecular sieve
molybdenum (Mo)
mom and pop investors
mom and pop store
moment of truth
momentum
momentum investing
momentum investor
mompreneur
monetarism
monetary
monetary aggregates
monetary asset
monetary base
monetary base control
Monetary Control Act of 1980 (MAC)
monetary default
monetary inflation
monetary item
monetary measurement
monetary neutrality
monetary policy
monetary price
monetary reserve
monetary system
monetary theory
monetary union
monetary unit
monetary unit assumption
monetary unit of account
monetary unit principle
monetary value
monetary wealth
monetary working capital adjustment (MWCA)
monetize
monetize the debt
monetizing debt
money
money and securities broad form
money back guarantee
money center banks
money equation
money illusion
money laundering
Money Management International
money manager
money market
money market account (MMA)
money market certificate (MMC)
money market deposit account
money market fund (MMF)
money market hedge
money market instruments
money market investment
money market notes
money market operations
money market rate
money market yield
money measurement concept
money men
money multiplier
money neutrality
money purchase benefit formula
money purchase plan
money supply
money transfer
money-center bank
moneyer
monitization
monitor
monitoring
monochrome
monograph
monoline
monoline policy
monomer
monomorphic opinion leadership
monopolist
monopolistic competition
monopolistic market
monopolistic state fund
monopoly
monopoly power
monopsony
monospony
Monsoon
monster employment index
Monte Carlo method
month
month-end closing
monthly administration fee
monthly debit ordinary (MDO)
monthly debit ordinary status card
monthly income preferred shares (MIPS)
months of inventory
Moody's Bond Survey
Moody's Investors Service
moofer
Moore's law
moot
moot point
moral
moral hazard
moral obligation bond
moral obligation debt
moral rights
moral rights approach
moral suasion
moral turpitude
morale
morale hazard
morality
moratorium
morbidity
morbidity rate
morbidity table
Morgan Stanley
morganization
morning loan
Morningstar
Morningstar rating system
Morningstar system
mortality
mortality charge
mortality cost
mortality guarantee
mortality rate
mortality savings
mortality table
mortar
mortgage
mortgage amortization schedule
mortgage application
mortgage backed bond
mortgage backed passthrough security
mortgage backed security
mortgage banker
Mortgage Bankers Association
mortgage bill of sale
mortgage bond
mortgage broker
mortgage clause
mortgage commitment
mortgage correspondent
mortgage debenture
mortgage debt
mortgage deed
mortgage derivative
mortgage duration
mortgage equity analysis
mortgage fallout
mortgage holders errors and omissions coverage form
mortgage index
mortgage insurance
mortgage interest
mortgage interest deduction
mortgage lender
mortgage lien
mortgage life insurance
mortgage loan
mortgage loan payable
mortgage modification
mortgage note
mortgage out
mortgage par rate
mortgage participation certificate
mortgage pass through security
mortgage payable
mortgage payment
mortgage pipeline
mortgage pool
mortgage portfolio
mortgage protection
mortgage purchase bond
mortgage rate
mortgage redemption insurance
mortgage risk
mortgage securitizer
mortgage servicing
mortgage servicing rights (MSR)
mortgage short sale
mortgage suitability
mortgage takeback
mortgage tax
mortgage-backed revenue bond
mortgage-backed securities clearing corporation (mbscc)
mortgage-pipeline risk
mortgagee
mortgagor
mosaic theory
most favored customer
most favored nation (MFN)
motel
mothballing
motherboard
motion
Motion Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)
motion study
motivated seller
motivating
motivating factors
motivation
motivation theory
motive
motive test
MOTO discount rate
motor
motor freight
motor truck cargo insurance
motor truck cargo policy-owners form
motor vehicle record
motor vehicle sales
move-in ready
move-up buyer
movement certificate
movement inventory
moving average
moving average inventory cost
moving average inventory method
moving average price (MAP)
moving expense deduction
moving expenses
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation
MP3 (MPEG layer 3)
MRO items
MSCI-EAFE index
MSN
MTA index
muckraker
muda
mudaraba
mudarib
muliplexer
Mullen burst test
multi channel marketing
multi fiber agreement (MFA)
multi function device (MFD)
multi peril crop insurance
multi peril policies
multi-brand strategy
multi-disciplinary
multi-segment marketing
multi-skilling
multi-step competitive bidding
multi-step flow theory
multibuyer
multicast backbone (Mbone)
multicasting
multichannel marketing
multichannel multipoint distribution system (MMDS)
multicollinearity
multicultural organization
multiculturalism
multidimensional approach
multidimensional measure
multidisciplinary team
multiemployer bargaining
multiemployer plan
multifamily housing
multifunctional peripheral
multifunctional team
multifunctional worker
multigenerational study
multilateral agreement
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
multilateral investment guaranty agency (MIGA)
multilateral trade negotiations (MTN)
Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)
multiline insurance
multimedia
multimodal bill of lading (B/L)
multimodal transport
multimodal transport document
multinational corporation (MNC)
multinational pooling
multinational restructuring
multinomial distribution
multiple award
multiple column tariff
multiple employer trust
multiple employer welfare arrangements
multiple entry visa
multiple funding
multiple indemnity
multiple line insurance
multiple line law
multiple listing
Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
multiple location policy
multiple location rating plan
multiple locations form
multiple option plan
multiple pricing
multiple protection insurance
multiple regression analysis
multiple retirement ages
multiple shop
multiple sourcing
multiple time series
multiple worksite report (MWR)
multiple-management plan
multiple-step income statement
multiples approach
multiplier effect
multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME)
multisourcing
multistate tax commission
multitask
multitasking
multithreading
multivariate analysis
multivariate data
multiwall
municipal bond
municipal improvement certificate
municipal law
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)
municipal solid waste
municipal utility district (MUD)
municipality
muniments of title
murabaha
Murphy's Law
Musharakah
musharka
mutagen
mutatis mutandis
mutual
mutual agency
mutual agreement procedure (MAP)
mutual assent
mutual association
mutual atomic energy reinsurance pool
mutual benefit association
mutual company
mutual fund
mutual fund cash-to-assets ratio
mutual fund custodian
mutual fund subadvisor
mutual insurer
mutual insurer policy
mutual investment certificate
mutual mistake
mutual recognition directive
mutual savings bank
mutual society
mutuality
mutuality doctrine
mutuality of contract
mutualization
mutualization of risk
mutually exclusive
mutually inclusive
Myers-Briggs personality type indicator
Myspace
mysterious disappearance
mystery shopper