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Margin AccountnounMWEan account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends creditverified
Margin CallnounMWEa demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirementverified
Marginal CostnounMWEthe increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of outputverified
Marginal PlacentationnounMWEwith ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovaryverified
Marginal UtilitynounMWE(economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or serviceverified
Marguerite DaisynounMWEperennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowersverified
Marine AnimalnounMWEany of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammalsverified
Marine CreaturenounMWEany of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammalsverified
Marine EngineernounMWEa naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's enginesverified
Marine LawnounMWEthe branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.verified
Marine MuseumnounMWEa tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animalsverified
Mariner's CompassnounMWEcompass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic northverified
Mariposa LilynounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverified
Mariposa TulipnounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverified
Marital Communications PrivilegenounMWEneither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were marriedverified
Maritime LawnounMWEthe branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.verified
Market AnalystnounMWEan analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)verified
Market CapitalisationnounMWEan estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a shareverified
Market CapitalizationnounMWEan estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a shareverified
Market CrossnounMWEa cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conductedverified
Market EconomynounMWEan economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine pricesverified
Market LetternounMWEa newsletter written by an analyst of the stock market and sold to subscribersverified
Market OrdernounMWEan order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market priceverified
Market PenetrationnounMWEthe extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular marketverified
Market PricenounMWEthe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplaceverified
Market ResearchnounMWEresearch that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumerverified
Market ValuenounMWEthe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplaceverified
Market-wide testsnounMWEMarket-wide tests are also called cross-market tests or "street tests" that are sponsored by the Securities Industry Association, Bond Market Association, and Futures Industry Association. These tests validate the connectivity from alternate sites and include transaction, settlement, and payment processes, to the extent practical.verified
Marketing CostnounMWEthe cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer)verified
Marketing ResearchnounMWEresearch that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumerverified
Markup LanguagenounMWEa set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a documentverified
Marmalade BoxnounMWEtree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruitverified
Marmalade BushnounMWEevergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowersverified
Marmalade TreenounMWEtropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruitverified
Marrow SquashnounMWEany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish fleshverified
Marsh AndromedanounMWEerect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowersverified
Marsh BellflowernounMWEbellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowersverified
Marsh CressnounMWEannual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherbverified
Marsh EldernounMWEany of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowersverified
Marsh FelwortnounMWEperennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowersverified
Marsh GentiannounMWEperennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heathsverified
Marsh HennounMWEany of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensverified