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  • 1Material Product System — (MPS) refers to the system of national accounts used in the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries, as well as in China until 1993 Dr. Fengbo Zhang introduced the Western SNA system and GDP to China, . The MPS has now been replaced by …

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  • 2Material product — is a category in Marxian economics and Soviet social accounting referring to the produced output of tangible material goods, including energy supplies and goods transport.[1] It contrasts with services and activities such as administration that… …

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  • 3Material good — In economics and philosophy, a material good is a good that can be purchased or sold and from which one receives non spiritual pleasure. Examples of material goods may include televisions, houses, cars, and appliances. In philosophy, material… …

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  • 4material — ma|te|ri|al1 W1S1 [məˈtıəriəl US ˈtır ] n 1.) [U and C] cloth used for making clothes, curtains etc = ↑fabric ▪ curtain material ▪ scraps of material ▪ a cape made of a soft material 2.) [U and C] a solid substance such as wood, plastic, or metal …

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  • 5material — I UK [məˈtɪərɪəl] / US [məˈtɪrɪəl] noun Word forms material : singular material plural materials *** 1) [countable/uncountable] cloth Her dress was made of a thin lacy material. heavy material for making curtains 2) a) [uncountable] a substance,… …

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  • 6Material flow accounting — (MFA) is the study of material flows on a national or regional scale. It is therefore sometimes also referred to as regional, national or economy wide material flow analysis. Contents 1 Definition 2 Terms and Indicators 3 References 4 …

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  • 7Material Disclosure — is a software tool developed by Actio Corporation. The software tool aims to collect, parse and store information about product ingredients, primarily for Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSR) and Compliance reporting to agencies such as the… …

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  • 8material — [adj1] bodily, tangible actual, animal, appreciable, carnal, concrete, corporeal, earthly, fleshly, incarnate, nonspiritual, objective, palpable, perceptible, phenomenal, physical, real, sensible, sensual, substantial, true, worldly; concept 485… …

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  • 9material breach — see breach 1b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. material breach …

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  • 10Material flow analysis — 3R Concepts Waste Disposal Hierarchy Reduce Reuse Recycle Barter Dematerialization Downcycling Dumpster diving Ecode …

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