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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mp"
Translingual
Adverb
𝆐𝆏
- (music) mezzo piano (quite soft)
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English
Noun
mp
- Initialism of market price – written on menus instead of a price to mean the price charged depends on the price of supplies, which may vary.
- Ribeye steak – $20; Pork chop – $15; Lobster – mp
Usage notes
Particularly used for seafood, especially lobster and oysters, due to seasonality and volatile prices. Used to avoid having to update the menu as prices change, and also functions to avoid listing a particularly high price. An alternative, particularly found at seafood restaurants, is to use a chalkboard so that prices can easily be updated. Similarly, daily specials may be written on a chalkboard or listed orally by a server.
Using mp is formally only correct if the price of a dish changes because the price of ingredients changes (as for seafood), not if the price of the dish changes due to the composition changing (as on a cheese platter), for which aq (“as quoted”) should properly be used instead, as the more general term. However, aq is relatively little-used and unfamiliar, while mp is far more often used and more familiar.
Synonyms
- aq (as quoted)
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Adzera
Pronunciation
Letter
mp (upper case Mp)
- A letter of the Adzera alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
mp (plural mp-ek)
- abbreviation of másodperc (“second[s]”)
Declension
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Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
mp n
- abbreviation of mīlle passūs (“Roman mile”)
Lingala
Pronunciation
Letter
mp (upper case Mp)
- A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Swedish
Proper noun
mp
- Green Party; abbreviation of Miljöpartiet
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