mp

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mp"

Translingual

Adverb

mp

1. (music) mezzo piano (quite soft)

See also

• p
• mf

English

Noun

mp

1. 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)

See also

• Appendix:Menus

Anagrams

• P. M., P.M., PM, p.m., pm

Adzera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿp/

Letter

mp (upper case Mp)

1. A letter of the Adzera alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːʃotpɛrt͡s]

Noun

mp (plural mp-ek)

1. Abbreviation of másodperc (“second[s]”).

   Coordinate terms: ó, p

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mp	mp-ek
accusative	mp-et	mp-eket
dative	mp-nek	mp-eknek
instrumental	mp-cel	mp-ekkel
causal-final	mp-ért	mp-ekért
translative	mp-cé	mp-ekké
terminative	mp-ig	mp-ekig
essive-formal	mp-ként	mp-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mp-ben	mp-ekben
superessive	mp-en	mp-eken
adessive	mp-nél	mp-eknél
illative	mp-be	mp-ekbe
sublative	mp-re	mp-ekre
allative	mp-hez	mp-ekhez
elative	mp-ből	mp-ekből
delative	mp-ről	mp-ekről
ablative	mp-től	mp-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	mp-é	mp-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mp-éi	mp-ekéi

Possessive forms of mp
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mp-em	mp-eim
2nd person sing.	mp-ed	mp-eid
3rd person sing.	mp-e	mp-ei
1st person plural	mp-ünk	mp-eink
2nd person plural	mp-etek	mp-eitek
3rd person plural	mp-ük	mp-eik

Latin

Alternative forms

• m.p.

Noun

mp n

1. Abbreviation of mīlle passūs (“Roman mile”).

Lingala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿp/

Letter

mp (upper case Mp)

1. A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Swedish

Proper noun

mp

1. Green Party; Abbreviation of Miljöpartiet.