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In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, rigging or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.
"fixing someone up" in the context of arranging or finding a social date for someone "Fixing", craving an addictive drug, hence "getting your fix" or "jonesing" (from the 1960s) Match fixing, to illegally predetermine the outcome of a sporting event or other contest, also can be referred to as "the fix" as in the common phrase "the fix is in"
A fixer is someone who is assigned or contracted to solve problems for others. The term has different meanings in different contexts. In British usage (and in other Commonwealth countries) the term is neutral, referring to a person, such as a special adviser, "who...gets things done". [1]
A handyman working on a door frame. A handyman (abbr. HNDMN), [1] also known as a fixer, [2] handyperson [3] [4] or handyworker, [5] [6] maintenance worker, maintenance man, repairman, repair worker, or repair technician, [7] such as basic carpentry, plumbing, minor electrical wiring and property maintenance, wide range of repairs, typically for keeping buildings, shops or equipment around the ...
Any short-term benefit of increased price competition will force some producers out of the market and cause product shortages and prices for consumers to rise. In the end price-fixing legislation forces producers out of a market because it can not compete with the biggest discounter and the market winds up a monopoly anyway. [37]
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Other terms and abbreviations related to PM are: scheduled maintenance [18] planned maintenance, [19] which may include scheduled downtime for equipment replacement; planned preventive maintenance (PPM) is another name for PM [20] breakdown maintenance: [20] fixing things only when they break.
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