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"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]
Price fixing is an anticompetitive agreement between participants on the same side in a market to buy or sell a product, service, or commodity only at a fixed price, or maintain the market conditions such that the price is maintained at a given level by controlling supply and demand.
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] is a person who is skilled at a wide range of repairs, typically for keeping buildings, shops or equipment around the home in good condition.
In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, 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.
Collusion is a deceitful agreement or secret cooperation between two or more parties to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading or defrauding others of their legal right.
There’s no official definition for either of these accounts. Rather, each is a type of deposit account that can earn you incremental interest on your balance, helping you to grow your savings.
Wage controls have been tried in many countries to reduce inflation, seldom with success.Since inflation can be caused by both aggregate supply or demand, wage controls can fail as a result of supply shocks or excessive stimulus during times of high sovereign debt (increases to the Monetary Aggregate System M2).