明码 (míng mǎ) — clearly marked price, marked price; plain code (as opposed to encrypted or secret code)
Definition
A compound noun with two distinct senses: in commerce it means a clearly marked, non-negotiable price (paired with 标价); in communications/crypto it means plaintext code, as opposed to 密码 (encrypted/secret code).
noun
clearly marked pricemarked priceplain code (as opposed to encrypted or secret code)
Examples
- 明码，。Zhè jiā diàn de shāng pǐn dōu shì míng mǎ biāo jià, bú huì luàn shōu fèi.All goods in this store have clearly marked prices, no arbitrary charges.
- 明码。Jiù shì diàn bào shǐ yòng míng mǎ hé mì mǎ liǎng zhǒng fāng shì.Old-style telegrams used both plain code and secret code.
- 明码，。Wǒ men shí xíng míng mǎ shí jià, bù jiǎng jià.We practice fixed prices, no bargaining.
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