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  • mae
    mae
    adjective
  • Mae
    Mae
    noun
    a female given name, form of Mary.
  • M.A.E.
    M.A.E.
    abbreviation
    Master of Aeronautical Engineering.

mae

1 American  
[mey] / meɪ /

adjective

Scot.
  1. more.


Mae 2 American  
[mey] / meɪ /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Mary.


M.A.E. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Aeronautical Engineering.

  2. Master of Art Education.

  3. Master of Arts in Education.


Etymology

Origin of mae

before 900; Middle English (north and Scots), Old English mā; cognate with German mehr, Old Norse meir, Gothic mais. See more

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Barzal then had a 2-on-1 break alongside Eberle but chose to shoot the puck himself for his 16th to mae it 5-1.

From Washington Times May 8, 2021

At the age of 40, or thereabouts, Luang Poh Yaai again remembered her past lives, stopped drinking and became a white-robed Buddhist nun, or mae chee.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2016

He mae the statement just as Chicago aldermen were in the midst of a committee hearing trying to understand the proposal floated by a California firm.

From Chicago Tribune Aug. 14, 2012

The Wicked Age. mae west betrayed her public.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wi’ weans I’m mair than weel contented, Heav’n sent me ane mae than I wanted.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

And JPMorgan is among the banks fighting for a role to lead what could be a giant stock offering for the federal mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The bulk of mortgage securities are issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are quasi-government entities whose bonds carry little credit risk.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also offer programs that allow borrowers to qualify using Social Security and pension income, provided they meet the lender’s usual credit and underwriting requirements.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

One solution could be to give the government-sponsored housing enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an expanded role in lowering the price of construction loans for apartment buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Then came the collapse of the government-sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both promptly nationalized.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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