OEM

[ oh-ee-em ]

abbreviation, noun

original equipment manufacturer:
- a firm that purchases complex equipment, as computers, from manufacturers and modifies or combines different components for resale.
- a firm that manufactures components or parts included in the finished product made by another.

Origin of OEM

First recorded in 1950–55

Words Nearby OEM

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How to use OEM in a sentence

Closely related to the last three versions is the passage in the thirteenth-century poem printed in OEM p. 173, ll.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes | Various
Ne hedde he none robe of fowe ne of gray, OEM 39/66; gold ne seoluer vouh ne gray, id.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes | Various
And chepte heom to sullen vre helare, OEM 40/115, but with prep.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes | Various

British Dictionary definitions for OEM

OEM

abbreviation for

original equipment manufacturer: a computer company whose products are made by customizing basic parts supplied by others

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