A conditional statement in the indicative mood.

(idiomatic, business) A form of contractual compensation involving payment for materials used and at agreed rates for the those involved in performing the services.

(philosophy) The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.

(logic) An implication as defined in classical propositional logic, leading to the truth of paradoxes of material implication such as Q⊢P→Q, to be read as "any proposition whatsoever is a sufficient condition for a true proposition".

Alternative form of bill of materials

plural of material breach

(philosophy, natural science) The stuff or matter of which something is made.

plural of bill of material

(Marxism) A methodological approach to the study of society, economics, and history, looking for the causes of developments and changes in human society in the means by which humans collectively produce the necessities of life.

(law) A person with information alleged to be material concerning a criminal proceeding, and who therefore may be detained to insure their participation in such a proceeding.