Mer or MER may refer to:

Business

* Management

expense ratio The expense ratio of a stock or asset fund is the total percentage of fund assets used for administrative, management, advertising (12b-1), and all other expenses. An expense ratio of 1% per annum means that each year 1% of the fund's total assets ...

* Market

exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another currency. Currencies are most commonly national currencies, but may be sub-national as in the case of Hong Kong or supra-national as in the case of ...

Merrill Lynch Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment bank ...

's former NYSE stock symbol

People

Francis Mer Francis Mer (born 25 May 1939, in Pau) is a French businessman, industrialist and politician. A former alumnus of the École Polytechnique, and of the École des Mines de Paris, he is a member of the Corps des mines. He was hired in 1970 by the ...

(born 1939), a French businessman, industrialist and politician, former Minister of the Economy *

Gideon Mer Gideon Mer ( he, גדעון מר, 1894, Panevėžys - 22 March 1961 Rosh Pinna) was an Israeli scientist whose work was mostly concerned with the eradication of malaria. He was the father of Arna Mer-Khamis and the grandfather of Juliano Mer-K ...

(1894-1961), an Israeli scientist working mostly on the eradication of malaria * M.E.R. (

Maria Elizabeth Rothmann Maria Elizabeth Rothmann, penname M.E.R. (28 August 1875, in Swellendam – 7 September 1975, in Waaihoek) was an Afrikaans writer, and co-founder of the Voortrekkers youth movement. Her unique contribution to Afrikaans literature was an ethic ...

), an Afrikaner writer *

Mer (community) Mer, Maher or Mehar (Gujarati: ISO 15919: ''Mēr, Mahēr'', ''Mēhar'' Sanskrit: मेर, महेर, मेहर; Gujarati: મેર, મહેર, મેહર; IPA: mer, məher, mehər) is a kshatriya caste from the Saurashtra region of ...

, a community found primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat

Places

* Mer, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département of France *

Merionethshire , HQ= Dolgellau , Government= Merionethshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= , Status= , Start= 1284 , End= , Code= MER , CodeName= ...

, historic county in Wales, Chapman code MER *

Murray Island, Queensland Murray Island (also known as Mer Island or Maer Island) in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. The island is part of the Murray Island Group in the Torres Strait. The town is on the island's northwest coast and within the ...

, known locally as Mer, an Australian island

Sports

Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of three ...

, a team in the Philippine Basketball Association

Science

* Mer, a synonym for

repeat unit In polymer chemistry, a repeat unit or repeating unit (or mer) is a part of a polymer whose repetition would produce the complete polymer chain (except for the end-groups) by linking the repeat units together successively along the chain, like the ...

in chemistry * ''Mer'', a type of geometric isomer of octahedral complexes (see ''fac''–''mer'' isomerism) * -mer, an affix meaning "part", used in several words in chemistry and biology *

MERTK Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MERTK'' gene. Function This gene is a member of the TYRO3/AXL/MER (TAM) receptor kinase family and encodes a transmembrane protein with two fibronectin ...

, MER, or proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER, a human enzyme *

Membrane estrogen receptor Membrane estrogen receptors (mERs) are a group of receptors which bind estrogen. Unlike the estrogen receptor (ER), a nuclear receptor which mediates its effects via genomic mechanisms, mERs are cell surface receptors which rapidly alter cell signal ...

, or mER, a receptor for estrogen * Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER (or MERTK or Mer) * abbreviation of Meridional, a direction on a globe *

Mercury transporter The mercury transporter superfamilyTC# 1.A.72 is a family of transmembrane bacterial transporters of mercury ions. The common origin of all Mer superfamily members has been established. The common elements between family members are included in TM ...

, Mer Superfamily of transport proteins

Technology

Mer (software distribution) Mer was a free and open-source software distribution, targeted at hardware vendors to serve as a middleware for Linux kernel-based mobile-oriented operating systems. It is a fork of MeeGo. Goals Some goals of the project are: * Openly develope ...

, a software distribution for operating systems based upon the Linux kernel targeted at mobile devices *

Mars Exploration Rover NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, ''Spirit (rover), Spirit'' and ''Opportunity (rover), Opportunity'', exploring the planet Mars. It began in 2003 with the launch of the two rover ...

, one of a pair of robotic rovers exploring the surface of Mars *

Modulation error ratio The modulation error ratio or MER is a measure used to quantify the performance of a digital radio (or digital TV) transmitter or receiver in a communications system using digital modulation (such as QAM). A signal sent by an ideal transmitter or r ...

, a measure in communications for evaluation of digital transmission equipment * Mechanical equipment room or

mechanical room A mechanical room, boiler room or plant room is a room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment, as opposed to rooms intended for human occupancy or storage. Unless a building is serve ...

, used for HVAC, water heaters, plumbing and electrical equipment

Transport

Manx Electric Railway The Manx Electric Railway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin'') is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. It connects with the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway at its southern terminus at Derby Castle ...

, an interurban tramway on the Isle of Man *

Merthyr Tydfil railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Railway Station, Merthyr Tydfil (geograph 4049515).jpg , caption = Merthyr Tydfil railway station in 2014 , borough = Merthyr Tydfil, Mer ...

(National Rail station code), a railway station in Wales

Other uses

, a community native to the Porbandar region in Saurashtra, India * Mer, a planet from ''

The Pirates of Dark Water ''The Pirates of Dark Water'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by David Kirschner and produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series premiered as a five-part miniseries on Fox Kids early 1991. The first season, consisting of 13 ...

'' * Mer, a race in the ''

Elder Scrolls ''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in an open world. ''Morrowind'', ''The Elder Scr ...

'' series of video games * Mer, a given name related to

Margarete Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek ''margarites'' (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin ''margarita'', it arrived in the German sprachraum. Related names in English include Daisy, Gr ...

* ''Mer'' (), the French word for "sea" * "Mer", a song by band

Hyukoh Hyukoh ( ko, 혁오) is a South Korean indie band signed to DooRooDooRoo Artist Company. The band was formed in May 2014 and consists of leader, singer, and guitarist Oh Hyuk, bassist Im Dong-geon, guitarist Lim Hyun-jae, and drummer Lee In-woo. ...

Mer language (disambiguation) The Mer language is a Papuan language of Western New Guinea. There are several other languages or dialects called Mer: * Mer, a dialect of the Bench language of Ethiopia * Meriam language, a Papuan language of Torres Strait See also * mer, the ...

* ''Middle East Report'', a publication of the

Middle East Research and Information Project The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) is a non-profit independent research group established in 1971, that has released reports and position papers on various Middle East conflicts. Its most prominent publication is ''Middle East ...

Movement for European Reform The Movement for European Reform, abbreviated to MER, was a pan-European alliance of national centre-right political parties with conservative, pro-free market and Eurosceptic inclinations. It consisted of the Conservative Party of the United K ...

, a pan-European political group