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make and model

The make and model of a manufactured product are its brand and its specific model name or number.

In plain English

This identifies a product in two parts. One part is the company or brand it comes from. The other part is the exact model name or number for that product.

In context

Here, it labels the field for entering an appliance's brand and its exact model name or number.

Situation
Managing move-in, move-out, inventory, keys, deposits, and condition reports
What it communicates
labels the field for the appliance brand and model name.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not state any other details about the product beyond those two identifiers.

Examples

“The receipt recorded the vacuum's make and model but not its serial number.”

Core meaning

“Enter the oven's make and model on the repair form before describing the problem.”

In context