This term is used by companies that offer subscription services to clients for example, telephone carriers, Internet service providers, and hosts. It is a measure of the revenue generated by one customer phone, pager, etc., per unit time, typically per year or month.
filch. vb. 1. (tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer. [C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men].
n. A protective covering, usually of organic matter such as leaves, straw, or peat, placed around plants to prevent the evaporation of moisture, the freezing of roots, and the growth of weeds. tr.v. mulched, mulchÂ·ing, mulchÂ·es.