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This is a continuation of the author's previous work [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 163, No. 2, 484-511 (1992; Zbl 0753.35044); Stochastics Stochastics Rep. 50, No. 3-4, 225-243 (1994; Zbl 0833.35077)] on the parabolic Monge-Ampère equation \[ {{\partial u}\over{\partial t}}\det D^2u = f. \tag{\(*\)} \] Here the author develops a measure theoretic notion of a generalized solution for \((*)\) for functions \(u\) which are convex in the space variables and increasing and locally Lipschitz continuous in the time variable. It is shown that \(Tu = {{\partial u}\over{\partial t}}\det D^2u\) can be interpreted as a measure for such functions. The author also proves a comparison principle for solutions \(u,v\) of the first initial-boundary value problem without requiring \(Tu,Tv\) to be absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure. In addition, an existence result for the first initial boundary value problem for \((*)\) and a parabolic version of the Alexandrov-Bakelman maximum principle are proved. Several authors have obtained similar results using various techniques. In particular, \textit{R. Wang} and \textit{G. Wang} [Northeast. Math. J. 8, No. 4, 417-446 (1992; Zbl 0783.35028); J. Partial Differ. Equations 6, No. 3, (1993; Zbl 0811.35053)] have studied viscosity solutions of \((*)\).