Switzerland
Money owed by a particular government
Public dept
A general, continuous increase in prices
Inflation
Containing too many people or things
Overcrowded
The percentage of an amount or value that has to be paid in tax
Tax rate
For example: ruble, franc, lira, hryvnia
Currency
One of the two parts that some parliaments are divided into, usually the one with less political power
Lower house
An election in which the people living in a country vote to choose the government
General election
Conditions that are cruel and causing suffering to people or animals
Inhumane conditions
The permanent professional branches of a state's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians
Civil service
A group of soldiers detailed to shoot a condemned person
Firing squad
An asset such as money, shares, bonds, etc. rather than a physical asset such as property or machinery
Financial asset
Money that employers and employees pay to the government so that people receive money when they are not able to work because of age, ilness etc.
Social insurance
A group of large machines or the parts of a machine that make it work
Machinery
A country's court system
Judiciary
The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
Gross domestic product
An organisation, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money
Enterprise
A situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where the pay and conditions are better
Brain drain
A dark, thick oil obtained from under the ground, from which various substances including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil are produced
Petroleum
The difference between before-tax and after-tax wages
Tax wedge
The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things
Blasphemy
The principle that decisions should always be taken at the lowest possible level or closest to where they will have their effect, for example in a local area rather than for a whole country
Subsidiarity
A person who lives and works in a foreign country for a limited period of time, usually doing low-paid and unskilled work
Guest worker
A skin disease that causes your skin to become rough and uncomfortable
Scabies
A legal seizure of property to satisfy a tax debt
Levy
The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle
Apostasy