Subject words A-M
This word means public support, advice or help given to an idea, plan, or way of doing something.
Advocacy
This word means in a way that is too slight or small in amount to be of importance or size, and not worth considering.
negligibly (adverb)
This word means the condition of being unable to afford or obtain sufficient energy resources to fulfil the basic needs of a household or population.
energy poverty
This word means anything that is (or can be) connected to the internet, web, wifi, bluetooth, etc. Or more broadly, that uses computers or digital technology in some integral way.
Wired
(Wired could have several other meanings, depending on context!)
Who is Germany's federal minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action?
Robert Habeck (...for now)
This word means to reduce the amount or quantity or size of something, usually in a negative sense.
deplete
This word means something that must exist or happen before something else can exist or happen.
prerequisite
This word means the distribution of heat by steam or otherwise from a central plant to buildings more or less widely distributed.
district heating
This word means the change in the total cost after producing one more item (or by any given X) in quantity produced. That is, the cost of producing an additional quantity.
marginal cost
What is Germany's major export?
Cars and car parts, accounting for ca. €273 billion in 2023, or ca. 17% of exports.
(according to Statista; no full/clear overall figures for 2024 yet)
This word means using force (of any kind) to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do.
coercive
This word means something related to the differences between groups of people caused mainly by their financial situation.
socioeconomic
This word means a combination of two or more things (e.g. companies) into a new bigger entity.
amalgamation
This word means a system that allows a country's government to provide social services for those who need them, such as healthcare, unemployment benefits, old age care, etc.
welfare state
Millennials are considered to have be born between what years?
From about 1980 to 2000.
+/- a few years
This word means an entire full range or series of something.
gamut
This word means the act of improving, renewing, renovating, revising, or changing the form of something (again), in order to improve it.
revamp
This word means the tendency of people to rely on easily recalled information, rather than actual data, when evaluating the likelihood of a particular outcome.
availability heuristic
This word means a policy that allows individuals to take additional leave (paid or unpaid) from work during their menstruation if they experience painful or uncomfortable menstrual symptoms.
Menstrual leave
Which nation is the world's 4th largest economy?
Japan.
1. USA 2. China 3. Germany 4. Japan 5. India
But depending on your sources or how you measure, Germany and Japan are often close to 'neck and neck', so either could be 3rd or 4th.
This word means the evidence that somebody/something's is honest, who they say they are is true, and have sincere intentions.
bona fides (Latin for 'in good faith').
This word means something that is, or seems to be, found everywhere or in many places at the same time; very common.
ubiquitous
This word means to pay or promise to pay somebody an amount of money if they suffer a damage or loss.
Indemnification
This word means a concept where something is nobody's property, a thing which has no legal owner.
res nullius
You buy a new tablet, and then receive a free 6-month subscription to an online streaming service. When the 6 months are nearly up, you wonder if you should let the regular billing begin, or cancel. You feel a bit sad at losing the streaming possibilities, as you were half-way through a good series... What is this marketing principle called?
This is a good example of Partial Ownership (a feature of behavioural economics)