Public Radio Nonprofit Development Associate Summary Wayword, Inc., the nonprofit entity producing the nationwide public radio program A Way with Words, seeks an experienced development and fundraising associate to maximize our growing revenue...
It’s the business of business jargon. Say you’re in line at the drugstore. Does it bother you if the cashier says, “Next guest”? In department stores and coffeeshops, does the term “guest” suggest real...
uniplural adj.— «Every currency pair in forex is a spread. Forex shows the relationship between the two currencies in the form of a ratio spread. Because the pair is uniplural, i.e., treated as a single entity, there is an open, high...
shark attack n.— «Arcelor might have bitten off more than it can chew in its attempt to defend itself from Mittal Steel. It is buying a controlling stake in Severstal for E13bn in Arcelor shares. This might create an entity larger than...
universal waste n.— «It’s now illegal in California for households and any other entity to improperly dispose of a new list of widely used, but potentially harmful items containing mercury and other heavy metals that often wound up in...
stigmergy n. a process via which unorganized actions of individuals serve as stimuli to the actions of other individuals, and, in sum, result in a single outcome; a group of individuals who collectively behave as a sole entity. (source: Double...