crowdsourcing n.— «Technological advances in everything from product design software to digital video cameras are breaking down the cost barriers that once separated amateurs from professionals. Hobbyists, part-timers, and dabblers...
high-low book n.— «Then there are the so-called teen high-low books for those with a lower vocabulary level. “They are carefully plotted, they’ve got good characters but they are written at a vocabulary level that is better designed...
woof n.— «The report, from market analysts Datamonitor, says three groups of over 50-year-old consumers are emerging. One it called “woofs”—for well-off older folks.» —“Advertisers ‘ignoring grey pound’” BBC...
straw buyer n.— «An illegal land flip is a two-part transaction involving the transfer of a piece of real estate that is sold to a straw buyer for the fair market value, and then resold to an end buyer at an inflated value, often using...
double-breast n.— «Double breasting, also known as “dual shop operations,” has become a common construction practice in which a company maintains separate affiliates, one union and one nonunion, in order to compete and respond...
flexicurity n.— «Numerous experts have praised Nordic countries’ systems, particularly that of Denmark, for their ability to create jobs while maintaining a high standard of social security for the unemployed. Industry associations also...