poorism n.— «Poverty tourism—sometimes known as “poorism”—did not originate in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). For years, tour operators have been escorting foreign visitors through Rio de Janeiro’s infamous favelas, with their drug gangs and ocean...
leave chips on the table v. phr.— «What you find is that the passive hedgers and other nonprofit participants leave “chips on the table” in the currency market, that speculators, in essence, are able to take advantage of. The nonprofit participants...
canner n.— «Eight months ago, a nonprofit organization in Midtown that served as a redemption center also closed up shop, leaving scores of Manhattan-based “canners,” as many can and bottle collectors call themselves, with no choice but to haul...
scrub n.— «All these numbers come from files kept by the executive branch of the government. Stevens, who provided and directed the money through his position at the time as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, had no detailed...
mecenat n.— «The Korean Business Council for the Arts, a private nonprofit group founded in 1994 to foster relationships between businesses and the arts communities, conducted a survey of 500 domestic companies and cultural foundations to determine...