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  • 51Waste minimisation — is the process and the policy of reducing the amount of waste produced by a person or a society. It is part of the wider aim of waste reduction which is often described as a component of the waste hierarchy. In the waste hierarchy, the most… …

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  • 52customs union — an association of independent nations or tariff areas created to remove customs barriers between them and to adopt a uniform tariff policy toward nonmember nations. * * * Trade agreement by which a group of countries charges a common set of… …

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  • 53Criticism of capitalism — This article lists arguments against capitalism, For a summary of ideologies opposed to capitalism, see Anti capitalism. Part of a series on Capitalism …

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  • 54frugal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prudent, saving, provident, thrifty; sparing, stinting. See economy. Ant., spendthrift. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not wasteful] Syn. thrifty, saving, prudent, parsimonious; see careful , economical …

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  • 55inefficient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ineffective, incompetent. See uselessness, impotence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wasteful] Syn. extravagant, improvident, slack, disorganized; see careless 1 , wasteful . 2. [Lacking competence] Syn …

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  • 56lavish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prodigal, profuse, bountiful, liberal. v. t. give liberally; squander. See liberality. Ant., stingy, ungenerous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. profuse, generous, unstinted, unsparing, plentiful,… …

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  • 57prodigally — adverb to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree we are still prodigally rich compared to others • Syn: ↑wastefully • Derived from adjective: ↑prodigal, ↑wasteful (for: ↑wastefully) …

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  • 58wastefully — adverb to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree we are still prodigally rich compared to others • Syn: ↑prodigally • Derived from adjective: ↑prodigal (for: ↑prodigally), ↑wasteful …

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  • 59Prodigal — Prod i*gal, a. [L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive; cf. F. prodigue. See {Agent}. ] Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or… …

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  • 60Jimmy Carter — Infobox President name = James Earl Carter Jr. order = 39th President of the United States term start = January 20, 1977 term end = January 20, 1981 predecessor = Gerald Ford successor = Ronald Reagan order2 = 89th Governor of Georgia term start2 …

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