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English translation: Gift economy
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| 17:11 Mar 10, 2008 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Anthropology / economy, sustainable development | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Cinnamon Nolan Spain Local time: 03:43 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | enlightened, talented, gifted, knowledgeable |
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| 3 | Gift economy |
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20 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1enlightened, talented, gifted, knowledgeable Explanation: Definitions of enlightened on the Web: highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a ... having knowledge and spiritual insight; disillusioned: freed from illusion initiate: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate" educated: having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:enlighte... |
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8 hrs confidence:
Gift economy Explanation: More context is needed, as "enlightened economy" is correct but has a different meaning (economy managed by educated and/or spiritual leaders/ideals). Some of Trans4u's other options could work in a specific context. Anyway, this seems to be the most common usage: Gift economy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- A gift economy is an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future quid pro quo. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy Digital gifts: Participation and gift exchange in LiveJournal ...- In doing so, it will argue that, unlike earlier anthropological and socio–economic notions of the gift economy that see the exchange as one of power ... www.firstmonday.org/ISSUES/issue12_5/pearson |
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