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commercialisation = hard sell to kids and teens sexualisation of children = sexuality-based commercialisation of growing youth. @polleetickle
hard (a hard economic valuation) = pitiless (see “hard decisions”)
realistically priced = cheap
industrialised nations = rich nations
woes = economic woes
The antiquities market is incredibly strong at the moment. antiquities are fetching high prices
a purchase made “on finance” you borrow the money and have to pay interest
hard-working families taxpayers
reform cuts
restructuring restructuring funding
Making hard decisions, speaking hard truths = taking people’s money away, Ed Miliband and Andrew Marr BBC Sept 26 10
abundant The
euphemism, these days, is "abundant," as in "Every day, you're
going to live that abundant life!".
affiliate money-making scheme
(see partnership)
comfortable affluent
commercial expensive (Xmas becoming too commercial)
community care "Community care is too often a code word for budget-cutting." Karl Taro Greenfield (and
for giving state funds to private firms to provide care homes)
competitive cheap
consumer
confidence
people buy lots of things
crystallise profits cash in
day job killer = affiliate marketing program = pyramid selling
down market poor
exclusive expensive
finance
company moneylender
high end expensive
important (work
of art or antique)
expensive
important in large
quantities (very important volumes)
independent financially
independent, not looking for a meal ticket
interests business interests
lack of commercialism – nothing to buy, no shop
low
rent poor
luxury exclusive (if it’s
too available, it’s not luxurious any more)
market correction something unpleasant (a bit like "unsettled" weather)
moderate cheap
modernisation 10,000 voluntary
redundancies (in the firefighters’ dispute, 2002)
on promotion at a discount, loss leader
partnership The state gets private firms to pay for things.
policy give us your money
now and we’ll give you some back later
premium expensive
premium money/lots of money
premium
features ones
you pay for
premium rate
phone lines
expensive phone calls
prime expensive
priority club it’s like being on guest list or gallerist’s list of buyers who get first
shout at artist’s latest work, or you get “priority boarding” on aircraft
privatise run as a business to
make money
quantitative easing money printing
rationalisation sack lots of people
reset our cost
base make people
redundant
restructuring getting funds from
different sources, not just the public purse
security financial security
sophisticated,
cosmopolitan, international, urbane connoisseurs rich men (William)
stable and secure retirement = enough money IDS March 7, 2011
structure funding
subprime very very cheap (or very very bad risk)
ultra high net
worth individuals
very rich people | 
