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autonomous

Acting on one's own or independently.

(Wiktionnaire)

budgetary envelope

Resources, usually money, available for use

by the government, public sector, institutions,
companies, etc. (Wiktionnaire)

competitive

Capable of competing successfully.

(Wiktionnaire)

competitor

A person or organization against whom one

is competing. (Wiktionnaire)

degrading

Lowering the social position of a person,

usually through some form of humiliation.

dignified

Respectable, composed, serious.

(Wiktionnaire)

indecent

Offensive to good taste. (Wiktionnaire)

legislation

Preparation and enactment of laws; the laws

enacted. (Wiktionnaire)

locomotive

The power unit of a train which does not

carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls or
pushes the coaches or rail cars or wagons.
(Wiktionnaire)

measure

Official and often legal action and

procedures taken to achieve a certain goal.

party

A political group considered as a formal

whole, united under one specific political
platform of issues and campaigning to take
part in government. (Wiktionnaire)

precarious

Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

(Wiktionnaire)

prosperity

The condition of being prosperous, of having

good fortune. (Wiktionnaire)

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public aid

Support, usually financial, provided by the

government to those in need.

respectful

Marked or characterized by respect.

(Wiktionnaire)

rights

A legal or moral entitlement. (Wiktionnaire)

stake

A share or interest in a business or a given

situation. (Wiktionnaire)

sustainable development

Development which seeks to produce

sustainable economic growth while ensuring
future generations' ability to do the same by
not exceeding the regenerative capacity of the
natural world. (Wiktionnaire)

tax

Money paid to the government other than for

transaction-specific goods and services.
(Wiktionnaire)

term of office

Duration of a set length; period in office of a

fixed length. (Wiktionnaire)

to consider

To think of doing. (Wiktionnaire)

to elect

To choose (a candidate) in an election.

(Wiktionnaire)

to encourage

To mentally support; to motivate, give

courage, hope or spirit. (Wiktionnaire)

to get rid of/to wipe out

To do away with; to cause to disappear.

(Wiktionnaire)

to invest

To spend money, time, or energy on

something, especially for some benefit or
purpose. (Wiktionnaire)

to kill two birds with one stone

(idiomatic) To solve two problems with one

single action. (Wiktionnaire)

to level

To bring to a common level or plane, in

respect of rank, condition, character,
privilege, etc. (Wiktionnaire)

to manage

To direct or be in charge of. (Wiktionnaire)

to promise

To commit to something or some act; to make

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an oath; make a vow. (Wiktionnaire)

to reform

To put into a new and improved form or

condition; to restore to a former good state,
or bring from bad to good. (Wiktionnaire)

to save

To accumulate money or valuables.

(Wiktionnaire)

to set up

To ready something for use. (Wiktionnaire)

to speak to

To have a conversation. (Wiktionnaire)

to strengthen

To make strong or stronger. (Wiktionnaire)

vote

A formalized choice on matters of

administration or other democratic activities.
(Wiktionnaire)

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