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Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...

A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date that a wedding took place. Couples often mark the occasion by celebrating their relationship, either...

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year...

YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120...

Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties...

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...

A marketplace, market place, or just market, or mart is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and...

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration...

Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list...

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations...

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for...

Print on demand (POD) is a printing technology and business process in which book copies (or other documents, packaging, or materials) are not printed...

An ombudsman (/ˈɒmbʊdzmən/ OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-bədz-, -bʌdz-/ -⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate...

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator...

The Seagram Company Ltd. (which traded as Seagram's) was a Canadian multinational conglomerate formerly headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a...

A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each...

A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world[vague]) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically...

The legal drinking age is the minimum age at which a person can legally consume alcoholic beverages. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can...