Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gift economy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: gift e-con-o-my
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional economy where valuable goods are not traded or sold, but rather given away, sometimes with the expectation that they (or goods of equivalent or higher value) will later be given back.

Example Sentences

"Community activists will increasingly use hypermedia to replace corporate capitalism and big government with a hi-tech ‘gift economy’ in which information is freely exchanged between participants."

Inflected Forms

gift economies (plural)

Phrases

sharing economy

Frequently Paired Words

sharing economy

Questions

What does gift economy mean?: A traditional economy where valuable goods are not traded or sold, but rather given away, sometimes with the expectation that they (or goods of equivalent or higher value) will later be given back.

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