Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

the.third 'sectornoun [sing.] (Economics) the part of the economy of a country that involves organizations that do not aim to make a profit and whose employees may work without being paid private sector, the public sector

the .Third 'Worldnoun [sing.] a way of referring to the poor or developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, which is sometimes considered offensive: the problem of third-world debt (= money owed to rich countries by poor countries) IMQ Developing countries is a more acceptable way of referring to these countries.

thirtysomething /'03:tisAm0ir); AmE '03:rti-/ noun [C] (informal)

a person who is between thirty and thirty-nine years old: Their target market is thirtysomethings with no children. -> twentysomething

thousand /'Gauznd/ number (abbr K) (usually used with a plural verb)

see also: cost per thousand threshold price 562 1

2 (tf^the way in which, as new technology, such as the phone, video recorder, etc. becomes familiar, people no longer think of it as technology

'threshold price noun [c]

Economics) a minimum price that is set for a product: Farmers are demanding that threshold prices be introduced for imported grain.

thrift /Grift/ noun

[u] the habit of not spending too much money

[c] {AmE) = thrift institution

'thrift insti tution {also thrift) {both AmE) noun [C]

an organization like a bank that lends money to people who want to buy a house. People also save money with a thrift institution. Isyni savings and

loan association

thrive /eraiv/ verb [no obj] to become, and continue to be, successful, strong, healthy, etc: The role of the government is to create an environment where small businesses can thrive. [syn]flourish ►'thrivingadjective

throughput /'0ru:put/ noun [и; C, usually sing.]

{Production) the amount of work that is done, or the number of people that are dealt with, in a particular period of time: The improvements to the manufacturing process have increased throughput by 40%. о the airports'combined passenger throughput о The most impressive gain was in throughput time {= the number of days needed to produce an order). See note at produce

(IT) the amount of data that passes through a piece of equipment or a system in a particular period of time: The network will have to withstand high throughput.

throw /0гэо; AmE 0rou/ verb (threw /0ru:/ thrown /0гэоп; AmE Groun/)

ПП23 throw the 'book at sb (informal) to punish sb who has committed an offence as severely as possible throw good money after 'bad to spend more money on sth, when you have wasted a lot on it already: The bank refused the company a further loan as it would be throwing good money after bad. throw your 'hat into the ring to announce officially that you are going to compete in a competition, an election, etc: He's thrown his hat into the ring for the chief executive's post, throw your 'money about/around (informal) to spend money in a careless and obvious way throw 'money at sth to try to deal with a problem or improve a situation by spending money on it, when it would be better to deal with it in other ways throw your 'weight about/around (informal) to use your position of authority or power in an aggressive way in order to achieve what you want: Although he's only got a few days left as chairman, he's still throwing his weight around. -» idioms at court noun, deep adj., money, question noun, weight ПОиП