Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
rent-seeking
Arabic translation:
النزعة الريعية
Added to glossary by
Eman Riesh
Jan 24, 2006 19:35
18 yrs ago
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English term
Yemen
rent-seeking
Non-PRO
Homework / test
English to Arabic
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
The context is: "as it had imbued the malays not with the intended spirit of entrepreneurialisn but with proclivity for rent-seeking"
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 3 | نزعة ريعية |
Eman Riesh
|
| 5 +2 | باحثة عن الريع |
Zeinab Asfour
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| 4 | المغالاة في الربح |
Sam Shalalo
|
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Eman Riesh
Native in English
&
Arabic
Love to translate!
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
:
4
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 hrs
Sam Shalalo
Australia
Australia
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Australia
Able, Accurate and Available
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
المغالاة في الربح
إفراط في طلب الربح بدل تقديم خدمات أكثر
+2
20 hrs
Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Jordan
Native in English
&
Arabic
Jordan
Dead On Dealines....
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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40
باحثة عن الريع
This website will explain the term, please check it:
http://www.cipe-arabia.org/files/html/art0606.htm
http://www.cipe-arabia.org/files/html/art0606.htm
Discussion
Cutting yourself a bigger slice of the cake rather than making the cake bigger. Trying to make more money without producing more for customers. Classic examples of rent-seeking, a phrase coined by an economist, Gordon Tullock, include: