This is the beauty of living in a country that speaks the language of global finance and trade.

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Ubuntu has also entered the language of development and fair trade - with campaigners using the word in aid projects for Africa in ways that suggest this will be an African solution for African problems.

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There they point out that prices are the language of the economy, and stable money made stable by gold is what has allowed the wealth-enhancing act that is trade to flourish like never before.

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Even now, Sheffield University's Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, home of the three editors of this dictionary, is recording a newly dying trade, mining.

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The language we use to describe illicit trade and to frame our efforts to contain it betrays the enduring power of this illusion.

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While the first minister was on a mission to China to promote trade and cultural links, that country's consul general highlighted the importance of foreign language assistants in acting as a "bridge of cultural exchanges".

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As the UK's Europe Minister, David Lidington, said: "If you look at the summit conclusions, you'll find very ambitious language there about strengthening the single market, cutting the amount of red tape and regulation on small businesses, on expanding external trade".

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