English Dictionary

gift economy

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

贈与経済：伝統的な経済体制で、貴重な物品やサービスが売買や物々交換ではなく、無償で与えられ、その後、同等またはそれ以上の価値のものが返されることが期待されるシステムを指す。

In the coastal village, the community sustained itself through a gift economy where fishermen gave away surplus catch, expecting future reciprocation.

その沿岸の村では、共同体は互酬的な贈与の仕組みによって生活を維持しており、漁師たちは将来の返礼を期待して余剰の漁獲を無償で分け与えていた。

意味（1）

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.

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.

gift economies （ plural ）