Across
- 2. the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university
- 5. The author
- 7. a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory
- 8. the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale
- 10. money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments
- 12. the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages
- 14. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
- 15. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
- 17. the state of trade at a particular time or in a particular context
- 18. the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media
- 19. an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program
- 20. a company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service
- 21. a paid position of regular employment
- 23. a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively
- 25. a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so
- 27. a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker
- 28. an educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training
- 30. the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
Down
- 1. the human race; human beings collectively
- 3. relating to education and scholarship
- 4. a ruling or influential class of educated or skilled people
- 6. mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment
- 8. the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced
- 9. a machine that performs a function according to a predetermined set of coded instructions, especially one capable of a range of programmed responses to different circumstances
- 11. the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services
- 13. the people of a district or country considered collectively, especially in the context of social values and responsibilities; society
- 16. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
- 22. a commercial operation or company
- 24. give work to (someone) and pay them for it
- 26. conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected
- 29. employ (someone) for wages