Even for those in work, incomes are low especially, in relative terms, for professionals.

Competitiveness, which is usually measured in terms of unit labor costs, is a relative concept.

The first concerns how much importance, in absolute and relative terms, the nominee assigns to foreign policy.

True, American power will inevitably decline in relative terms as Asian giants such as China and India rise.

In 2013, both German and US exports fell slightly in relative terms hardly a sign of an energy driven competitiveness divide.

Clicking on any of the five mansions depicted displays individual statistics about the properties, explaining their sizes in relative terms.

Over the two last decades, masses of Indians and Chinese have closed the gap (in relative terms) with the rich world.

Its workforce stands to suffer, slowly but surely, from erosion of its relative advantages in terms of wages and job security.

Everything in life is relative.

The truth is relative, just as everything in the world is relative.

We cannot explain this convergence in terms of standard economic arguments, such as changes in relative prices and incomes, because no such changes were sufficiently large.

Relative position

Netanyahu thinks in bold military terms, not in terms of geopolitical strategy.

And, while this reflects changes in relative importance, European banks business volumes might have increased in absolute terms even in the US, though at a slower pace than elsewhere.

America is not in absolute decline, and, in relative terms, there is a reasonable probability that it will remain more powerful than any other country in the coming decades.

Everything is relative.

Wealth is relative.

By and large, America now has a relative disadvantage in manufacturing, while China has a relative advantage.

In many cases, post conflict aid can reach extraordinarily high levels after the conflicts ends, both in per capita terms and relative to the size of the recipient economies.

But, in recent years, relative prices have adjusted.

While US power will inevitably decline in relative terms, that of the 1.3 billion people who live in the Islamic world the vast majority of them in Asia will inevitably increase.

Similarly, at least in terms of economic, if not military, capability, the United States and Japan seem to have begun a process of decline relative to China.

Does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights include terms such as relatively recognized rights, relative protection of a certain right, and the like?

Maintaining a competitive currency requires a rise in domestic saving relative to investment, or a reduction in national expenditure relative to income.

It financed the UN to a greater degree in relative terms than any other country, engaged meaningfully in other international institutions, and supported the development of its Asian neighbors, including China.

But gentleness is relative.

Tom is my relative.

relative, and absolute a.k.a.

Explain it in plain terms, please.

Explain it in plain terms, please.

In fact in medical terms, that's our view.

In the US, the rate of relative poverty exceeds 20 .

But in evolutionary terms this is nonsense.

But in terms of a big tour

You see everything in terms of money.

Don't see life in terms of money.

And even assuming that interest rates reach 1 1.5 by the end of 2016, they will still be very low by historic standards, both in absolute terms and relative to inflation.

Sensitive terms

We think in abstract terms, we think in movement.

Belief in immortality made the opposition between life and death relative.

Put differently, even after default, pesofication' and devaluation, Argentina's pension funds yielded a very decent return in real terms. Furthermore, they fared well relative to other classes of creditors, especially foreign bondholders.

Third, the governments must start thinking, therefore, not in terms of enlargement, but in terms of the restructuring of Europe.

The payoff is enormous, both in terms of health and in terms of economic growth. We need to support that.

The Relative Unimportance of Global Warming

Tom is a relative of mine.