Lingua franca refers to a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.

Environmental personhood is a legal concept which designates certain environmental entities the status of a legal person. This assigns to these entities, the rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities and legal liability of a legal personality. Trustees are then chosen to represent it. Trustees can include: Government officials, Local community members, Indigenous leaders, or Environmental groups.

For the purposes of this debate, Interest-rate policy refers to central banks adjusting the interest rate when you are going to take a loan from a bank.

Relying on regulatory tools refers to caps on how much a bank can loan out, higher capital reserve requirements for banks, limits on risky assets, etc.

Radical honesty is the practice of complete honesty without telling even white lies. This includes learning the downsides of sugarcoating and minimizing them, as well as developing the habit of openly discussing uncomfortable truths.

A video-game ratings board is a body that creates age ratings and content labels for games based on the content in a video game such as violence, gambling mechanics, or sexual content. 

Current examples are the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), Pan European Game Information (PEGI), or Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS).