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I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.
William Clay Ford, Jr.

Meaning of "polluter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLLUTER

polluter  [pəˈluːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLLUTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polluter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLLUTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

polluter

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution.

Definition of polluter in the English dictionary

The definition of polluter in the dictionary is a person, organization, country etc, who causes pollution of the environment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLLUTER


commuter
kəˈmjuːtə
computer
kəmˈpjuːtə
diluter
daɪˈluːtə
dilutor
daɪˈluːtə
elutor
iːˈluːtə
fluter
ˈfluːtə
foutre
ˈfuːtə
looter
ˈluːtə
luter
ˈluːtə
neuter
ˈnjuːtə
pewter
ˈpjuːtə
prosecutor
ˈprɒsɪˌkjuːtə
recruiter
rɪˈkruːtə
saluter
səˈluːtə
scooter
ˈskuːtə
shooter
ˈʃuːtə
tutor
ˈtjuːtə
uta
ˈjuːtə
valuta
vəˈluːtə
veduta
vɛˈduːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLLUTER

polliwog
Pollock
polls
pollster
pollucite
pollusion
pollutant
pollute
polluted
pollutedly
pollutedness
pollution
pollutive
Pollux
polly
Pollyanna
pollyannaish
pollyannaism
pollyannish
pollywog

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLLUTER

cauter
disputer
distributer
douter
home computer
host computer
laptop computer
microcomputer
minicomputer
notebook computer
on the outer
onboard computer
outer
personal computer
quantum computer
real-time computer
Reuter
router
shouter
Sluter

Synonyms and antonyms of polluter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polluter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLLUTER

Find out the translation of polluter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polluter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polluter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

污染者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contaminador
570 millions of speakers

English

polluter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रदूषक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملوث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

загрязнитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poluidor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূষণকারীকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pollueur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencemar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Umweltverschmutzer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚染源
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오염자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polluter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gây ô nhiễm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாசுபடுத்தியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रदूषणकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kirletici madde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inquinatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zanieczyszczający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забруднювач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poluatorul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρυπαίνων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besoedelaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förorenar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forurenseren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polluter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLUTER»

The term «polluter» is normally little used and occupies the 110.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLUTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polluter

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QUOTES WITH «POLLUTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word polluter.
1
William Clay Ford, Jr.
I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLLUTER»

Discover the use of polluter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polluter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Law of Environmental Damage: Liability and Reparation
But before exploring the various measures in more detail (2.3.2), general remarks will be made concerning the polluter pays principle which is important in this context (2.3.1). Remarks are further included concerning means for enforcement  ...
Marie-Louise Larsson, 1999
2
Transport, Welfare and Externalities: Replacing the Polluter ...
Too often economists are too obsessed with the mathematical modelling of their ideas and insufficiently concerned with the applications. This book constitutes a major and refreshing exception to that trend.
Dieter Schmidtchen, 2010
3
The Polluter Pays Principle
As the Polluter-Pays Principle is a fundamental principle of cost allocation, its analysis covers a substantial part of the vast field of environmental resource allocation. While it would be idle to try to sum up all the subject matter of this collection ...
OECD, 2008
4
Principles of International Environmental Law
and the ECJ has occasionally considered its practical implications.336 The principle aid.337 principle,335 has also been applied by the European Commission in relation to state The polluter pays principle, or variations thereof, as stated in ...
Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel, 2012
5
Paying the Polluter: Environmentally Harmful Subsidies and ...
Environmentally Harmful Subsidies and their Reform Frans H. Oosterhuis, Patrick ten Brink. and inefficient use of (often finite) natural resources, lead to market distortions, have an adverse impact on the environment, exacerbate resource ...
Frans H. Oosterhuis, Patrick ten Brink, 2014
6
Environmental Protection of International Watercourses Under ...
7.8 Polluter Pays Principle The 'polluter pays' principle is one of the more firmly established guiding principles of general intemational environmental law.°“8 1t finds its first expression in a 1972 OECD Recommendation” but it has been ...
Owen McIntyre, 2007
7
The Environmental Element in Space Law: Assessing the ...
The Polluter-Pays Principle 4.2.5.1. Components and Evolution The polluter-pays principle may appear relatively simple at first sight but it has a number of different meanings and functions. As the name indicates, it is a principle whereby a ...
‎2008
8
Waste Management
Environmental policy and environmental law is based upon three principles: • The Prevention Principle, • The Polluter Pays Principle, and • The Cooperation Principle. The prevention principle is the guiding principle of environmental policy.
Bernd Bilitewski, Georg Härdtle, Klaus Marek, 1996
9
Climate Change and European Emissions Trading: Lessons for ...
In this legal document, the principle is mentioned but not defined.2 A precise and generally accepted legal definition of the polluter-pays principle is still lacking. As put by Verhoef: '(...) the question of whether the polluter should pay (.
Michael G. Faure, Marjan Peeters, 2008
10
Trading with the Environment: Ecology, Economics, ...
In environmental economic theory, it is sometimes stated that either the polluter pays or that the person or persons who suffer pollution pay ('the polluter pays' or ' the victim pays'). The determining factor is who has the ownership rights to the ...
Thomas Andersson, Carl Folke, Stefan Nyström, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLLUTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polluter is used in the context of the following news items.
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VA's Largest Polluter Footprint to Shrink
The largest polluter in Virginia plans to pollute less by scaling back on the outdoor burning of toxic waste, a practice that community activists ... «WVTF, Jul 15»
2
“There is such confusion in my powers.”
He co-wrote a thesis titled “A Tax to Make the Polluter Pay” on precisely this topic. A number of quotations from it can be found here. Agnotology ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
3
LETTER: Picatinny Arsenal major contributor to pollution
The July 21 letter “Department of Defense is America's biggest polluter” omitted mention of a bigger source of pollution in New Jersey: Morris ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
4
Bruce Farling: EPA regs clarify Clean Water Act
Its reach is now being pilloried for two simple reasons: raw politics and polluter profits. As for EPA accountability, we should demand as much ... «Helena Independent Record, Jul 15»
5
Bakreswar power plant of Kolkata operates without clearances
The bench had also wanted to know why BkTPP should not be made to pay Rs 5 crore as polluter's pay for fouling the rivers. There was no ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Murkowski's Big Oil Giveaway: Profits Over People
It has everything to do with polluter profits. The bill should be labeled the "Big Oil Giveaway" and represents an extreme proposal to the ... «Natural Resources Defense Council, Jul 15»
7
Yael Aflalo : On Living Legacy
It was [the realization] that it was not just this capitalist polluter in the middle of America silently dumping this toxic waste next to a schoolyard ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
TMI: Is Too Much Information a woman's thing?
... within hours) alternately chastised and ridiculed Gould, calling her everything from a “stupid little girl” to a “Yokel” and a “polluter” of writing. «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
9
Climate talks: Is the planet to be saved or doomed?
It is hoped that India, which is also a leading polluter, will be spurred by China's example. Only 47 of the 195 states in COP 21 have made ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Letter: Protect Minnesota's pristine waters
The corporate polluter, Enbridge, claims they have learned their lesson and it won't happen again. Advertisement. x. previous next. SendPrint ... «Park Rapids Enterprise, Jul 15»

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