employment adjustment; adjusting employment arrangements (staff numbers, overtime, etc.) to reflect changing business conditions
telecommunications carrier; PTT
Network Address Translation
DCE; Data Circuit Termination Equipment; Digital Service Unit; line terminating equipment; DSU; LTE
wait for the middle tile of a chow
replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong
double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand
disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits
one-line fact; one-line information; information (explanation) provided in a few scanty words
east wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles
inflammatory (news) article; inflammatory fake news
departure melody (signalling a train is about to depart)
winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles
year of the Hare; year of the Rabbit
half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles; heterogeneity (e.g. manuf. using products from several sources)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to deal with effectively; to handle (well); to manage; to pass around (a plate of food, etc.) after taking one's share
recent graduate looking to change jobs
decimal; decimal digit; decimal number
discarding the just-drawn tile
waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed
quarter-length game consisting of east round only
one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion)
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
counter for character tiles