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Ets

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Educational Testing Service: the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, founded in 1947. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of emissions trading scheme. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Free pollution permits worth €98.5bn were given to energy-intensive sectors […]. This is more than the €88.5bn that the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) charged polluters, mostly coal and gas power stations, for their CO₂ emissions. […] Carbon emissions covered by the ETS have fallen by 37% since it began in 2005, largely thanks to the growth of renewable energy."

  2. 2
    plural of ET form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Initialism of environmental tobacco smoke. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The evidence clearly showed that ETS increased the risk of SIDS, but the panel couldn’t decide whether that risk was caused by prenatal smoking, postnatal ETS, or both."

  4. 4
    Initialism of end of term of service or expiration of term of service. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of estimated time of separation. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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