ETS
See also: E.T.s and ets
English
Noun
ETS (countable and uncountable, plural ETSes)
- (economics) Initialism of emissions trading scheme.
- 2022 November 29, Damian Carrington, “Big polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by EU”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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- (medicine) Initialism of environmental tobacco smoke.
- Synonym: SHS
- 2010, Naomi Oreskes; Erik M. Conway, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:
- 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.
- (military, US) Initialism of end of term of service or expiration of term of service.
- (military, US) Initialism of estimated time of separation.
Proper noun
ETS
- Initialism of Educational Testing Service: the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, founded in 1947.
Further reading
- ETS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -est, EST, Est, Est., SET, STE, Set, StE, Ste, Ste., TEs, TSE, Tse, est, est., set, seṭ, tse
Spanish
Noun
ETS f (plural ETS)
- Initialism of enfermedad de transmisión sexual (“STD (sexually transmitted disease)”).
- Synonym: ITS