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Quality of Life Index: a single number or score used to place different
countries in rank order based on their quality of life. Various indicators are
included, e.g. GNP per person, calorie intake, life expectancy, access to health
care, number of doctors per 100,000 etc.
Quality of Life: things (e.g. housing) that affect your standard of
living.
Quality of Life: an idea which is difficult to define because it means
different things to different people. Things which make for a good quality of
life might include high income, good health, good housing, basic home
amenities, pleasant surroundings, recreational open space, good local shops, a
secure job, etc..
Quarry: a large pit dug to obtain a mineral from the ground. Rocks and
ore are quarried.
Quarry: A quarry is a type of open-air pit mine from which rocks and
minerals can be extracted by blasting, digging or cutting.
Quarry: Where rock is cut from the surface of the land.
Quarrying: see Plucking.
Quartz: Quartz is a hard mineral which consists mainly of silica, and
can be obtained from different types of rocks. It is the second most abundant
mineral found in the earth's crust.
Quaternary Industry: one which uses modern technology to carry out
research, handle information and give advice to other industries.
Quaternary sector: That portion of a region's economy devoted to
informational and idea-generating activities (e.g., basic research,
universities and colleges, and news media).
Quaternary Sector: The part of an economy that focuses on information
based activities is known as the quaternary sector.
Quotas: are used in the EU to control production, for example, to avoid
butter mountains and milk lakes. Dairy farmers have to buy a quota, which
allows them to produce a maximum amount of milk.
