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Terms vs Wasta - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and wasta

is that terms is while wasta is (arab society|often|italicized) intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood.

terms

English

Noun

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    wasta

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Arab society, often, italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood
  • * {{quote-news, 2003, 15 June, Syed Rashid Husain, 'Wasta' at US Embassy, Arab News citation
    • , passage=The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta , one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning.}}

    Synonyms

    * connections, nepotism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wasta")