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carbon credits

 
 
noun [plural]

Definition

a system that allows organizations the right to produce a certain amount of carbon, and allows them to buy or sell those rights
(Definition of carbon credits noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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