Origin Dictionary
The language of financial transition.
The Dictionary is the public language and distribution layer of Origin Protocol. Each definition turns the underlying grammar into a discrete, searchable and distributable entry point — designed to travel across platforms and lead audiences into the wider body of work.
Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost is the value of the best alternative you give up when you choose one option.
Outside Option
An outside option is an alternative a person can take instead of reaching the agreement currently under discussion.
Passive Income
In everyday use, passive income is money earned with relatively little ongoing direct work, often from assets or work completed earlier.
Price Discrimination
Price discrimination charges different prices for equivalent goods or services across customers or purchases for reasons not fully explained by cost differences.
Reservation Price
A reservation price is the highest price a buyer will pay or the lowest price a seller will accept for a transaction.
Rich
Rich describes having a lot of money, income or valuable assets relative to some comparison. It has no single financial cutoff.
Saving
Saving means setting aside money for later use rather than spending it now.
Scarcity
Scarcity exists when available resources cannot satisfy all the competing uses or wants for them.
Shrinkflation
Shrinkflation is a reduction in the size or quantity of a product without a corresponding reduction in its price.
Skimpflation
Skimpflation is a reduction in product or service quality without a corresponding reduction in price.
Student Debt
Student debt is money owed from loans used to pay for education and associated living costs.
Subscription Trap
A subscription trap uses misleading enrollment or obstructive cancellation to leave consumers paying for subscriptions they did not intend to keep.
Switching Costs
Switching costs are the money, time, effort, or other disadvantages involved in changing products, providers, or arrangements.
Wage Theft
Wage theft is an employer's failure to pay wages or compensation that workers are legally entitled to receive.