transparency

transparency |tranˈsparənsē|
noun ( pl. -cies)
1 the condition of being transparent : the transparency of ice.
2 an image, text, or positive transparent photograph printed on transparent plastic or glass, able to be viewed using a projector.
ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as a general term denoting a transparent object): from medieval Latin transparentia, from transparent- ‘shining through’ (see transparent ).

In government, elections, town hall meetings, financial markets, corporations, global economics, transparency is the word of the day. Previously used to describe lingerie, transparency is now an essential value in our new paradigm reality.