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attributes

qualities, features - in a good way

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fringe benefits

Additional payments, salary

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get the credit

approval or praise

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compromise

to do something which is against your principles and which therefore seems dishonest or shameful

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to assail

worry or upset

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relatively

compared to other things it's fairly easy or small

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common purpose

same target for all

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to mould

to influence the development

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equity

the value (of a company)

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gone into administration

gone bankrupt

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Invoice discounting

Lending a business a sum of money equal to that owed by its suppliers or customers

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Merchant banks

banks dealing with companies or businesses

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defaults

sth they are legally supposed to do

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exposing

putting it into a situation

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to dilute

to make it weaker or less effective

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inadequate

not enough / insufficient

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Hire purchase

buying goods by paying regularly over a certain period of time

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contemplating

thinking about / considering

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venture capital

money lent to start a new business

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to overdraw

spend more than one has in the bank

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it is secured

legal promise to give the lender goods or property of the same value

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ascribed

to claim that sth has been
written, said, made etc by a particular person

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Indemnities

payments for the loss of money or property

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business angel

usually to invest in a company

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to pass the buck

avoid responsibility

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it was the last straw

the last in a series of irritating events

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ripped off

payed far to much for sth

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they were talking at cross purposes

they misunderstood each other

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sort it out

to solve the problem

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jamming

sth prevented it from moving

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utility

an organization that supplies the public with water, gas or electricity

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surrendered

given up

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a mania

a strong desire

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deteriorating

worsening

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execution

performing / carrying out

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mindset

a persons general attitude

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persistent

continuous, longer than usual

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disembarked

got off a ship or aircraft

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hostile

angry / ready to argue

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formidable

difficult to deal with

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desertion

caused people to leave

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lawsuits

sth brought to court

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Plumber

sb who repairs waterpipes etc.

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defect

to go to or join the competitor

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trivialise

make sth seem less important

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merely

only - show how small or unimportant sth is

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curtailed

reduced / limited

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contingency

plan for future event or situation that might cause trouble

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concede

admit sth is true or correct

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aborted

to cause sth to stop before it begins or before it is completed

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laissez faire

not interfering

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participatory style

involving everyone

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empowering style

giving employees power to decide

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time-bounded

needs to be finished in a certain time

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establish

lay down / set up

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to brief sb

to give all the information sb needs

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assumptions

sth you think is true but cannot prove

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facilitator

help a group to discuss or work effectively

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collaboratively

in cooperation with each other

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accomplished

achieved

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equation

two things beeing similar

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evolve

develop and change

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implementation plan

action plan, officially decided

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joint venture

two or more businesses invested together, project

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merger

two or more companies build a big one

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stake

money invested in a company

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acquisition

getting control by buying more than 50%

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big picture

very important

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resolved

settled or solved

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logistical

practical arrangements - involving a lot of people and equipment succesfully

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humility

not beeing to proud of oneself

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public knowledge

known to everyone

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of the essence

vitally important

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tendency

its likely

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reassurance

say or do sth that lets sb worry less

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clean room

everything is highly regulated because of sensitive equipment

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unveiled

people were told for the first time

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inevitable occupied

more than likely busy

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redundancies

situation were people have to leave their job

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transition

change from one condition to another

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nitty-gritty

details

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get buy-in

acceptance

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can count

be relevant

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shop floor

where goods are made

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steam rollered

forced to do sth

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revival

sth becomes active or strong again

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seeking out

searching

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flattering noises

trying to encourage

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embark

set out on

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adaptability

ability to change an be succesful in new situation

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excessive labour market regulation

too much control over the labour market

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poised to assume

ready / waiting to take

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barely

only just

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outsourcing

employing workers from outside the company

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offshoring

using banks placed in other countries to pay less tax

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enticements

things offered to persuade employees to do sth

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to resist

to say no

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significant

clear big noticeable

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retained

kept

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address

face up to and deal with

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cite

quote

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to chase debts

try and recover money owed

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remotely

from a distance

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projections

calculations what the future will be like

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tumble

falling quickly without control

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a brutal reversal

change to the opposite

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gloom

loss of hope

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bounce back

start beeing succesful again after failure

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rack up

gain

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volatile

likely to change suddenly

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legion

large number

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slid

get worse

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hogging

taking more than your share

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mull

think carefull about

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cutting the ribbon

opening

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stagnate

stop growing

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wary

not certain or fully trusting

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notoriously

famous for something bad, continuously

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taken a heavy knock

had to handle difficulties

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far cry

to be completely different, far away

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austerity package

the policy to live without things

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tumble

to fall quickly without control

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sluggish

operating more slowly than usual

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return to form

get back in shape

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rip

to pull apart

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stave off default

to stop sth bad happening

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morphed

changed

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lionised

to make sb famous

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depicted

to represent or show

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denounced

to accuse someone publicly of being something bad

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imposing

officially force a rule

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contradictions

beeing totally different so one must be wrong

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honing

sharpen

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verge on sth

to be almost a particular state, feeling - bad or good

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breach

brake a law, promise

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abundance

when there is more than enough of sth

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vice

moral fault or weakness

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to nobble

to make sth fail

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snarled

to say sth angrily

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depress consumption

harm consumer behaviour

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amendment

changes made to a word of text

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to slash

to cut back

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outright

complete

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congestion

overfilling

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punitive

inflictive

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pollution

dirt in environment

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densely

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transition

change

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hassle free

without effort

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bullishly

without a doubt

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allegedly

reportedly

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collaborated

work together

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forays

trips, journeys

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urbanites

city inhabitans

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scouring

searching

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crippled

unhealthy or damaged

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bolstered

secured

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conglomerate

accumulation

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employee rentention

keep sth back, hold

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management buy out

takeover

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merger

fusion

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subsidiary

store of a chain

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acquire

take over

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go bust

go into administration

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go bust

go into administration

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retain employees

keep

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emerge

to develop

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integrity

good manners

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branched out

enter new markets

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swallow

make it disappear by making it part of oneself

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denationalize

change from public to private ownership

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go bust

go into administration

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investment bankers

bankers who buy securities, bonds

Kartensatzinfo:

Autor: mrs.pink

Oberthema: English

Thema: Vocabulary

Schule / Uni: Hanze

Ort: Groningen

Veröffentlicht: 31.05.2010

Tags: Ann Kennedy

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