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TOEFL Vocab: Business And Money

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To give an employee money or other things in exchange for the work he or she does






2. The first one made of a machine or system






3. After all costs have been subtracted from an amount






4. To give out different amounts for different purposes






5. The value of one's share in an investment






6. Only






7. A possible benefit that motivates a person to do a certain thing






8. To move someone to a higher position in a company






9. People with low-paying (often unskilled) jobs who are not poor but who are not securely in the middle class






10. To protect






11. Able to create business opportunities from a wide variety of circumstances






12. To remove one liquid from a mixture of liquids by boiling; to get something valuable from a confusing mix of ideas






13. Together with one or more other parties






14. To take advantage of; to treat inconsiderately in order to profit






15. Not very significant or effective






16. Obviously real because it can be seen - touched - or otherwise observed






17. To argue back and forth about a price






18. To do very well in one's business or personal life






19. Something one gets for having done well






20. To estimate the value of something






21. To take out






22. Honor and respect for being better than the average






23. Able to enjoy special advantages because of one's position ( usually because of being born into a wealthy or powerful family)






24. Fearless






25. A thing that can be bought and sold - such as grain - oil - or wood






26. To decrease in power or amount






27. For each person






28. To build up a large amount of something






29. In an amount appropriate to each of several recipients






30. A possession that has positive value






31. Value; success based on one's work - not on luck






32. Owner - usually of a business or a building






33. A person who makes a living by selling things






34. Money given by a government or other organization to support an activity






35. Control according to a set of rules






36. Creative in thinking of ways to make money






37. To rent something for a long time (several months or years)






38. Full of energy






39. To get something - usually something with special value or meaning






40. To move back and forth often between two places






41. Dangerous






42. A group of socially prominent people with special titles given by a king or queen - such as 'duke' or 'countess'






43. A situation in which prices for many items rise quite fast






44. To quit one's job






45. Wealth and the style of life that goes with it






46. Willing to work hard






47. Extreme comfort - beyond what anyone needs






48. Belonging to a special - honored group






49. Legal responsibility for harming a person or property; a disadvantage






50. To make a person or group poor