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TOEFL Vocab: Business And Money
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1. Owner - usually of a business or a building
shuttle
exploit
proprietor
accumulate
2. To take advantage of; to treat inconsiderately in order to profit
merchant
exploit
assess
regulate
3. Money given by a government or other organization to support an activity
affluence
liability
subsidy
per capita
4. A situation in which prices for many items rise quite fast
hazardous
impoverish
inflation
extract
5. For each person
tangible
per capita
luxury
impoverish
6. A thing that can be bought and sold - such as grain - oil - or wood
incentive
commodity
hazardous
regulate
7. To give out different amounts for different purposes
incentive
entrepreneurial
subsidy
allocate
8. Extreme comfort - beyond what anyone needs
resign
privileged
luxury
proportionately
9. To quit one's job
distill
assess
acquire
resign
10. To decrease in power or amount
subsidy
decline
shuttle
per capita
11. Willing to work hard
prosper
exploit
industrious
lease
12. In an amount appropriate to each of several recipients
proportionately
reward
equity
asset
13. Not very significant or effective
subsidy
marginal
promote
elite
14. A possible benefit that motivates a person to do a certain thing
proprietor
affluence
incentive
hazardous
15. A possession that has positive value
asset
affluence
prototype
marginal
16. To give an employee money or other things in exchange for the work he or she does
net
proportionately
compensate
privileged
17. To estimate the value of something
assess
privileged
jointly
tangible
18. Honor and respect for being better than the average
prestige
elite
industrious
tangible
19. Wealth and the style of life that goes with it
hazardous
safeguard
affluence
accumulate
20. A group of socially prominent people with special titles given by a king or queen - such as 'duke' or 'countess'
merchant
jointly
lease
nobility
21. Together with one or more other parties
incentive
jointly
exploit
liability
22. To take out
prosper
extract
promote
impoverish
23. Something one gets for having done well
reward
allocate
prestige
nobility
24. The first one made of a machine or system
impoverish
subsidy
accumulate
prototype
25. Dangerous
compensate
asset
hazardous
accumulate
26. People with low-paying (often unskilled) jobs who are not poor but who are not securely in the middle class
working class
tangible
haggle
industrious
27. Able to create business opportunities from a wide variety of circumstances
proprietor
merit
proportionately
entrepreneurial
28. Value; success based on one's work - not on luck
merit
working class
incentive
promote
29. The value of one's share in an investment
hazardous
decline
equity
jointly
30. Obviously real because it can be seen - touched - or otherwise observed
subsidy
commodity
tangible
proprietor
31. Full of energy
prototype
impoverish
industrious
dynamic
32. Able to enjoy special advantages because of one's position ( usually because of being born into a wealthy or powerful family)
lease
accumulate
assess
privileged
33. To rent something for a long time (several months or years)
allocate
commodity
distill
lease
34. To argue back and forth about a price
haggle
subsidy
liability
proportionately
35. To build up a large amount of something
reward
accumulate
lease
nobility
36. To get something - usually something with special value or meaning
working class
incentive
lease
acquire
37. Fearless
intrepid
net
merit
luxury
38. Legal responsibility for harming a person or property; a disadvantage
liability
affluence
commodity
working class
39. To protect
haggle
safeguard
enterprising
luxury
40. To move back and forth often between two places
haggle
promote
equity
shuttle
41. To make a person or group poor
impoverish
prestige
commodity
marginal
42. To do very well in one's business or personal life
liability
acquire
intrepid
prosper
43. Control according to a set of rules
prestige
luxury
intrepid
regulate
44. After all costs have been subtracted from an amount
net
haggle
tangible
sole
45. A person who makes a living by selling things
enterprising
resign
merchant
haggle
46. Only
acquire
safeguard
proprietor
sole
47. Creative in thinking of ways to make money
working class
enterprising
entrepreneurial
dynamic
48. To move someone to a higher position in a company
promote
extract
prosper
enterprising
49. Belonging to a special - honored group
privileged
elite
impoverish
equity
50. To remove one liquid from a mixture of liquids by boiling; to get something valuable from a confusing mix of ideas
impoverish
inflation
allocate
distill