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