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