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






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






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






5. Willing to work hard






6. To move back and forth often between two places






7. To give out different amounts for different purposes






8. Honor and respect for being better than the average






9. After all costs have been subtracted from an amount






10. To argue back and forth about a price






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






12. Dangerous






13. Control according to a set of rules






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






15. To estimate the value of something






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






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






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






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






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






21. Not very significant or effective






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






23. To decrease in power or amount






24. Fearless






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






26. To protect






27. Extreme comfort - beyond what anyone needs






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






29. The first one made of a machine or system






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






31. In an amount appropriate to each of several recipients






32. Creative in thinking of ways to make money






33. To quit one's job






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






35. Belonging to a special - honored group






36. To build up a large amount of something






37. To make a person or group poor






38. Only






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






40. A person who makes a living by selling things






41. Together with one or more other parties






42. A possession that has positive value






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






44. To take out






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






46. Full of energy






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






48. Something one gets for having done well






49. Owner - usually of a business or a building






50. For each person