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