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