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






2. After all costs have been subtracted from an amount






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






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






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






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






7. To take out






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






9. To move back and forth often between two places






10. For each person






11. Extreme comfort - beyond what anyone needs






12. To quit one's job






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






14. The first one made of a machine or system






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






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






17. A person who makes a living by selling things






18. To give out different amounts for different purposes






19. Something one gets for having done well






20. Fearless






21. To estimate the value of something






22. Together with one or more other parties






23. Willing to work hard






24. Full of energy






25. Not very significant or effective






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






27. Honor and respect for being better than the average






28. Belonging to a special - honored group






29. To argue back and forth about a price






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






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






32. To build up a large amount of something






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






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






35. Owner - usually of a business or a building






36. Dangerous






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






38. In an amount appropriate to each of several recipients






39. To protect






40. To give an employee money or other things in exchange for the work he or she does






41. To make a person or group poor






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






43. Only






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






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






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






47. To decrease in power or amount






48. Control according to a set of rules






49. Creative in thinking of ways to make money






50. A possession that has positive value