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