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transfer
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to move something from one place or group to another
accelerate
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to happen or make something happen sooner or faster
accelerate
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When a vehicle or its driver accelerates, the speed of the vehicle increases
accounting
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the skill or activity of keeping records of the money a person or organization earns and spends
accustom
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to make someone familiar with new conditions
accustomed
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familiar with something
acknowledge
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to accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something
acquire
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to get or buy something
add up
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to increase gradually until there is a large amount
add up
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to seem reasonable or likely
admittedly
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used when you are agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly
alleviate
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to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
analyst
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someone whose job is to study or examine something in detail
anecdote
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a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done
arithmetic
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the part of mathematics that involves the adding and multiplying, etc. of numbers
asset
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a useful or valuable quality, skill, or person
balance of trade
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the difference between the money that a country receives from exports and the money it spends on imports
batting average
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in cricket, the average number of runs scored by a batsman in each innings
business person
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a person who works in business, especially one who has a high position in a company
call for sth
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to demand that something happens
capital flow
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the movement of money for investment in and out of countries
capital inflow
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the amount of money that comes into a country's economy from other countries within a particular period of time
centipede
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a small, long, thin animal with many legs
cluster
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a group of similar things that are close together, sometimes surrounding something
codify
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to arrange something, such as laws or rules, into a system
complexity
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the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an answer to
comprehension
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the ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, facts, etc.
concern
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to cause worry to someone
conglomerate
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a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different
consider
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to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision
constitute
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to be or be considered as something
constraint
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something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
consumption
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the amount used or eaten
convinced
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certain of your beliefs
core competence
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something that a company does very well and that makes it better than other companies
corporation
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a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization
counter
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a person or machine that counts; to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something:
deficit
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the total amount by which money spent is more than money received
demand
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to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused
disastrously
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in a way that is disastrous (= extremely bad or unsuccessful)
disposal
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the act of getting rid of something
distinct
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clearly noticeable; that certainly exists
diverse
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very different from each other
division
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a separate part of large organization
domestic
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relating to a person's own country
economic
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relating to trade, industry, and money
economist
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a person who studies or has a special knowledge of economics
economy
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the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used
elude
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to avoid someone or something:
enunciate
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to explain a plan or principle clearly
executive
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someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
expand
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to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way
expansion
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the increase of something in size, number, or importance
expansionary
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a policy of action
expense
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an amount of money that a person or business spends in order to do something
export
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to send goods to another country for sale
feasible
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able to be made, done, or achieved
fee
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an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service
feedback
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information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked
finances
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the money that a person or company has
floating exchange rate
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an exchange rate that is allowed to change in relation to the value of other currencies
force
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physical, especially violent, strength, or power
foreign
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belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
foreign investment
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investment in shares and other assets of another country
foreign to
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Something can be described as foreign to a particular person if they do not know about it or it is not within their experience
framework
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a system of rules that is used to plan something
free trade
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international buying and selling of goods, without limits on the amount of goods that one country can sell to another, and without special taxes on the goods bought from a foreign country
gain
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to get something that is useful
grasping
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(of people) always trying to get and keep more of something, especially money
hands-off
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dealing with situations and people in a way that allows others to make decisions:
Someone who has a hands off way of organizing or dealing with something allows other people to make decisions about how things should be done and avoids becoming directly involved
iffy
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not certain or decided
impact
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a powerful effect that something has on a situation
implausible
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difficult to believe, or unlikely
imply
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to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly
import
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to buy or bring in products from another country
impose
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to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living
impose
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to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received
inevitably
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in a way that cannot be avoided
insufficient
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not enough
investment
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the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this
jargon
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special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work
job creation
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the process of providing new jobs, especially for people who are unemployed
landfill
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the process of getting rid of large amounts of rubbish by burying it, or a place where rubbish is buried
major in something
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to study something as your main subject in college or a university
marginal
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very small in amount or effect
mastery
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complete control of something
misguided
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unreasonable or unsuitable because of being based on bad judgment or on wrong information or beliefs
mystical
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relating to the belief that there is hidden meaning in life
nation
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a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.
necessarily
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used in negatives to mean "in every case" or "therefore"
necessary
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needed in order to achieve a particular result
necessity
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the need for something
obey
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to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to behave according to a rule, law, or instruction
offset
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to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result
on the contrary
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actually the opposite is true
open system
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a computer system that anyone can use
outcome
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a result or effect of an action, situation, etc.
park and ride
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a place in or near a town or city where you can park your car cheaply and take a bus or other form of public transport into the centre
plead
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to make an urgent, emotional statement or request for something
policy
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a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a political party
pretentious
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trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature
pronouncement
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an official announcement
propound
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to suggest a theory for other people to consider
prosperous
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successful, usually by earning a lot of money
rapid
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fast or sudden
ravage
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to cause great damage to something
reception
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the way in which people react to something
reception
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a formal party at which important people are welcomed
relatively good, bad, etc.
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quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect
repeatedly
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many times
retail
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connected with the activity of selling goods to the public, rather than selling to stores, etc.
retail
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the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops
rhetoric
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speech intended to influence people
rightly
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behaving in a way that is suitable and acceptable
seek
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to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object
semiconductor
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a material, such as silicon, that allows electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic device made from this material
service
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work that someone does or time that someone spends working for an organization
sheer
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not mixed with anything else; pure or complete
simultaneously
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in a way that is simultaneous (happening or being done at exactly the same time)
slide
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to (cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface
strain
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something that makes you feel nervous and worried
surge
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a sudden and great increase
surplus
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(an amount that is) more than is needed
synergy
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the combined power of a group of things when they are working together that is greater than the total power achieved by each working separately
tangible
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real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced
the extent to which
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the degree to which something happens or is likely to happen
the latter
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the second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
the World Trade Organization
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an organization that tries to control international trade and make it easier
theme
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the main subject of a talk, book, film, etc.
thus
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in this way
thus
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with this result
thus far
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as far as this or until now
trade balance
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a country's balance of trade
trade deficit
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a situation in which the value of goods a country imports is greater than the value of goods it exports or the size of this difference
a situation in which the value of goods a country imports (= buys from other countries) is greater than the value of goods it exports (= sells to other countries), or the size of this difference
truism
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a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying
ultimate
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most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best or worst
unavoidable
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impossible to avoid
underlie
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to be a hidden cause of something
unified
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brought together, combined, or united
unrequited
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(of love) felt toward someone who does not feel the same way toward you
utter
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complete or extreme
utter
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complete
various
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many different
vast
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extremely big
vice versa
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used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
wages
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the money earned by an employee, esp. when paid for the hours worked
widget
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a piece of software that is used on a page of a website to give the user changing information of a particular type in a small area of the computer screen
intuitive
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based on feelings rather than facts or proof

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