Text 1 Flashcards

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Commercial suppliers

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Person, firm, or entity that regularly furnishes goods and supplies to the public or to a particular sector or industry.

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Cost overruns

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An unexpected change in the project budget that ends up increasing the total project cost.

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Fixed price

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A non-negotiable sum charged for a product service or piece of work.

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Contractors

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A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.

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Approach

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To come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount / a way of dealing with a situation or problem.

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Vying

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Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.

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Exclusive domain

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Something that is exclusive is used or owned by only one person or group, and not shared with anyone else.

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Extant

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Still in existence; surviving / currently or actually existing.

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Purveyor

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A person/group who sells or deals in particular goods or spreads.
Promotes an idea.

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Bankruptcy

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When a organization is unable to honor its financial obligations or make payments to its creditors / state of being bankruptcy

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Flips

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Move, push or throw (something) with a sudden quick movement.

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Risk posture

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An organization’s overall defense against cyber-attacks, including the overall management and strategy of protecting software, hardware, networks, services and information

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Mature markets

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When it has reached a state of equilibrium. A market is considered to be in a state of equilibrium when there’s an absence of significant growth or a lack of innovation.
(Oil industry)

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Mitigated

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To make (something) less severe, harmful or painful

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Cutting-edge

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To be at the forefront, where new developments are taking place

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