words

Question 1

401k

Answer 1

A qualified retirement plan that allows employees of a company to save and invest for the retirement on a tax differed basis.

Question 2

Abundance

Answer 2

A situation in which there is more than enough of something.

Question 3

Acumen

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The ability to make quick decisions and make good judgements

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Aggregate

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Added together to make a total amount, price, etc.

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Albatross

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Something/someone causing problems – you want to get rid of it.

Question 6

Arbitrage

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The method on the stock exchange of buying something in one place and selling it in another place at the same time, in order to make a profit from the difference in price in the two places

Question 7

Austerity

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A set of economic policies a government implements to control public sector debt.

Question 8

Avert

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To prevent something, mostly bad, to happen

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Backlash

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A strong adverse reaction (as to a recent political or social development)

Question 10

Caveat

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A warning to consider something before taking any more action

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Dispatch

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Refers to sending something off, usually a message or good

Question 12

Divest /dɪˈvest/

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To sell an asset, a business, or part of a business, or to reduce the amount of investment in something

Question 13

Dividend

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Money that is payed to the shareholders

Question 14

Emeritus

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No longer having a position, especially in a college or university, but keeping the title of the position

Question 15

Environmental Management System

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A set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency.

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Eradicate

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Completely get rid of something or destroy something

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Extoll

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Praise highly of something

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Fanciful

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Not likely to succeed or to have happened

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Fervor

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Strong and sincere beliefs

Question 20

Financial liberalization

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Refers to reduction of regulations in the financial industry of a given country.

Question 21

Greenwashing

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The practice of making an unsubstantiated or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company practice.

Question 22

Hoarding

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The act of collecting large amounts of something and keeping it for yourself.

Question 23

Human capital

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Collective skills , knowledge , or assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for themselves or others.

Question 24

Idle

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An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or activity. “almost half of the workforces are now idle due to covid19

Question 25

Juxtaposition

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The act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect

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Lucrative

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Earning or producing a lot of money

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Lurch

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To be put in a difficult or embarrassing situation

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Paradigm

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A set of ideas, assumptions and values that can be used to live, view the world in the logic of the society.

Question 29

Pinnacle

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At the top (at the top of the carrier in this sentence), the most successful or admired part of a system or achievement.

Question 30

Plateau

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Staying on one level after reaching a peak. To stop developing.

Question 31

Poised

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Ready to do a particular thing at any moment

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Postulate

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Suggest or assume the existence, fact or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

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Ratify

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To give formal approval or consent/ to vote on a decision or sign a written agreement to make something official/make an agreement official

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Saturation

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The act or result of filling a thing or place completely so that no more can be added.

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Streamline

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To make a business, process, activity, etc. simpler and more effective by reducing costs, the number of people involved in it, etc.

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Subsidy

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A sum of money allotted for a specific use, usually by the government

Question 37

Surge

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A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.

Question 38

Tariff

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A tax imposed on imported goods and services.

Question 39

Trade flows

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The buying and selling of goods and services between countries.

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Upsell

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Persuade a customer to buy more/something more expensive

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Utilize

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To use something in an effective way

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Venture capital

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Money that is invested or is available for investment in a new company, especially one that involves risks

Question 43

Zakat

Answer 43

Payment made annually under islamic Law on certain kind of property and used for charitable and religious purposes.