2016-03-06

Question 1

People will be stocking up on basic necessities.

Answer 1

stock up on sth

Question 2

jack up prices

Answer 2

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Question 3

There’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of a spike in demand during emergency situations.

Answer 3

take advantage of; spike in demand - a sudden large increase

Question 4

That’s price gouging. And plus, we shouldn’t be exploiting people’s fear.

Answer 4

price gouging - gaudging; gouge - to make a hole in the surface of sth. He took a knife and gouged a hole in the bottom of the boat. gouge a road out of the rock. exploit - ask people to do a lot of things but give them little in return.

Question 5

I didn’t tell people to hoard. I’m not hiking prices so high that people can’t afford it. I’m just increasing them to discourage hoarding.

Answer 5

hoard - stock money or food especially when it’s not necessary to do so

Question 6

It feels like we’re profiteering.

Answer 6

profiteer - the process of unfairly large profits, by selling things hard to get at high prices

Question 7

We’re making a sound business decision.

Answer 7

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Question 8

You’ll thank me later for helping you to assuage your guilty conscience.

Answer 8

assuage - asweidg; to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe. Nothing can assuage his guilt. conscience - konshence