Brainscape test Flashcards
ring-fence something
(finance) to protect a particular sum of money by putting restrictions on it so that it can only be used for a particular purpos - All employees can access the parts of the Intranet that are not ring-fenced.
overly
(before an adjective) too; very - We think you are being overly optimistic.
buoyant
(of prices, business activity, etc.) tending to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success
- A buoyant economy/market
rationale (behind/for/of something)
(formal) the principles or reasons which explain a particular decision, course of action, belief, etc. - What is the rationale behind these new exams?
(market) tailwinds
“Strong tailwinds in each of Garden’s key segments should support plan growth from a demand perspective”
headroom
“Garden’s share in each is c.1% or less, leaving significant headroom for growth”
in light of
Fig. because of certain knowledge now in hand; considering something. (As if knowledge or information shed light on something.)
- In light of what you have told us, I think we must abandon the project. In light of the clerk’s rudeness, we didn’t return to that shop.
N.B.
abbreviation for nota bene: used to mark something as particularly important.
- The party is tomorrow at 8.
NB: Dress in formal attire.
timebox
Corporate jargon for assigning a deadline to a task, or for completing a task within a specified time frame. Should be used when the words “finish” and “do” provide too much clarity. Invoked primarily by such noted jargonauts as project managers, time management gurus, motivational speakers, process architects, and process weenies.
- “Dammit Bob, you’ve been working on that forever! Timebox it!”
fruitful
Producing useful or desired results; productive: a fruitful collaboration; a fruitful suggestion.
ballpark
Slang; Being approximately proper in range: gave a ballpark estimate of future unit sales.
cookie-cutter
Marked by sameness and a lack of originality; mass-produced. Often used to describe suburban housing developments where all of the houses are based on the same blueprints and are differentiated only by their color.
- I wouldn’t live in one of those ugly cookie-cutter houses for a million dollars.
stretching
however, management?s supply-side assumptions in the plan appear stretching
scoped
Including how requirements are scoped
par
An amount or level considered to be average; a standard: performing up to par; did not yet feel up to par.