BULATS Advanced 3 Flashcards

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disposable income

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money which you can spend as you want and not the money which you spend on taxes, food and other basic needs

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go on a hunch

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act on an idea which is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

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backer

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person who gives financial support to something

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sue

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take legal action against a person or organisation

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run at a loss

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cost more money than is received from sales

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feasibility

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whether something can be done, made or achieved

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put up (money)

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provide or lend an amount of money for a particular purpose

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offset

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balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result

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bankable

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likely to make money

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outgoings

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amounts of money that regularly have to be spent

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reap the benefits

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get the benefit, etc. that is the result of your own actions

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factoring

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system of buying debts for less than they are worth and then obtaining payment for them from the debtors

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settle your account

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pay all the money you owe

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compromise

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agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree
(thoa hiep)

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expend your overdraft

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lengthen the period of time before you have to pay back the money you have overdrawn

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horse-trading

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negotiation which requires bargaining and each side reducing their demands

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draw up

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prepare something, usually something official, in writing

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get down to business

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start talking about the subject to be discussed

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jot down

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write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it

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buzz session

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activity where a group of people make lots of suggestions quickly

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knock (something) off the price

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give a discount off the price

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evict

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force someone to leave somewhere

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lump sum

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sum of money that is paid in one large amount on one occasion

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shell out

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pay, especially unwillingly