Chapter 10 Flashcards
Agree on
Consent to, accept (an agreement or the terms of a business deal) (=settle on)
Back out of …
Change one’s mind about, break a promise about, withdrew from
Call … off …
Cancel, stop, bring an end to
Cash… in
get cash instead of, sell (usually bonds or stocks, redeem
Check up on …
Examine to discover the facts about
Cheer up
Become cheerful, become happy and pleasant
Count on
Depend on, rely on, expect, to be sure of
Deal with
Do business with, buy from or sell to
Fill … in …
Write in (blanks, etc.), complete by writing n
Find … out …
Discover, learn
Go up
Increases (prices), become higher
Help out
Assist, provide help
Lay … aside
Keep for later use, save, put away (Put … aside: Same meaning)
Live off
Exist on what is earned from, exist on available funds or land
Live through
Exist in spite of (something difficult or unpleasant)
Live up to
do (whatever is promised), act according to
Make off with
steal, take, go away with (something that is probably not one’s own)
Part with
Give away or sell (something that one likes)
Pay … down
pay part of the cost of when one buys
Pay off
- Produce a profit
2. Pay all that one’s own
Pitch in
Help, assist, provide help (informal) (=Help out)
Put … in …
- Spend, use (time)
2. Include, add
Run out of …
Use all of, have no more
Sell out
Sell, sell all of
Settle on
Consent to, accept, decide on (the arrangement or the terms of a business deal) (=agree)
Shop around
Examine several possibilities before buying something
Shut … down …
Close, stop operating (a business or a factory)
Also: Some business shut down and then reopen
Single … out
Select, choose (usually just on)
Sleep on
Delay or postpone (a decision) until the next morning
Stick to
Persist in, continue doing
Turn … down …
Refuse, decline, not accept (an invitation)
Turn out
And result, get (good or bad) results, eventuate
