Chapter 11 Flashcards
Add up to
Total, equal (=amount to)
Amount to
Total, equal (=add up to)
Buy … out
Purchase all of
Buy … up
Buy, purchase all that one can of
Carry on with
Continue, keep doing
Carry … over
(as a business term) hold or keep for future sale
Close … out
Sell all of (usually at a lower price)
Come into
Enter (Used with an object)
Count … out
Count one by one
Deal in
Buy and sell (Certain kinds of things)
Dispose of
Sell, give away, or trade; get rid of
Do without
Live without, manage without
Figure … out
Find (an answer or solution), decide, learn, understand
Give … up
Stop (doing something), abandon, relinquish
Hand … out
Give one by one, hand to others one by one
Keep … down
Hold as low as possible (costs or prices)
Live on
exist on; have enough food, etc. to survive on
Mark … down
Reduce or lower (prices), change a price tag to show a lower price
Mark … up
Increase or raise (prices), change a price tag to show a higher price
Pay … out
Spend, expend, pay (an amount of money)
Put … up
Build, construct, erect
Sell … off
Sell, sell all of, dispose of
Send away for
Order from a (usually) distant place
Send out for
Call or send a message asking someone to bring (something)
Settle … up
Pay (an amount that one owes); pay off everything owed
Sum … up
Summarize, say briefly say or write in a few words
Take … in
Receive (money, etc), get, obtain, secure (said especially of a store or other business)
Take … off
Deduct, subtract from
Total … up
Add up, find the total of
Write … off
Cancel, accept as a loss
