something that is bought by a company, such as another company, a building, or a piece of land
acquisition
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Complete the word: B............ (7 letters) - support, especially money, that someone gives to a person or plan
backing
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to offer a particular amount of money for something that is for sale and compete against other people to buy it, especially at a public sale of goods or property
bid
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A verb: C.......... (6 letters) - to get or win something, usually at the end of a long process
to clinch
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a part of the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it
dividend
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an adjective meaning coming or likely to happen very soon
imminent
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to organize and begin an activity or event: to m........ something
to mount something
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To set something ......... - A phrasal verb meaning to cause and start a process
to set something OFF
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a phrasal verb meaning to reject (which can also, referring to the economy or markets, mean there is less business activity and fewer opportunities to make money)
to turn down
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an adjective which collocates with takeover, and is the opposite of 'friendly'
hostile
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A synonym of going bankrupt is the phrasal verb to ‘go ............’
go under
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The board may have to ......... up the company. (Stop running a business and close it completely.)
wind up
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The phrases ‘step down’ and ‘step aside’ can be used as synonyms- true or false?
True
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Explain the expression: tighten your belt
Spend less money because there will be less available
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True or false: the expression ‘go down that road’ means that situation becomes clearer and less disturbed.
False, the definition is for ‘the dust settles’. To ‘go down that road’ means to take a particular course of action.
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True or false: to ‘wriggle out of’ something means interfere in something you shouldn’t
False. It means to avoid doing something that you should do.
