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Complete the expression and explain what it means: to ...... the balance
To TIP the balance (affect the result of something in one way rather than another)
Can you think of a synonym for ‘entice’? As in: The company are trying to entice their competitors’ customer base by offering ridiculously tempting deals.
to lure / entice (persuade or tempt by offering some kind of reward or incentive)
Can you explain the meaning of ‘to fuel something’? For example, the situation is fuelling fears that prices could rise.
Increase something and make it stronger
Complete the phrase: A takeover bid is on the ........
on the CARDS (likely to happen)
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.
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.
Explain the expression: tighten your belt
Spend less money because there will be less available
The phrases ‘step down’ and ‘step aside’ can be used as synonyms- true or false?
True
The board may have to ......... up the company. (Stop running a business and close it completely.)
wind up
A synonym of going bankrupt is the phrasal verb to ‘go ............’
go under
an adjective which collocates with takeover, and is the opposite of 'friendly'
hostile
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
To set something ......... - A phrasal verb meaning to cause and start a process
to set something OFF
to organize and begin an activity or event: to m........ something
to mount something
an adjective meaning coming or likely to happen very soon
imminent
a part of the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it
dividend
A verb: C.......... (6 letters) - to get or win something, usually at the end of a long process
to clinch
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
Complete the word: B............ (7 letters) - support, especially money, that someone gives to a person or plan
backing
something that is bought by a company, such as another company, a building, or a piece of land
acquisition
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