Business

1. - collect (money);
3. - (n.)business opportunity;
5. - a business ......, an occasion when someone buys or sells something
6. - a person, group, or organisation competing with others for the same thing or in the same area;
7. to ......... an order, to arrange to get something;
8. - (n./v.)to combine or join together;
11. - (adj.) doubting that something is true or useful;
17. - (adj.)full of activity, very busy and fast;
19. - (n.)Our annual ..... rose to $ 80 million;
20. - to break ......., reach a point in a business venture when the profits are equal to the costs;
21. - (v.)to make certain something is protected from danger or risk
23. - to increase in size, number, or importance;

2. - (adj.)using new ideas or methods;
4. - (n.) academic ..........;
9. - (n.) to be a high ..........; a person who achieves more than the average person in their work;
10. - I'm just phoning to ...... up an order I placed last week.
12. - to run at a ......., making less money than is spent buying, operating, or producing something;
13. - to talk ........, to explain an idea, a plan to someone so that they understand it;
14. -(n.) careful and detailed examination;
15. - ...... competition, very strong and aggressive;
16. - (n.) to be a social ....... ; to be highly interactive;
18. - (adj.) to be a ....... observer, to be good at noticing things;
22. - (v.)........ on my own business venture;
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