Business vocab U1

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Across
  1. 4. the state of being uncertain (n)
  2. 5. an occasion when two or more companies or organizations join together to make one larger company (n)
  3. 7. a planned series of activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim (n)
  4. 11. boring and tiring, esp. because long or often repeated (adj)
  5. 18. the fact of leaving your job and stopping working, usually because you have reached a particular age (n)
  6. 20. clear and exact (adj)
  7. 21. to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually (v)
  8. 22. someone who has an important position in business, making decisions and putting them into action (n)
  9. 24. to say firmly or demand forcefully, especially when others disagree with or oppose what you say (v)
  10. 25. to commit a crime (v)
  11. 26. involving two people or organizations who agree to help each other by behaving in the same way or by giving each other similar advantages (adj)
  12. 27. a document that lists things provided or work done, gives their cost, and asks for payment (n)
  13. 28. to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or destroyed (v)
  14. 29. to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected (v)
  15. 30. relating to a situation in which one company wants to buy another company whose owners do not want to sell it (adj)
Down
  1. 1. to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings (v)
  2. 2. noun used to describe someone in a high rank, or in a higher rank in relation to others, in an organization (adj)
  3. 3. business and financial activities are done in an open way without secrets, so that people can trust that they are fair and honest (adj)
  4. 6. an interesting story or piece of news that may or may not be true, that spreads quickly from person to person (n)
  5. 8. to be or become successful, especially financially (v)
  6. 9. to become, or cause to become, less pleasant, friendly, or successful (v)
  7. 10. to make something more effective or powerful (v)
  8. 12. used to describe a situation in which business activity is slow (adj)
  9. 13. money earned by a person, company, government, etc. over particular period of time (n)
  10. 14. a feeling or opinion about something, especially when this shows in your behaviour (n)
  11. 15. a share price, interest rate, etc. that other share prices, interest rates, etc. can be compared against (n)
  12. 16. =often (adv)
  13. 17. someone who makes money by starting their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity and taking risks (n)
  14. 19. to use all of something so that there is none left (v)
  15. 23. a good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them (n)
  16. 25. expressing strong opinions very directly without worrying if other people are offended (adj)