Across
- 2. money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid
- 6. producing or achieving a lot
- 8. the amount of energy, oil, electricity etc that is used
- 10. someone who studies the way in which money and goods are produced and used and the systems of business and trade
- 11. to prevent something bad from happening
- 12. the group of people who govern a country or state
- 15. an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it
- 16. if a business makes this, it spends more than it earns
- 18. not very great in amount, number, ability etc
- 19. the quality of doing something well and effectively, without wasting time, money, or energy
- 21. a small change made to a machine, system, or calculation
- 23. a period of 10 years
- 25. work, especially physical work
Down
- 1. to make something to be bought, used, or enjoyed by people
- 3. when you stop working, usually because of your age
- 4. involving the use of imagination to produce new ideas or things
- 5. to recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people
- 7. existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people
- 8. he situation in which people live or work, especially the physical things that affect the quality of their lives
- 9. an amount of money that is given to someone by an educational organization to help pay for their education
- 13. the condition of having a paid job
- 14. an advantage, improvement, or help that you get from something
- 17. knowledge about the world, especially based on examining, testing, and proving facts
- 20. to judge how good, useful, or successful something is
- 22. a situation in which there is not enough of something
- 24. an amount of something that is available to be used