Across
- 3. If a very senior person in a company leaves their position (e.g. a board member or the CEO), we can say they _______ _______. (2 words)
- 5. If a company becomes insolvent, a court might choose someone to be the company's administrator. Their job is to _______ _______ the company, meaning they have to close it, settle its debts and sell all of its assets. (2 words)
- 6. If you _______ out of something, it means you avoid doing something which you don't want to do. For example, you might promise to help a friend move house, but then you decide you don't want to do that, so you _______ out of it by giving your friend an excuse.
- 8. Sometimes in a close political election, a few votes in key areas can tip the ________ in favour of one candidate.
Down
- 1. If you accept something negative without trying to fight against it, we say you 'take it _______ _______'. For example, a company might get a court ruling against them, and their lawyers might say "We're not going to take this court ruling _______ _______", meaning they're going to fight against it.(2 words)
- 2. Another way to say "the company went bankrupt" is "the company went _______".
- 4. This verb means "to attract people by offering them something". For instance, a telecom company might try to _______ new customers by offering three months of free mobile internet at the start of a 24-month contract.
- 7. If a company launches a new product with a big launch party, but nobody comes to the party, the NEXT time they launch a product and discuss having a party, someone might say "We don't want to go down that _______" again. It means they don't want to repeat their earlier mistake.