Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• go public: To offer shares of a company to the public on the stock market for the first time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• banana republic: A small country with unstable politics and economic dependency.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at a discount: For sale at a lower than usual price.
• out of season: Not at the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, activity, etc. is at its best or most easily available.
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• retail sector: The part of the economy that is made up of businesses that sell goods or services directly to consumers.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in terms of
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• in store: About to happen in the future
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• seek: To ask someone for help
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• public: Owned by the government
• disruptive: Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
• point: An item to be discussed
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
• signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• occupancy: Act of taking possession of a building
• bullish: Expecting a rise in prices
• constrain: To make someone do something by strong persuasion
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• online: Connected to the internet
• outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building