Vocabulary

• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• set up
• at least: As a minimum
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• tax avoidance: The legal usage of the tax regime to one's own advantage, in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• in terms of
• take for example: To use as an instance or illustration.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• concerted effort: An effort that is planned and organized; a joint effort.
• at this juncture: At this particular moment or point in time.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• shift: To change in position or direction
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• require: To demand that someone does something
• huge: Very very large
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• great: Very good; better than before
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• workforce: The total number of working people
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• subsidiary: Less important or supporting organization/company
• collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
• defer: To hold back to a later time
• multinational: Involving many countries
• comp: Intensive examination of specialized information
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine