Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• pay out: To finish paying a debt
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• performance: Act of doing something
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• staff: Employees of a company
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• business: A company formed for making profit
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business
• underwrite: To guarantee financial support or responsibility
• reinsurance: Sharing the risk by insurance companies