Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• longest time: The greatest duration of time.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• in stock: Available to buy in a store
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• decade: Period of 10 years
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• account: An advantage
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• hassle: Unpleasant task or chore harder than it should be
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• own: To have something as your property
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• dividend: Money given to the owners of stock in a company
• historical: Connected with the past
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services