Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• coming out with: To go out with someone on a date
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• in terms of
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• by doing that: Using that action or method.
• scratching the surface: To deal with a subject or problem without analyzing it thoroughly.
• move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• left out: To forget; omit
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• go public: To offer shares of a company to the public on the stock market for the first time.
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• financial: Involving money
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• account: An advantage
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• great: Very good; better than before
• complacent: Unconcerned, self-satisfied
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• business: A company formed for making profit
• license: To give official permission to do something
• product: Item that can be bought
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• vertically: In an up and down position
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• donation: Gift or money given to help support a cause
• custodian: Person in charge of a building; caretaker
• trustee: Person legally holding property for another
• brokerage: Stock broker's business
• uptake: Process of being taken in by a living organism
• transformational: Concerning a complete change in shape of something
• riskier: More dangerous or with a higher chance of loss
• underwrite: To guarantee financial support or responsibility