Vocabulary

• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• have to: Must do
• per year: For each year; annually.
• in gross: As a whole; total without division.
• failure rate: The percentage or proportion of something that fails.
• build out: To expand or develop something, such as a business or system.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• beside the point: Irrelevant; not important to the issue being discussed.
• sit down: To take a seat
• waste water: Water that has been used and contaminated by human activities, such as sewage or industrial effluent.
• sign off: To end communications, e.g. by radio
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• word of mouth: Information spread by people telling each other.
• empty out: To remove all the contents of something.
• behind the counter: Located in the area where goods are sold or served.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• wear down: To erode or diminish something gradually through constant use or exposure.
• contract in: To formally engage someone by contract.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• climate control: A system for regulating temperature and humidity in a building or vehicle.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• financial: Involving money
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• account: An advantage
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• barista: Person who serves drinks at a bar or cafe
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• margin: Edge of an area
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• staff: Employees of a company
• point: An item to be discussed
• license: To give official permission to do something
• payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
• overhead: Located above your head or in the sky
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• espresso: Strong black coffee made using steam pressure
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• latte: Espresso coffee filled up with hot milk