Vocabulary

• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• says it all: To express everything that needs to be said without using many words.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• publicly traded: Having shares that are traded on a stock exchange.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• financial: Involving money
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• acronym: A word made from the first letters of other words
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• section: A part of a whole
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• exception: Something different or not included
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• margin: Edge of an area
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• staff: Employees of a company
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• land: Region or country
• business: A company formed for making profit
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• competitor: Someone taking part in race, business, etc.
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• workplace: Place where work is done
• repository: Place where something is kept and stored