Vocabulary

• credit rating: An evaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor, predicting their ability to pay back the debt, and an implicit forecast of the likelihood of the debtor defaulting.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• in terms of
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
• for instance: As an example.
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• instance: An example of something; case
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• ubiquitous: Found everywhere; found in many places
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• financial: Involving money
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• hub: Center of action or interest
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• moody: Showing sudden or wide variations in mood
• rank: To rate or class things
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• disclosure: Making private information public
• bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• opaque: Hard to see through; cloudy
• cosmopolitan: Sophisticated and knowledgeable about many things
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• special: Being additional or extra
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
• gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• expat: Someone who does not live in their own country
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• takeover: Change of ownership of a corporation