The aim of this activity is to measure the number of words that you know on this topic. Below is a list of words related to this topic. Some of them are real English words, but some are wrong. Click on the ones that are real, and ignore the wrong ones. Clicking real words will increase your score, but clicking wrong ones will decrease it. When you have finished, click on the 'Check Answer' button. The program will give you feedback and advice on which words you need to learn.
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The real words of the wrong words are shown in blue.
acceptable
accrue
additional
administer
amend
assets
assistment assistance
authorization
balance
benchmark
breach
budgetlybudget
capital
conclusion
conduct
confidentialness confidential
costs
creditur creditor
credits
current
debit
debter debtor
decrease
deferral
demand
discrepancy
dispatched
dispute
dividended dividend
downsize
draft
drop
efficience efficiency
entity
equity
excess
exemptioness exemption
expenditure
fall
financed
findings
forecast
goodwill
importance
incentive
increaseness increase
incur
in-depth
indicate
interim
invoice
irregularities
loophole
marginle marginal
observations
obsolete
overheads
overseed oversee
oversight
percentage
period
precautionary
precedure procedure
promptness
purchase
quantifly quantify
questionnaire
recommendative recommendation
reconcile
record
recoup
receiept receipt
reduce
regret
regulation
retain
rise
risk
satisfaction
satisfied
sharetaker shareholder
significant
sole-trader
solveing solving
spending
split
substantial
supersede
suppliment supplement
takeover
terms
timly timely
traced
trend
intertake undertake
valuable
varianse variance
warranty
withhold
Match the word to the definition
Fill in the gap with the best word. There is a clue to the meaning of the
missing word in brackets at the end of the sentence.
The company decided to
down-sizownsize
half the workers in the parts division because of the poor economic climate.
(get rid of)
(Answer: downsize / down-size)
We have decided to
amend
our policy in order to include new employees in the Christmas bonus program.
(change)
(Answer: amend )
If you miss any payments on your loan, it will be considered a
breach
of the contract.
(violation)
(Answer: breach )
Harry got a
substantial
raise as a result of his excellent work on the project last month.
(quite large)
(Answer: substantial )
We need to take some
precautionary
measures to make sure that an accident of this sort never happens again.
(safety)
(Answer: precautionary )
In-depth
interviews were carried out with manufacturers, retailers and consumers concerning their size charts, views on fit and customer satisfaction.
(detailed)
(Answer: In-depth )
We have decided it is the best way to transport our products in or out of any country in a
timely
and safe manner.
(punctual)
(Answer: timely )
It is understood the
discrepancy
being disputed between the chairman and vice-president came as the result of a misunderstanding.
(difference)
(Answer: discrepancy )
Promotional giveaways can help create
goodwill
towards a company and promote its brand image.
(reputation)
(Answer: goodwill )
Price rises in the past eight months had helped
recoup
the extra cost of scrap and restore profit margins.
(get back)
(Answer: recoup )
Management offered the sales team a $500
incentive
for each car sold.
(motivation)
(Answer: incentive )
The market for this technological innovation is at an all-time high and is being used as a
benchmark
for trends and comparisons.
(standard level)
(Answer: benchmark )
Many experts predict that cloud computing will completely
supersede
desktop computing within the not-too-distant future.
(replace)
(Answer: supersede )
You may have a
deferral
on your payments for one month but after that interest will accrue.
(delay)
(Answer: deferral )
Of those surveyed, about 70% agreed that higher pay based on competence or extra qualifications would help
retain
more quality staff.
(keep)
(Answer: retain )
The company was successful because of its use of
loopholes
in the rules to avoid paying taxes.
(omissions)
(Answer: loopholes )
The figures in the ledger did not
reconcile
with the bank statement.
(agree)
(Answer: reconcile )
The company released an
interim
report on the state of the company; the full report would come at the end of the financial year.
(not final)
(Answer: interim )
The company was well known for the way it
dispatcheelivered
its products on time and without any problems.
(sent)
(Answer: dispatched / delivered )
Most lower-ranked employees believed there was an
excess
of staff at management level and that was why the business was losing money.
(over-supply)
