WORD BUILDING

1. PRODUCTION
Last year the company started to
.. vacuum
cleaners and industrial equipment.
On Thursday OPEC is expected to agree an increase
in ....................... of up to
one million barrels a day.
2. SELL
At the time of the ..................... of the business to Abott
Laboratories, the
company was criticized for not selling itself entirely.
3. CONSUMPTION The world ...................... just over 70m barrels of oil a day.
4. ECONOMY Under pressure for failing to prevent .................... crisis in
Brazil, Mr Koehler
said he agreed that the benefits of globalization have not
been shared
equally.
5. SAFE
The government may require the observance of certain labour
..................
measures
6. FOUND
Walton.

Wal-Mart, the supermarket giant was ..................... by Sam

7. CERTIFICATE
Accountants working in public practice are
usually ...................... accountants.
8. OBLIGATION
Companies are usually ............................ to make
certain information public
about their businesses
9. FACT
possible.

It is best to be short, clear and ............................................ as

10.INVEST
There is a new generation of .................................. who
want to decide for
themselves.
11.FLUCTUATE The .................................. of share process will probably
discourage ordinary
people from investing their money in shares

12.PROFIT
The question is whether airlines can
operate ................................ in the
present situation.
13.EMPLOY
3m encourages its ............................. to spend 15% of their
time on personal
projects.
14.COUNSEL
retired.

He worked as a .................... for big auditing forms before he

15.EXPAND

The company had an aggressive .................. policy in the 80s.

16.OWN
Shareholders share the ................................. of a company
but are not
involved in the actual running of the business.
17.SUPERVISE The board of Directors has set up a ........................
Committee.
18.PREDICT
Share prices have become totally ........................ recently,
you can never
know what to expect.
19.COMPETE
take our

Unless we can offer ............................... prices, our rivals will

traditional market.

20.GRADE
last 3 months.
21.ANALYSE
in the

The sales in cosmetics have risen .................... over the

Careful ...................... of the figures may help us predict sales

Christmas period.

22.DEPEND
He is not a team worker so he is looking for a new job which
will offer him
more ..............................
23.CREDIT
In the 19th century people in debt who were not able to
pay their ...............
were imprisoned.
24.PREFER
to holders

.................................. shares provide a fixed rate which is paid

before dividends are paid on ordinary shares.

25.INDUSTRY
century.

.............................. in Hungary did not start before the 19 th

26.ECONOMY The earth is running out of mineral resources so countries

should use
resources as .................................... as possible.
27.CLIENT
If you want to change the ........................................,
you need to rethink your
business policy.
28.PROMOTE We should send out ............................. material to all our
major customers.
29.DIVIDE
The company has three ....................... : cosmetics,
health care products and
animal food.
30.EXPECT

Women have longer life ............................. than men.

31.MANAGE
Research shows that it is often very difficult for attractive
women to get
.......................... positions.
32.PROPOSE
The marketing department put forward
several ........................... for
increasing the sales.
33.ARRANGE
The forwarding agent makes the necessary ...................... for
the shipment.
34.FAMILIAR
................................. yourself with the basics of social
etiquette before
expanding your business into a foreign country.
35.INITIATE
The research and development needs people
with ....................... and
creativity.
36.PERFORM
The .............................. of the division has improved since the
reorganisation
of the company.
37.BRIBE
He has been accused of................................. so he
might lose his job.
38.CONTRIBUTE
the project.

We greatly appreciate any ...................................... to

39.QUOTE
Our ............................... is firm for 10 days only and we
cannot promise
anything definite beyond that period.
40.VARY
goods.

The company produces a great ......................... of electronic

41.LEGAL
The agreement will be ............................ binding only if
it is signed by all the
parties.
42.DIRECT
The local trade ..................... contains the names,
addresses and e-mail
addresses of all companies operating in the region.
43.ASSIST
Without any further financial ............................. we
wont be able to continue
the experiments.
44.SATURATE

The market has reached ......................... point.