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Account for something
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to explain the reason for something Adversary - One's opponent in a contest, conflict or dispute.
Allegation
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statement made without giving any proof that someone did something wrong or illegal.
Alliteration
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It is the repetition of similar or identical sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words of a word group. Alliteration is often used in tongue twisters.
Beleaguered
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1. suffering or being subjected to constant trouble or harassment 2. having a lot of problems or difficulties
Boycott
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to refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval
Cease and desist
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official order handed down by a government agency or court directing a person or entity to stop doing something immediately.
Cite
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to mention something as a proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened
Commodity
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Any homogenous good traded in bulk on an exchange, such as gold, oil, beef, natural gas, or coffee.
Compensation
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a way to refund someone's lost.
Complacent
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A complacent person is so satisfied with his abilities or pleased from a situation that he believes that nothing bad will ever happen to him and he will avoid all crises.
Cost overruns
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Amount by which the actual cost exceeds the budgeted, estimated, original or target cost.
Continuity
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fact of something continuing without being changed or stopped
Cost overruns
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fact of spending more money on a project that was planned in the budget, or the actual extra amount that is spent
Counterattack
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attack made in response or in defense against attack by another
Cover all the bases
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deal with every possible thing that could happen to be sure that everything is done
Credit crunch
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It is a situation when banks are less willing to lend money because of the difficult economic situation.
Curb
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limiting something; krawężnik
Cybersquatting
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Registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.
defacing
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Destroying or blemishing of appearance of something. It' s related also to defiling of something.
Desist
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to cease to proceed or act
Deteriorate
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to become progressively worse
Detrimental
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something that is causing damage or harm (for example a company)(cigs)
Emerging market
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term used to describe an economy of a country that is on a way to become a developed country
Examine
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to look at or consider a person or thing in order to discover something about them.
Exploit
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to use something in a way that is beneficial to you;
fluctuation
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a change, or the process of changing, especially continuously between one level or thing and another
Face the risk
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To experience the present risk threats. In other words - to challenge the risk.
Fluctuation
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change or process of changing especially continuously between one level or thing and another
Foresee
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to know about something before it happens
Foreseeable
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it means that something can be guessed before it happens (it can be predicted)
Gradually
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do something slowly over a period of time or a distance
Granular
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including small details; made of granules
Guilty as charged
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person guilty of whatever they were charged with having done
Hinder
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to cause difficulty and stop or delay something
Holistic
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dealing with or treating the whole of something or someone and not just a part
Housing bubble
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It is an unjustified speculation in the housing market which causes a rapid increase in real estate prices.
In tatters
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it means that something is destroyed or in shreds (cut into pieces).
Infringe
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to break a rule, law, etc.
Likelihood
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it means that something is likely to happen
Litigate
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to ask for a disagreement to be discussed in a court of law so that a judgment can be made that must be accepted by both sides in the argument
Litigation risk
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The probability of being sued for the company actions.
Low-key
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someone or something that is subtle and not trying to attract attention
Malware
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malicious software; a program to damage a computer system
Market share
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portion of a market controlled by a particular company or produkt
Masquerading
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behaviour performed to mislead someone and hide the truth about something
Misalign
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to arrange parts that they don't fit together correctly
Mitigation
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reducing the exposure of company to risks; the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant or bad something is
Myriad
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an indefinitely large number
Pain threshold
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the lowest level of experiencing pain
Passing off
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the illegal act of selling a product that is similar to one that another company has legally protected by a trademark
Perpetrator
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someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act
Plaintiff
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someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court
Precautionary principle
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the rule that an action should not be taken if the results are unsure and potentially harmful
Press charges
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to officially accuse someone of committing a crime
Prominent
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very well known and important, noticeable
Prioritize
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decide which things are the most important
Prone
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it means being sensitive to something, for example someone can be prone to the infection.
Rebranding
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A marketing strategy in which, a new name, symbol, design is created for an established brand with the intention of development.
Recession
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period of low economic activity
Residual
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Remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone.
Revenue stream
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an amount of money coming in to a business or organization from a particular source (i.e. selling a product or service)
Reversal
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the act of changing or making something change to its opposite
scrutiny
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the process of examining or observing something critically
shortfall
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It is a lack of the required quantity of something that is needed or expected.
Short-seller
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Type of seller that does not own his shares but borrows them from a lender/broker, trades them and returns the same amount of shares to the lender/broker.
Siege
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military blockade of a city or territory in order to cut the resources and make those inside to surrender
sound bite
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It is a short and striking statement that captures the essence what the speaker was trying to say. You can use this to summarize your entire speech.
Spin journalism
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New stories or facts presented in a biased or slanted way in an attempt to influence public opinion.
Staff turnover
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a change of employees which takes place in a specific period of time
Stakeholder
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It is a person, group or organization with a vested interest in a business. It could be eg. a customer, employer, supplier or a business partner.
Strangle (something) at birth
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to stop something at the beginning of its development or growth.
Take the gloves off
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start arguing or competing more aggressively in order to achieve something
Tech bubble
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a radical increase in stock market prices, caused by a rise of purchasing technology stocks
Tentative
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not certain or fixed; provisional.
Threshold
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The level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen.
Tamper-proof
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Something which is impossible to change, manipulate or derange.
to foresee
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To predict potential outcomes of certain action.
to infringe
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to violate the rules of something
Viability
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an ability to work well, develop or succeed.
Whistle-blower
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It is a person who reveals the illegal or improper actions within a company or other organization.
Walk a tightrope
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be in a difficult situation in which a very small mistake could have bad results, do something that requires extreme care and precision
Wrongdoing
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Evil or improper behavior or action.

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