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The Business 2.0 B2 glossary U8 part1

1.
rich enough to buy things for pleasure
affluent
2.
a way of thinking and behaving that shows you care more about other people and their interests than about yourself
altruism
3.
to have a particular price or value especially a high one
command
4.
a plant grown for food, usually on a farm
crop
5.
someone of something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it
deprive
6.
to change something such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate
distort
7.
to not consider something or not let it influence you
ignore
8.
the state of not being able to read or write
illiteracy
9.
fin an easy and immediate solution to a problem
magic wand
10.
based on judgments or opinions that are wrong
misguided
11.
person lack experience of life and tends to believe things too easily
naive
12.
to follow a course of activity
pursue
13.
to make pain or another feeling less unpleasant
relieve
14.
to be likely to harm or destroy something
threaten
15.
to work very hard doing something difficult and tiring especially physical work
toil
16.
to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things
advocate
17.
to make changens to a document, law, agreement, etc, especially in order to improve it
amend
18.
to do something or allow someone to do something that is not usually allowed, especially in order to make things easier on one occasion
bend the rules
19.
impossible to criticise because of being so good
beyond reproach
20.
the crime of giving money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal
bribery
21.
the legal offence of planning a serious crime
conspiracy
22.
dishonest or illegal behaviour by officials or people in positions of powe, especially when they accept money in exchange for doing things for someone
corruption
23.
to consider that someone or something has a particular quality
deem
24.
the theft of money that people trust you to look after as part of your work
embezzlement
25.
the crime of obtaining money from someone by tricking them
fraud
26.
the crime of buying or selling shares in a company using information that is available only to people working within that company
insider trading
27.
impossible to change or stop
irrevocable
28.
if an official document decision or right lapses it is no longer effective
lapse
29.
use of the legal system to settle a disagreement
litigation
30.
to hide the origin of money obtained from illegal activities by putting it into lega businesses
money-laundering
31.
the practice of using your powe and influence to give jobs to people in your family instead of to people who deserve to have them
nepotism
32.
offshore bank or company is not in your own country but in a countr where the law is different
offshore
33.
an aspect of something that has to be accepted
part and parcel
34.
to decide not to do something that you promised to do
range on
35.
a company written promise to repair or replace a product if it does not work, usually for a specific period of time
warranty
36.
to say or show that you do not want to be involved with someone or something and that you are not responsible for them
wash your hands of