Business_Advantage_Intermediate_2

heating and lighting (used to describe the costs for keeping buildings lit and warm)

insurance (money that is paid to an insurance company)

liabilities (debts)

stock (or inventory) (goods that a company owns, such as parts, materials, or finished products)

accurate (correct and without any mistakes)

an additional strain (one more thing that puts pressure on someone or something)

at severe risk (in extreme danger)

cash cow (a business, product, or service that makes a large profit, often used to make money to support other business activities)

cash crisis (a situation in which a company, country, etc. does not have enough money available to do the things it usually does)

cash outlay (an amount of money that you spend on something, especially a large amount that is spent on new equipment or to start a new business activity)

cash payment (an amount of money paid in notes or coins or a payment that is available to use immediately)

cash problem (a difficulty in having enough money that is available to use immediately)

cash shortage (a lack of money that is available to use immediately)

creditors (people, organisations, or governments that are owed money)

debtors (people, countries, or organisations that owe money)

enormous chance (an extremely large possibility that something negative will happen; a severe risk)

expenditure (the total amount of money that an organisation or person spends)

extra money (additional money)

in great danger (at severe risk)

income (money earned by a person, company, government, etc. over particular period of time)

more pressure (additional strain)

on time (at the agreed or expected time)

outflow (the amount of money that leaves a company, industry, or country during a particular period )

owe money (to need to pay or give money to someone because they have lent money to you)

prompt (done or happening without delay)

decrease (to become less, or to make something become less)

decrease (the process of something becoming less, or the amount by which something becomes less)

fall (to become lower in value, amount, or level)

fall (a reduction in the amount or level of something)

fluctuate (if prices, levels, or interest rates fluctuate, they go up and down)

increase (to become larger in amount or size, or to make something do this)

increase (a situation in which the number, size, or amount of something gets bigger)

jump (if prices, profits, shares, etc. jump, they increase by a large amount in a short period of time)

jump (a sudden large increase in the price, value, or amount of something)