UNIT 14

considerable adj large in size, amount or degree Ex: She made a considerable amount of money.. 20.immense adj extremely large Ex: An immense amount of money has already been spent on th

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Unit 14

Quantity

1 abundant (adj)

existing or available in large quantities

Ex: The country has an abundant supply of fossil fuels.

2 ample (adj)

enough, and often more than you need

Ex: There is ample evidence to prove his guilt.

3 area (n)

a place on the surface of something such as

a part of your body

Ex: Be sure to apply sunblock to sensitive areas of your skin.

4 average

around a usual or ordinary level or standard

Ex: He's about average height.

5 to batch

a number of things or people that arrive or are dealt with at the same time

Ex: This new batch of students seems very nice.

6 bulk (n)

something that is very large, wide and solid

Ex: We looked up

at the great dark bulk of the

cathedral.

7 considerable

(adj)

large in size, amount or degree

Ex: She made a considerable amount of money.

8 countless

very many, especially more than you think is reasonable

Ex: She's made countless television appearances.

9 dimension (n)

a part of a situation, especially when k influences the way you think about the situation

Ex: Doing voluntary work has added a whole new dimension to my life.

10.to diminish to become less

Ex: The intensity

of the sound diminished gradually.

11.equation all the different Ex: In a choice

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aspects that you have to consider

in a situation

between the use of rail and car, the question of cost will come into the equation.

12.equidistant

(adj)

at the same distance from two places

Ex: The port is conveniently equidistant from the two major manufacturing centres.

13.to expand

to become or make larger in size and fill more space

Ex: The water froze inside the pipe, causing it to expand and burst.

14.extent (adj)

the mportance of

a problem or situation

Ex: We were shocked by the extent of the damage.

15.finite (adj)

existing only in limited numbers

or amounts cr confining only for

a limited time or distance

Ex: The world's finite resources must be used wisely.

16.to force physical strength or violence

Ex: They accused the police of using excess've force during the arrest

17.fraction

a small part or amount of something

Ex: His shares are now worth a fraction of their former value.

18.to heap

a large pile of something, especially an untidy pile

Ex: His clothes were in a

crumpled heap on the floor.

19.imbalance (n)

a situation in which the balance between two things is not equal

or fair

Ex: There's an increasing social imbalance in recruitment to higher education.

20.immense (adj) extremely large Ex: An immense

amount of money has already been spent on the

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project.

21.intensity (n) strength

Ex: The cross-examination increased in intensity.

22.magnitude (n)

great size, importance or effect

Ex: We hadn’t grasped the magnitude of the task we were facing.

23.major (adj)

important, serious, large or great

Ex: Age is a major factor affecting chances

of employment.

24.mass (n) a large quantity

or number

Ex: There's a mass of competing antivirus programs you can choose from.

25.minor

not very important in comparison with people or things

of the same type

Ex: Some minor changes may be necessary.

26.meager (adj)

smaller or less than you want or need

Ex: There was only a meagre food supply.

27.minute (adj) very small

Ex: The soil contained minute quantities of uranium.

28.multiple (adj)

involving or consisting of many people, things or parts

Ex: Words can have multiple meanings.

29.proportion (n)

a quantity of something that is

a part or share of the whole

Ex: proportion of graduates fail to find employment.

30.to quantify

to measure or describe something as a quantity

Ex: The benefits are difficult to quantify.

31.to rate the number of

times something

Ex: There’s been

a dramatic fall in

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happens, or the number of examples of something within

a particular period of time

the city's crime rate.

32.ratio (n)

a relationship between two things expressed

as two numbers

or amounts

Ex: The ratio of expenditure to revenue was an alarming 4:1.

33.ration (v)

a limited amount

of something, especially food, that you are allowed to have, for example when there is not much available or when someone else is controlling it

Ex: There's a ration of two eggs per person.

34.to shrink

to become or make something smaller in size

Ex: Do you think this dress will shrink if I handwash it?

35.sufficient (adj) as much as is needed

Ex: Bedside lighting alone is not sufficient for most bedrooms.

36.sum (n) an amount of money Ex: He was fined a sum of £1,000.

37.uneven (adj)

not regular in terms of size, length, quality or quantity

Ex: The economy has prospered, but growth has been uneven.

38.vast (adj) extremely large

Ex: We found ourselves on a vast empty plain.

39.volume (n) an amount of something

Ex: The total volume of trade has reached £800 milliun.

40.widespread

(adj)

happening or existing in many places, or

affecting many

Ex: The pruject has received widespread public support.

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people

Money

1 to benefit

money or other help that the government gives people who need financial help, for example because they do not have a job

Ex: There has been an increase

in the number of people claiming benefit.

2 compensation

money that someone receives because

something bad has happened to them

Ex: Victims of the world's largest industrial accident were paid $4/0 million compensation.

3 damages

money that a court orders you

to pay someone because you have harmed them or their property

Ex: The jury awarded damages

of over $9 million

to the victims.

4 debt

an amount of money that you owe

Ex: By this time

we had debts of over £15,000.

5 to deduct

to take an amount

or number from a total

Ex: Nothing will

be deducted from your pay without your consent.

6 to deposit

a hrst payment that you make when you agree to buy or rent

something expensive such as

a car or house

Ex: She paid a

£500 deposit, and agreed to pay tne balance within six months.

7 direct debit

an order to a bank to regularly pay money from your account to a oerson or

organisation

Ex: I pay all my bills by direct debit.

8 dividend a share of the

profits of a

Ex: The company will not be paying

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company, paid once or twice a year to the people who own the company’s shares

shareholders a dividend this year.

9 down payment

a first payment that you make when you are buying something and are going to pay the rest later

Ex: She made a

£500 down payment, and agreed to pay the balance within six months.

10.to finance

decisions on how money is spent or invested

Ex: He's now studying international banking and finance.

11.insurance

an arrangement

in which you regularly pay an insurance

company or other organisation an amount of money

so that they will give you money if something you own is damaged, lost or stolen, or

if you die or are ill or injured

Ex: You have to take out building and contents insurance as a condition of the mortgage.

12.interest

money that a person or institution such as

a bank charges you for lending you money

Ex: You will repay the money with interest, as agreed in the contract.

13.investment

money used in a way that may earn you more money, for example money useo for buying property or shares in a company

Ex: Her investments were mainly in

technology stocks.

14.lump sum money in a single Ex: Are you going

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large payment rather than small separate

payments

to pay the whole amount in one lump sum?

15.mortgage

a legal agreement

in which you borrow money from a bank in order to buy a house You pay back your mortgage by making monthly payments

Ex: On my present salary I can't get a mortgage.

16.overdraft

an agreement with your bank that allows you tc spend money when you have no money left in your account

Ex: Hefty fines are payable for those who exceed their overdraft limit.

17.pension

an amount of money that someone who no longer works because of their age or an illness, etc is paid

regularly, either

by a company they once worked for or by the government

Ex: He started drawing his pension last year.

18.share

one of the equal parts of a

company that you can buy as a way

of investing money

Ex: The schpme allows employees

to buy shares in the company.

19.to speculate to take the risk of

investing your money in a company in the hope that you ran make a big profit later by selling

Ex: Have you been speculating

on the stock market?

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the shares you buy

20.to withdraw

to take money from a bank account

Ex: You can withdraw cash at any of our

branches.

Idioms

1 a drop in the ocean

2 to break even

3 to fall short

4 fifty – fifty

5 to go halves

6 it’s as broad as it’s

long

7 to keep up with

Joneses

8 knee – high to a

grasshopper

9 line your pockets

10.lock, stock and barrel

11.six of one half

12.a dozen of the other

13.tidy sum / amount