Real life: Business vocabulary

Interest ..... are imposed charges on loans and mortgages. For example, when a customer wants to borrow money, the lending institution will charge a percentage that accrues and is then paid by the customer.

People who don't qualify for a loan can ask another person with better qualifications to ..... for them. This person then becomes responsible for the loan account if the primary borrower doesn't pay it back on time.

Remember to pay close attention to your body ..... during a speech. Remember that an audience will notice non-verbal communication, so make sure that you don't unknowingly convey messages that are different from your overall message.

M: In addition, you won't have any professional training provided free-of-charge by a company and you won't be able to develop strong relationships with colleagues. W: That's true but you could start a ..... with various professionals from home so you could stay up-to-date on the newest trends as well as develop good relationships with people in related industries.

Make sure to read your credit ..... very carefully when you get a mortgage. I didn't read mine that carefully and was late one month. My interest rate went up two points for six months. If I had known that would happen, I wouldn't have been so lax on sending in the payment.

Businesses try to eliminate redundancies in their research and development activities because it is very expensive to reinvent the ..... these days.

We need to invest in new computers for the staff. Ours are too ..... to perform the tasks we need them to fast enough with today's software.

I am retired. I started a computer software company that grew into a fairly successful business. It attracted the attention of some of the larger companies and a very attractive offer to sell was made. After the new company bought me ....., I had enough money to retire and enjoy myself.

I don't think that home is ..... $400,000. We just saw one that is bigger and in a similar neighborhood last week and it was half that amount. I think we should go with the former one because it is bigger and has a better yard.

That necklace is ...... That guy lied to you and told you those were real diamonds but they are fake diamonds. That necklace is not worth a dime!