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  1. disbursement
    the act of spending or distributing money
    “This has led to delays in disbursements from banks and eventually, delays in project launches and delivery.
  2. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
    The approval process needs an immediate re-look,” he adds, “The situation, though, is not bad.
  3. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
    A week ago, Deshmukh himself felt his condition was deteriorating, and he was admitted to the Breach Candy hospital in the city.
  4. stabilizing
    causing to become constant, steady, or secure
    "We are planning a liver transplant after stabilizing his vital parameters," the doctor attending to him at Chennia's Global Hospital said.
  5. ail
    be unwell
    Sources said his actor-son Riteish Deshmukh has expressed willingness to donate a part of his liver to his ailing father.
  6. accord
    concurrence of opinion
    According to transplant rules, the surgery will have to be cleared by an authorization committee headed by the Tamil Nadu director of medical education.
  7. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
    "We have not ruled out a cadaver transplant either.
  8. author
    a person who writes professionally
    "In Mumbai, two hospitals are authorized to perform liver transplant operations, but it's a question of faith.
  9. extension
    act of expanding in scope
    The deadline extension for filing tax returns has come as a great relief to many salaried professionals who were struggling to file their returns online.
  10. coincide
    happen simultaneously
    The income tax department has extended the deadline for filing tax returns by a month to August 31, after the power failure in north India last week coincided with the original deadline of July 31.
  11. mandatory
    required by rule
    The CBDT has made it mandatory for individuals earning an annual salary of 10 lakh and above to file their tax returns online from this year, and most individuals are still grappling with the technicalities of tax jargon and the process of filing the returns online.
  12. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
    The CBDT has made it mandatory for individuals earning an annual salary of 10 lakh and above to file their tax returns online from this year, and most individuals are still grappling with the technicalities of tax jargon and the process of filing the returns online.
  13. savvy
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    "Even a tech-savvy individual may face difficulty in online filing of taxes if he/she has a complicated return to file.
  14. portal
    a grand and imposing entrance
    Many individuals lack the knowledge of different kinds of income that need to be reported on the ITR," says Sudhir Kaushik, CFO and co-founder of TaxSpanner.com, an ITR filing portal.
  15. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
    However, if you find the whole exercise of e-filing rather baffling, you can opt for tax consultants, backed by the government as well as private, who can file the return on your behalf.
  16. compliance
    the act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another
    This will also help in reducing the cost of compliance for taxpayers." adds Amarpal S Chadha.
  17. grappling
    the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
  18. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
    MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Tata Teleservices has slipped on performance parameters it promised to Japan's NTT DoCoMo, giving the foreign investor an option to either exit the business or increase its stake in the joint venture.
  19. analyst
    someone who is skilled at interpreting data
    While Tata Teleservices has been on a clean-up path by letting go customers who bring in no revenues, analysts say it may be too little too late.
  20. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
    But this also resulted in the telco losing more than 10 million subscribers since June 2011, even as most incumbent operators and new entrants have witnessed robust growth in customer numbers during the same period.
  21. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
    But this also resulted in the telco losing more than 10 million subscribers since June 2011, even as most incumbent operators and new entrants have witnessed robust growth in customer numbers during the same period.
Created on Tue Aug 07 02:24:56 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Aug 07 03:17:27 EDT 2012)

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