Finance Writing Vocabulary: Verbs

Laura B. (Canada)
This list contains verbs (unfortunately, most are negative) that can be used when writing about mostly grim finance and investing topics.
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  1. abandon
    forsake; leave behind
  2. amplify
    increase the volume of
  3. bail out
    remove water from a boat by throwing it over the side
  4. balloon
    a small thin inflatable rubber bag
  5. bleed
    lose blood from one's body
  6. borrow
    get temporarily
  7. butt against
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  8. buy
    obtain by purchase
  9. cheapen
    lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
  10. collapse
    break down, literally or metaphorically
  11. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  12. consolidate
    form into a solid mass or whole
  13. cut
    separate with or as if with an instrument
  14. damage
    the occurrence of a change for the worse
  15. damaging
    (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
  16. derail
    run off or leave the tracks
  17. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  18. dump
    a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
  19. engineer
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve problems
  20. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  21. finance
    the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
  22. foist
    force onto another
  23. gain
    obtain
  24. gamble
    take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  25. hammered
    shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks
  26. inflate
    fill with gas or air
  27. intervene
    be placed or located between other things
  28. lend
    give temporarily; let have for a limited time
  29. lose
    fail to keep or to maintain
  30. lower
    move something or somebody to a lower position
  31. mismanage
    handle badly or incompetently
  32. owe
    be obliged to pay or repay
  33. pay
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
  34. pick up
    take and lift upward
  35. police
    the force of policemen and officers
  36. punished
    subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
  37. raid
    a sudden short attack
  38. raise
    move upwards
  39. regulate
    bring into conformity with rules, principles, or usage
  40. reverse
    change to the contrary
  41. scramble
    move hurriedly
  42. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  43. sell
    exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
  44. shed
    cause or allow to flow or run out or over
  45. skedaddle
    run away, as if in a panic
  46. slashed
    patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes
  47. slowing
    a decrease in rate of change
  48. spread
    distribute or disperse widely
  49. strip down
    get undressed
  50. subtract
    deduct; calculate the difference between two numbers
  51. suffer
    undergo or be subjected to
  52. sunk
    doomed to extinction
  53. thinned
    mixed with water
  54. thinning
    the act of diluting something
  55. tighten
    make tight or tighter
  56. walk away
    go away from
  57. wean
    gradually deprive of mother's milk
  58. withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward
  59. worry
    a strong feeling of anxiety
Created on Fri Jan 08 12:20:14 EST 2010 (updated Fri Jan 08 16:43:20 EST 2010)

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