Unit 8: Part 1

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  1. business
    a commercial or industrial organization
    A business can offer goods, such as flowers.
  2. good
    any merchandise, commodity, or article of commerce
    A business can offer goods, such as flowers.
  3. service
    work done by one person or group that benefits another
    A business can offer services, such as delivering flowers.
  4. income
    the amount of money one makes over a period of time
    All businesses have income, or earnings.
  5. earnings
    the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
    All businesses have income, or earnings.
  6. expense
    a financial burden; money that must be paid out
    All businesses have expenses, or bills.
  7. profit
    excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time
    A successful business makes a profit, or has money left over.
  8. analyze
    consider in detail in order to discover essential features
    To analyze means to examine in detail. She analyzed the cell under a microscope.
  9. apply
    ask for something
    To apply means to ask for or to request something, usually in writing.
  10. cost
    the property of having material worth
    The cost of something is how much you pay to buy it. The cost of gas changes all the time.
  11. supply
    give something useful or necessary to
    To supply means to provide things people need. Farms supply us with vegetables.
  12. value
    the quality that renders something desirable
    The value of something is its cost or how important it is. This jewelry has a high value.
  13. procedural
    of or relating to processes
    A procedural text explains how to do something. Usually, procedural texts include steps to follow in a certain order.
  14. illustration
    a visual representation to make a subject easy to understand
    Illustrations are pictures that display information visually. In a procedural text, illustrations help show details related to each step of a process.
  15. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
    An idiom is a colorful and fun way to say something. Usually, a few words combine to make an idiom. The words, when used together, mean something different from what the words mean by themselves.
  16. newspaper
    a daily or weekly publication with articles and advertisements
    A newspaper article reports facts about real people and events.
  17. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
    A newspaper article reports facts about real people and events.
  18. verb
    a word denoting an action, occurrence, or state of existence
    Regular past-tense verbs end in -ed, but irregular past-tense verbs do not.
Created on Tue Oct 19 16:39:39 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Oct 26 14:23:33 EDT 2021)

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