How many different ways with words do you know? Start your FREE email English course now!
Web English-test.net

English grammar tests
easy  medium  advanced
English synonym tests
easy  medium  advanced
Business English tests
easy  medium  advanced
English idiom tests
easy  medium  advanced
Common error tests
easy  medium  advanced
email this test to a friend add bookmark Help: How to take this test? PDF version business quiz
Business English Exercises
 

Business buzzwords: Tight curbs

Answers to test questions and links to explanations

Home > Teaching Business English > Business English Lessons, Advanced Level # 181
previous business test PDF version next

 All tests  TOP 100  Forum  Dictionaries Ask a Teacher

Tight curbs on money supply, enforced by Indonesian monetary authorities for more than a year to prevent the economy from over-heating, have driven domestic interest rates up to about 28 percent; analysts said this prolonged credit squeeze is straining the repayment capacity of many Indonesian businesses.

Correct answer: (c) squeeze

Meaning of "squeeze"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

Improve your progress in learning English! —
< Previous
These users have taken this test.
 Next >
    3/10
See progress report of TanyaTanya
one year ago		        
Do you want to be in this list? Please register on our forum und take the tests with your own progress report!



 english vocabulary, grammar and idioms Ask a Teacher

In 1983, the major success of Japan, Inc was serving to focus international attention on their ways of doing business: the Japanese corporate and political sectors were employing cooperative organizing strategies that produced the highest productivity and quality of work-life in the industrial world.

Correct answer: (a) Japan, Inc

Meaning of "Japan, Inc"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

Start improving your listening skills today!  — Take these listening exercises now.

 esl lesson plans in 6 short stories with exercises Ask a Teacher

Companies which are incorporated and listed in Hong Kong but controlled by Chinese entities or have Chinese state-owned enterprises as their parent companies have been viewed as a major experimental tool in China's economic reform; in this paper we analyze the market performance of red chip stocks in the first year following Hong Kong's reversion to China.

Correct answer: (b) chip

Meaning of "chip"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

Pimsleur English ESL/EFL — Learning English can
be fun. Try this audio program and you will make progress fast.

 have you ever heard about phrasebase? Ask a Teacher

A sell of an overnight position and subsequent buy of the same security on the same day (which does not constitute a day trade) is treated as a same-day substitution and the customer can use the proceeds of the sale towards a new purchase.

Correct answer: (d) substitution

Meaning of "substitution"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

501 Business English Exercises — Printable, photocopiable.
For use in a classroom, at home, on your PC or anywhere.

 english for beginners Ask a Teacher

If we look at selling 500- to 550-lb. calves for 82-85 cents, and that's at your breakeven level, then it might make some sense to consider retained ownership; if all that can be had is trading dollars and giving away your time for the year, profit demands looking for other opportunities before selling them.

Correct answer: (d) trading

Meaning of "trading"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

Start FREE email English course now! — Join more than 100,000 learners!


 language is a cycle Ask a Teacher

The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of Japan, Europe (European Union countries), and North America (United States and Canada) to foster closer cooperation among these core democratic industrialized areas of the world with shared leadership responsibilities in the wider international system.

Correct answer: (d) Trilateral

Meaning of "Trilateral"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

 british vs. american english Ask a Teacher

A foul weather fund is a mutual fund that tends to perform well in bear markets.

Correct answer: (a) foul weather

Meaning of "foul weather"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

 want to learn english language through hip-hop? Ask a Teacher

John A. Thain, who took the New York Stock Exchange (NYX ) public earlier this year, is racing to keep the Big Board competitive.

Correct answer: (b) Board

Meaning of "Board"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

 vocabulary games: english adverb quiz Ask a Teacher

Infoseek (NASDAQ:SEEK) may be close to selling a piece of the Web search engine to a large media firm, with Disney cited as the most likely buyer and Time Warner a close second; this rumortrage has sent SEEK up 8.3% to $32.625.

Correct answer: (c) rumortrage

Meaning of "rumortrage"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

 esl english vocabulary: verb noun adjective lists Ask a Teacher

Currently, there are 10 spiders that cover the S&P 500, nine of which cover individual sectors of the index; this selection allows investors to place their money in an ETF that covers either the whole market or a specific segment of the market.

Correct answer: (c) spiders

Meaning of "spiders"
Dictionary.com   Cambridge Dictionaries   Merriam-Webster   Answers.com

Translate sentence with Google language tool
 
Translate with Ectaco online dictionary

Go to Question esl test: business buzzwords: tight curbs (answers)

 Back to top


Business English Practice Exercises Business English Tests — several topics are covered: office matters, job applications, computer English, money expressions, business law, operations management, retail marketing, e-commerce, accounting terms, contracts and agreements, commercial correspondence, etc.
You will be exposed to a wealth of authentic sample sentences that include a great variety of themes. This compact Business English Test Package is the only printable English test collection currently available on the Internet. It contains 501 Business English Exercises (10 questions per test plus answer keys).  Get your unique Business English Practice Exercises now!

  FREE email English course with 218677 Subscribers    
 
name email
 

Search results:

Free English test

You will find everything related to your search phrase "Free English test" on our vocabulary building pages such as parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, modifiers, etc.), common words, idioms, phrases and expressions, word definitions from online dictionaries, free word and sentence translation, grammar structures and much more.

  • TOEIC — Test Of English for International Communication (3420 words, 684 tests, intermediate level)
  • GRE — Graduate Record Examination (3750 words, 750 tests, intermediate level)
  • SAT — Scholastic Assessment Test (5010 words, 1002 tests, intermediate level)
  • TOEFL — Test Of English as a Foreign Language (600 words, 120 tests, advanced level)
  • GMAT — Graduate Management Admission Test (1400 words, 280 tests, advanced level)

 

To link to English-Test.net from your website, simply cut and paste the following code to your web page.

It will appear on your page as
Business English Lesson — Learn English Online at English-Test.net
English Tests for TOEFL, TOEIC, GMAT, GRE, SAT, PCAT, MCAT, ASVAB, ESL/EFL copyright © 2003—2012 english-test.net