investment: noun. money put in for business
target: noun. certain type of people or purpose for business investment; Example: My company's target is India for biotech research. The target for this investment is middle class home buyers
venture capitalist: a business man or woman who invests in business
venture capital: compound noun. investment money for business
consensus: noun. agreement, the same opinion.
make an investment: idiomatic verb. to put in money for business enterprise
enterprise: noun. a business to earn profit
venture capital companies: compound noun. financial companies investing in business enterprises
essentially: adverb. basically,
thus far: adverb. as of now, so far
allocation: certain amount of money put aside for investment (in this topic)
for the most part; adverb. mostly
represent: verb. to stand for. I represent a middle class well-educated American woman. This sentence means: She is a typical middle class American professional female. She represents her company's image very well. This sentence means: the way she dresses, talks, and behaves fits well to the image of the company.
overseas: noun. adverb. abroad, outside a continent. Mary worked overseas several years as a engineer. This sentence means she worked outside the continent her country is situated. Example, if you are a Chinese and have got a job in London, you will be working overseas.
deal: noun. a business settlement. Example, We have got a good deal out of this investment. This sentence means: We have got what we expected to get and we are satisfied with what we got out of this business.
survey: noun. questionnaire for people to answer in a research study
significant: adjective. important
according to: preposition. based on. Example: According to legal authorities he is guilty of lying in the investigation. This means: Legal authorities find him guilty of lying; legal authorities think he is guilty of lying. According to the weather newscast, it will be very hot tomorrow. The weather newscast predicts it will be very hot tomorrow.
by far: adverb. by now. as of now.. Used in a comparison. This company is by far more the more financially sound.
seductive: adjective. to be extremely attractive, alluring
focus: noun in this topic. a point to which we pay attention to. My focus is to earn half a million by Year 2012.
somewhat; little bit, to some degree, in some way
cited: verb in passive voice. It means mentioned as 'the source' or 'the authority'. It is used for formal statements such as in business and research. Example. In this study several examples are cited for the benefits from medical prevention. Three Asia countries are cited for the investment for Research and Development in biotechnology. Three Asia countries' names are given for R&D in biotechnology.
predicament. noun. a serious and long standing problem
efficient: adjective. effective and not costly to the business. Efficient suggests performing a task effectively but with very little time and energy. This is an efficient strategy to find a solution to the problem. This sentence means: The strategy is effective yet not costly to the business to solve the problem. Being efficient in business is a must. This sentence means: Efficient people solve problems most effectively using fewer resources as much as possible.
profit: money made out of a business deal
superior; adjective. better in quality or performance than other person, product or idea
return: noun. amount of profit we make out of an investment
expand: to make something bigger. to enlarge, increase. I expand my mind by reading a lot. They have expanded their business into Asia.
trend: noun. a new way people follow in a field, area, business, science. Today's trend in investment is short-term investment.
correspondingly: adverb. identically in all important ways.
deploy: verb. to provide for business certain things like capital, labor. To have these things ready for use when needed.
broaden: verb. to enlarge, expand
foreign: a different country than our home country; unknown person, people, idea, thing. This idea is totally foreign to me. This sentence means: I don't understand this idea at all.
midsize company: a company with less 10 million dollars investment
large company: a company with more than 10 million dollars investment
tapped. verb. past form of tap. to try. to rely on or use. They tapped different resources to solve their problem.
intellectual property: intellectual work produced by a person or group of people. Example, I have written this novel; it's my intellectual property.
liquidity noun. assets turned into cash in case of bankruptcy or going out of business
emergence: noun. sudden occurrence
entrepreneurial environment. compound noun. Investment friendly environment. For the US, China has become an attractive entrepreneurial environment.
entrepreneurial spirit; compound noun. having entrepreneurial beliefs, mind
diversification: noun. putting money in different types of markets, products, services to help to decrease risk and earn more profit.
industry: one type of business: Example, car industry
comply with: idiomatic verb. to follow the rules given by an authority
regulation: rule for business made by government (in this topic)
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