to gather; to collect; to assemble
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
transactions; dealings; business
item; something that one "just has to have"
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
settlement; payment of account
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
president's office; director's office
article; news story; report; account
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
or; OR (Boolean operator)
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
bank; banking institution
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
failure; mistake; blunder
large amount of money; great cost
to save; to leave over; to spare
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
average; mean; balance; equilibrium