proceeds from sale; receipts
earning rate; rate of return; price-earnings ratio; profitability; profit margin
to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket
amount financed; loan amount
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
allocation; appropriation
fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting
making hollow; making meaningless; deindustrialization; deindustrialisation
making a loss; incurring a deficit
complete stranger; total stranger
business conditions; business category; line of business
rival (company); competitor
charitable organization; charitable institution; charity
color of water after washing rice (colour)
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
realistic; practical; feasible
down to earth; reasonable
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
research funds (expenses)
going to the United States
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
largest company; industry leader
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden