capital requirements; demand for funds; credit needs
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
financing plan; funding plan; cash planning
non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)
to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)
for your reference; FYR; for your information; FYI
how have you been?; (lit.) nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
estimated value; appraised value; appraisement
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
a find; windfall; bargain
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
building time; construction period
wedding reception banquet
to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on
financials; on the funding (capital) side
definite decision; final decision
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
politeness; good manners; courtesy; etiquette
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)