cost of goods sold; cost of sales; sales cost
band with mostly middle-aged or elderly members
to have fortune come your way; to become lucky
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
financial statement; statement of accounts
Suzuki (Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer)
rival (company); competitor
gemstone totem (esp. as jewelry); healing crystal
large saw; framed pit saw
hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder
coloring; colouring; colour development; production of colour
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)
highball; whisky and soda
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
number-withheld phone calls
drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
premature joy; short-lived elation
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
different (from); not the same (as)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without