trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
account book; register; ledger
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
decrease; reduction; decline
such ... as; or some such
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging
any more; any further; any better; any longer
trust; confidence; credence
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
retrenchment; curtailment; economy
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
development; exploitation
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; (lit.) third sector
all companies; each company
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
making efficient; optimization
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
investment; contribution; financing
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
amount of money; sum of money
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization