loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
suspicious-looking; fishy
financial institutions; banking facilities
overestimation; overvaluing
revision; amendment; alteration
total volume control; regulations on total allowable volumes of pollutants
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
stock holdings; one's shares
buying price; cost price; purchase price
price increase; rise in price
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
coolly; indifferently; nonchalantly; calmly
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
estimated value; appraised value; appraisement
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
that year; same year; same age
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
additional cover; more margin; remargin
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
in proportion to; just as much as
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
stock trading; stock transactions; share trading
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
mortgage; right of pledge; lien