19. Business 2

the usual amount paid for goods and services

make two people or groups compete with each other in order to give yourself an advantage

sell your produce directly to the public instead of selling it to a retail, who then sells it to the public

be somewhere at a time when you can take advantage of an opportunity

(of a plan or action) be successful and bring good results

a great success

before much time has passed

be so satisfied with your achievements that you stop trying to achieve more

put money made as a profit back into a business in order to improve it

be doing well and being successful

when thinking about a past event or situation from the perspective of the present

keep an advantage over sb, especially your competitors

miss an opportunity to do sg

choose to believe sg that is not true

produce sg in such large quantities that competing products suffer

do sg in the easiest, cheapest, or quickest way in order to save time or money

an action that is intended to save money but which actually costs you more

be in/get (sb) into a serious or difficult situation

stop doing sg that you can see is going to be unsuccessful before the situation gets worse

sell most of what you own, especially your house or business

having too many people in senior positions and not enough workers