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Essential business terms for the global professional

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Arbitrage

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Bearish

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Broker

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Bullish

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Capitalism

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Cliff edge

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Credit crunch

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Currency peg

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Dead cat bounce

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Dovish

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ETF

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Flight to quality

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Gig economy

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Hard landing

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Haven assets

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Hawkish

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Helicopter money

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Leveraged buyout (LBO)

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Repo

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Soft landing

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Sovereign risk

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Stagflation

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Unicorn

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Volatility

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Allegation

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Arbitration

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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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Contingency

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De facto

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De jure

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Exploitation

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Fraud

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Legislation

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Levy

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Liability

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Litigation

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Mediation

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Pro bono

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Regulation

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Rescind

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Sanctions

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Tariff

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Tort

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Tribunal

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Verdict

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Convene

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Debt ceiling

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Decoupling

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Deploy

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Dispute

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Lame duck

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Multilateralism

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Offshoring

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Pledge

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Red tape

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Referendum

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Regime

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Repatriation

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Repercussions

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Tragedy of the Commons

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Trojan horse

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Turmoil

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ESG

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Golden parachute

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Greenwashing

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Poison pill

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Prospect

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Quid pro quo

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Resilience

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Transparency

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Whistleblower

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White knight

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Adverse

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Be at odds

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Beneficiary

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Catalyst

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Catch-22

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Caveat

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Disparity

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Elephant in the room

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Entrenched

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Exacerbate

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Fallout

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Impede

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In the pipeline

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Make headway

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Offset

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Reiterate

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Scrutiny

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Smoking gun

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Stalwart

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Surge

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Trifecta

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Under fire

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Underscore

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