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budgeting noun

— activity of constructing a budget

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

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fiscal Adjective

— Fiscal policy, problems, health, etc. all relate to how a company or government manages money. The fiscal year at Apple ends in September. The central bank is making fiscal policy changes that should improve growth. The government needs to raise taxes to solve our fiscal problems.

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transparency

— noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation — noun the quality of being clear and transparent — noun (= foil) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

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division Noun

— Divisions are the parts of something after division. There are four divisions (or sections) in a classical pas de deux. — A division is a large military unit (group of soldiers) — A division is a section of a large company. This division of GenericTech specializes in the manufacturing of routers. — When scientists are grouping kinds of animals, a division is a kind of group (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class. Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta. — A division is a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. There is a division in the Senate between politicians who support abortions and politicians who do not. — A division is a piece of music (melody), played with musical instruments, in the 17th and 18th centuries based on another piece. — A division is a set of pipes in a pipe organ. — A division is a concept where a common group of debtors (people who owe money) are only responsible for part of the total debt.

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