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  • 111rating — An evaluation of credit quality of a company s debt issue by Thomson Financial BankWatch, Moody s, S&P, and Fitch Investors Service. investors and analysts use ratings to assess the riskiness of an investment. Ratings can also be an evaluation a… …

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  • 112list — ▪ I. list list 1 [lɪst] noun [countable] a set of items such as figures, names etc that belong to a particular group, written down one after the other: • detailed lists of proposed prices see also blacklist, checklist ˈfocus list …

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  • 113budget — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed, limited, low, modest, shoestring, small, tight ▪ The film was was made on a shoestring budget …

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  • 114exaggerate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive,… …

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  • 115exhaust — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, absorb, assimilate, attenuate, avenue, backwash, bankrupt, beat, blackdamp, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, blowhole, blunt, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, broach, burden, burn out,… …

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  • 116go overboard — Synonyms and related words: carry too far, exaggerate, exhaust, go to extremes, go too far, know no bounds, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge,… …

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  • 117go to extremes — Synonyms and related words: aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go too far, hyperbolize, know no bounds, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overact,… …

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  • 118go too far — Synonyms and related words: advance upon, ask for it, be rash, be reckless, break bounds, carry too far, catch at straws, encroach, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go to extremes, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, know no bounds, make an… …

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  • 119know no bounds — Synonyms and related words: advance upon, break bounds, carry too far, encroach, exaggerate, exhaust, fill, flood, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, luxuriate, make an inroad, overabound, overact,… …

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  • 120overact — Synonyms and related words: act a part, affect, assume, carry too far, counterfeit, declaim, do a bit, dramatize, exaggerate, exhaust, fake, feign, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, grimace, ham, ham it up, histrionize, know no bounds,… …

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