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Ex.2. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words and phrases.
To do business; profit potential; size and nature of the business; level of control; to have advantages and disadvantages; to have day-to-day responsibility; to be in complete control over smth; to dissolve the business; to be adaptable to smth; on the less bright side; to assume personal responsibility; to be one and the same with the business; to raise funds; to distinguish between smth; to resolve disputes; to contribute time and capital; prospective employees; threat of potential disagreement; to affect smth adversely; unique entity; one of the weightiest advantages; incorporated/unincorporated business; to be created under a government charter; to impose tax on dividends; to prevent smb from (doing) smth.
Ex.3. Give three forms of the following verbs. Find the sentences with these verbs in the text.
Bring, suffer, do, make, choose, have, own, run, keep, react, pay, attract, buy, take, contribute, raise, give, tax, sue, hold, transfer, sell, mean, grow.
Ex.4. Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.
| sole proprietorship | a | the state of being legally responsible for smth | |
| securities | b | a formal written statement of the principles and aims of an organisation; a legal document created when a corporation is formed (US) | |
| liability | c | the group of people chosen by shareholders to control a company | |
| shareholder | d | a business that is owned by a group of professional people who work together and share the profits | |
| charter | e | a business that is owned and run by one person | |
| liabilities | f | things of value that a person or a company owns, such as money or property | |
| board of directors | g | an amount of the profits that a company pays to shareholders | |
| entity | h | a financial asset, such as a share or bond | |
| to incorporate | i | a person or group that owns shares in a company or business | |
| dividend | j | the amount of money that a company or a person owes | |
| assets | k | to form a legal company or organisation, for example, by obtaining a certificate from the authorities | |
| entrepreneur | l | a business that exists as a separate unit and has its own legal identity | |
| partnership | m | a person who makes money by starting or running businesses |
Ex.5. Make up verb+noun collocations (there may be several variants).
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| to have | (a) business |
| to do | losses |
| to make | a responsibility |
| to earn | advantages and disadvantages |
| to levy | decisions |
| to suffer | a drawback |
| to assume | taxes |
| to pay | funds |
| to run | a partnership |
| to raise | (a) profit |
| to establish | capital |
| to invest |
Ex.6. Fill in the gaps in the following verb collocations with appropriate prepositions or adverbs.
To base the choice _____ ones vision; to have responsibility _____ running the business; to adapt _____ changes; to place a special tax _____ corporations; to distinguish _____ the business and its owners; to admit potential partners _____ the partnership; to attract prospective employees _____ the business; to be created _____ the government charter; to be subject _____ double taxation.
