The Hindu Editorial (Beyond Mayday) – Jun 20, 2019

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The Hindu Editorial (Beyond Mayday) – Jun 20, 2019

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Beyond Mayday) – Jun 20, 2019:

bankruptcy (noun) – legal state of insolvency. An individual or organisation is declared bankrupt if a court judges that the party involved can no longer meet debt payments to creditors. it is defined as the outcome of a legal procedure.
takeaway (noun) – a key point/idea/fact.
beleaguered (adjective) – hard-pressed, troubled, in difficulties.
insolvency (noun) – a condition in which the financial difficulties of an individual or organisation are such it is unable to pay its debts.
bid (noun) – attempt, effort, endeavour/try.
owe (verb) – be in debt, be in arrears.
consortium (noun) – union, league, syndicate/corporation. Consortia is a plural form of consortium.
rope in (phrasal verb) – enlist, engage, persuade.
white knight (noun) – a company or an individual that acquires a target company (in financial difficulties) that is close to being taken over by a hostile takeover bid (black knight). The white knights make a friendly acquisition by generally preserving the current management team, offering better acquisition terms, and maintaining the core business operations.
turn around (phrasal verb) – change course, reverse direction.
conceive (verb) – think up, devise, originate.
revive (verb) – reintroduce, relaunch, bring back.
remote (adjective) – unlikely, doubtful, improbable/implausible.
shoulder (verb) – undertake, accept, take on.
drastically (adverb) – extremely; seriously, desperately, substantially.
goodwill (noun) – compassion, sympathy, mutual support.
fleet (noun) – a group of vehicles (buses/aircrafts/ships) work together under an organisation.
crew (noun) – a group of people working on an aircraft, ship, etc.
ironically (adverb) – paradoxically, unexpectedly, strangely.
line of credit (noun) – another term for credit line; a source of funds that can readily be tapped/borrowed at the borrower’s discretion (choice).
run-up (noun) – a period of time just before an important event.
protracted (adjective) – very long, lengthy, prolonged.
far back (adjective) – into the remote past.
clutch (noun) – group, collection, set.
legacy airlines/carriers (noun) – legacy airlines usually provide higher quality services than a low-cost carriers (airlines). they are distinguishable from their low-cost rivals in terms of the fares they charge and the service they offer.
trigger (verb) – give rise to, bring about, evoke/prompt.
surge (noun) – sudden increase, rise, growth.
contemporary (adjective) – modern, present-day, current, present-time.
metrics (noun) – a set of statistics that measure results.
cash-starved (adjective) – used to mention a company that does not have enough money, because a government/organisation has not given enough money to it.
implosion (noun) – blockage, stoppage, (a sudden) failure/collapse.
stall (noun) – stop, end, termination.
crash (noun) – failure, collapse, ruin.
viability (noun) – ability to survive/function successfully.
levy (verb) – impose, charge, demand.
reappraise (verb) – rethink, review, revise.
quest (noun) – search, hunt, pursuit.
race to the bottom (phrase) – a competitive state where a company, state or nations attempts to undercut the competition’s prices by sacrificing quality standards or worker safety, defying regulations, or paying low wages.
akin (adjective) – similar, related, parallel.