The Hindu Editorial (Online retail flip) – May 11, 2018

India’s e-commerce market, which accounts for less than a tenth of its overall retail opportunity, has just got a significant thumbs-up from American supermarket giant Walmart. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Online retail flip) – May 11, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Online retail flip) – May 11, 2018:  

1. flip (noun) – turn over (with a quick movement).
2. stake (noun) – share, financial interest, investment.
3. account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, make up, form.
4. thumbs-up (phrase) – approval, an indication of satisfaction.
5. home-grown (adjective) – belonging to one’s own country.
6. pip (verb) – defeat by a small margin (or)  defeat at the last moment.
7. pie (noun) – a total amount of something (business/money) divided in shares.
8. vie (verb) – compete, contend, contest (to do/achieve something).
9. play out (phrasal verb) – happen, occur, take place.
10. paradigm shift (noun) – a fundamental and important change with new ideas/thinking.
11. bourse (noun) –  stock market (in French); stock exchange.
12. swathe (noun) – a wide area (of something).
13. peddling (noun) – an act of promoting an idea extensively.
14. accumulate (verb) – gather/gain, obtain, acquire.
15. bet on (verb) – put money, try one’s luck, speculate.
16. full-frontal (adjective) – unrestrained, unreserved, unrestricted.
17. in the face of (phrase) – when confronted with; despite, notwithstanding, regardless of.
18. ostensibly (adverb) – apparently, seemingly, allegedly.
19. belie (verb) – fail to fulfil; fail to justify (an expectation).
20. heat (noun) – competition, contest.
21. brick-and-mortar (phrase) – used to represent a business that operates traditionally (from a building/place) rather than online.
22. ruffle (verb) – disarrange/mess up, roughen, trouble/affect.
23. extant (adjective) – still existing, present, current.
24. inefficacy (noun) – lack of efficacy (ability to give estimated results); inability to produce the desired effect.
25. lobby (noun) – a group of people attempt to influence (the government / its official group/elected legislators) to create  the actions, policies, or decisions to help a particular organization.
26. advocate (noun) – supporter, promoter, protector.
27. turn around (phrasal verb) – change course, reverse direction.
28. burn rate (noun) – the rate at which a new company is spending its (venture) capital or cash pool (in a loss-generating scenario).
29. nuance (verb) – give fine distinction/subtle difference/detail/variation.
30. a level playing field (phrase) – a situation in which everyone has the equal chance of succeeding.

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