The Hindu Editorial (Risky recourse) – Jul 02, 2018

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Risky recourse) – Jul 02, 2018:

recourse (noun) – option, choice, possibility/way out.
stake (noun) – share/interest, investment, involvement.
ailing (adjective) – failing, in poor condition, weak.
envisage (verb) – foresee, predict, forecast.
prompt (adjective) – quick, speedy, immediate.
non-performing assets (NPAs) (noun) – bad loans, toxic/ troubled assets;stressed assets/loans; an account where principal and/or interest remains overdue for a period of time.
threshold (noun) – the level (at which one starts to react).
capital infusion (noun) – introduction of additional funding from successful divisions of a business to the weak division which is is not doing well.
speculation (noun) -guess, surmise, opinion.
staunch (verb) – stop, check, restrict.
red ink (noun) – used to talk about financial difficulties (financial deficit or debt).
turn around (phrasal verb) – change course, reverse direction.
recapitalise (verb) – substantial change in a company’s capital structure by providing more capital, especially by replacing debt with stock.
bleeding (adjective) – suffering, rotten, decaying.
adversely (adverb) – unfavourably, disadvantageously, badly.
bank on (phrasal verb) – rely on, depend on, count on,
bailout (noun) – an act of providing financial help/support by the outside investors to a bank/institution which faces serious financial difficulty.
bail-in (noun) – a way of helping a bank or other institution in financial difficulty, in which people/creditors of the bank to bear some of the burden by cancelling a part of the debt they are owed.
gloss over (phrasal verb) – conceal, hide, camouflage.
cap on (noun) – limit, upper limit, ceiling.
equity holding (noun) – share holding; a holding of the nominal share capital in a company.
takeover (verb) – acquisition, buying, incorporation/merger.
watchdog (noun) – inspector/supervisor, observer, ombudsman.
weigh (verb) – evaluate, assess, appraise.
contagion (noun) – the spreading of a bad and dangerous idea.

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