The Hindu Editorial (Timely review) – Feb 06, 2019

Start-ups troubled by the so-called angel tax may soon receive some concession from the government. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (The peace holds) – Feb 05, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Timely review) – Feb 06, 2019

1. angel tax (noun) – a tax that is levied on the funding received by startups from an external investor. The 30% tax is levied when startups receive angel funding at a valuation higher than its ‘fair market value’.
2. concession (noun) – allowance; reduction, cut/deduction.
3. look into (verb) – study, investigate, examine.
4. curb (verb) – control, restrain, contain.
5. money-laundering (noun) – a secret act of moving illegally acquired funds into legal bank accounts or investments.
6. bloated (adjective) – inflated, enlarged, expanded.
7. anguish (noun) – pain, suffering, distress.
8. cough up (phrasal verb) – pay the due amount reluctantly; pay up/out.
9. threshold (noun) – lower limit, starting point, the level (to react to something).
10. deter (verb) – prevent, stop, avert/fend off.
11. shady (adjective) – suspicious, dubious, illegal.
12. arbitrary (adjective) – capricious, personal (whim/choice), erratic/irregular.
13. consequence (noun) – result, aftermath, outcome/effect.
14. freehand (noun)- authority, right (to do something necessary).
15. harass (verb) – pressurize, bother/annoy, intimidate.
16. broad-brush (adjective) – lacking in detail, incomplete, insufficient.
17. lack (verb) – require, be in need of, be deficient in.
18. means (noun) – method, way, technique.
19. disposal (noun) – arrangement, disposition, setting up, organization.
20. aggregate (adjective) – collective, cumulative, total.
21. angel investor (noun) – a wealthy/rich individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
22. address (verb) – attend to, tackle, deal with.
23. unbridled (adjective) – unrestrained, unconstrained, uncontrolled.
24. vest (verb) – entrust to, invest in, confer on.
25. wary (adjective) – cautious, careful, circumspect.
26. rein in (verb) – restrain, check, hold back.
27. nascent (adjective) – just beginning, developing, burgeoning.
28. ecosystem (noun) – complex situation/environment.

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