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
- 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’.
- concession (noun) – allowance; reduction, cut/deduction.
- look into (verb) – study, investigate, examine.
- curb (verb) – control, restrain, contain.
- money-laundering (noun) – a secret act of moving illegally acquired funds into legal bank accounts or investments.
- bloated (adjective) – inflated, enlarged, expanded.
- anguish (noun) – pain, suffering, distress.
- cough up (phrasal verb) – pay the due amount reluctantly; pay up/out.
- threshold (noun) – lower limit, starting point, the level (to react to something).
- deter (verb) – prevent, stop, avert/fend off.
- shady (adjective) – suspicious, dubious, illegal.
- arbitrary (adjective) – capricious, personal (whim/choice), erratic/irregular.
- consequence (noun) – result, aftermath, outcome/effect.
- freehand (noun)- authority, right (to do something necessary).
- harass (verb) – pressurize, bother/annoy, intimidate.
- broad-brush (adjective) – lacking in detail, incomplete, insufficient.
- lack (verb) – require, be in need of, be deficient in.
- means (noun) – method, way, technique.
- disposal (noun) – arrangement, disposition, setting up, organization.
- aggregate (adjective) – collective, cumulative, total.
- angel investor (noun) – a wealthy/rich individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
- address (verb) – attend to, tackle, deal with.
- unbridled (adjective) – unrestrained, unconstrained, uncontrolled.
- vest (verb) – entrust to, invest in, confer on.
- wary (adjective) – cautious, careful, circumspect.
- rein in (verb) – restrain, check, hold back.
- nascent (adjective) – just beginning, developing, burgeoning.
- ecosystem (noun) – complex situation/environment.
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