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income and expenditure

foreign; abroad; overseas

1. (being in) the black; surplus 2. black letter

main cause; primary factor

Ministry of Finance

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling

investment

1. to earn (income); to make (money) 2. to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)

1. to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent 2. to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)

current account balance

comparison

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year

most; extremely

1. big; large; great 2. loud

subsidiary (company)

1. to receive; to get; to accept 2. to take; to interpret; to understand

1. allotment; apportionment; share 2. dividend

to increase; to multiply

semiconductor; solid-state

electronic parts (components)

1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to grow (of hair, height, grass, etc.) 2. to straighten out; to be flattened; to become smooth

1. to visit; to call on 2. to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; to appear

traveller; traveler

decrease; reduction; decline

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

1. width; breadth 2. freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude

reduction; curtailment