An Advanced English Course in Communication Practice. Part II

1. barrel

a) the amount by which the stock of capital (plant, machinery, materials, etc) in an enterprise or economy changes

2. supply

b) a payment or series of payments made by an institution, such as an insurance company or trade union, to a person who is ill, unemployed, etc

3. demand

c) a coercive measure taken by one or more states against another guilty of violating international law

4. investment

d) the amount of a commodity that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at a specified price

5. efficiency

e) a method of releasing oil or gas from rock by forcing liquid at high pressure into the rock

6. output

f) the amount of a commodity that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specified price

7. market share

g) a unit of capacity used in the oil and other industries, normally equal to 42 US gallons or 35 Imperial gallons

8. benefits

h) the act or amount of production or manufacture

9. fracking

i) the percentage of a total market, in terms of either value or volume, accounted for by the sales of a specific brand

10. sanctions

j) the ratio of the useful work done by a machine, engine, device, etc, to the energy supplied to it, often expressed as a percentage