Similar meanings 2: verbs Look at the words and expressions in bold, and think of a word which has the same or a similar meaning in the same context. Use these words to complete the crossword on the next page. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible, but only one will fit into the crossword. Across 1. Examine accounts
2. Account for something that has happened
5. Recover lost money or property
6. Advertise a product
9. Help a customer
11. Use up all your resources
15. Firmly state your opinion
17. Prevent a strike from taking place
18. Firmly tell somebody your terms and conditions
19. Acquire or get information
21. Have an effect on someone or something
22. Manage or organize a department
24. Produce or make good sales of a product
25. Choose something
27. Understand or achieve something
29. Tell somebody about an event that has happened
31. Quantify the effect of something
34. Forbid smoking in a public place
35. Give information or instructions to your staff
36. Confirm something is true
38. Widen your area of operations
40. Ask somebody for advice
41. Approve of a decision
42. Oblige somebody to do something
43. Give or take a message to somebody
44. Remove something from a sum of money 
Down 1. Speak to an audience
2. Take on new staff
3. Give a contract to a company
4. Interrupt somebody at work
7. Check facts to see if they are true
8. Collect information
10. Replace something with something similar
12. Make a process go faster
13. Deal with a problem
14. Control a process or activity
16. Come to an interview
20. Make up for something you have done wrong
23. Book a restaurant table
26. Keep something for future use
28. Suggest something without saying it directly
29. Disclose information to somebody
30. Make something clearer
32. Examine information in detail
33. Settle an argument or disagreement
37. Finish making plans for something
39. Agree to do something |
