Wordlist 8

2021 FALL

1. Overhauled(v)-overtaken, beaten
2. Bulldozer(n)-heavy vehicle for pushing earth and stones
3. For the sake of(expression)-with no specific purpose in mind
4. Kaizen(n)- -Japanese method of running a company by always looking to
improve ways of working
5. Productivity(n)--the rate at which a person, company,
or country does useful work
6. Production(n)-the process of making or growing goods to be sold
7. Labour cost(pl.n) -the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages,
etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
8. Monitor(v)--to watch and check a situation carefully for
a period of time in order to discover something about it
9. Sophisticated(adj) -If a way of thinking, a system, or a machine is
sophisticated, it is complicated or made with great skill
10. constraint(n) -something that controls what you do by keeping you
within particular limits
11.maintenance(n) -the act of keeping something in good condition by checking
or repairing it regularly
12. reluctant(adj) -not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
13. disruption(n)- an interruption in the usual way that a system, process,
or event works
14. justify(v)- to show that something is reasonable, right, or true.
15. elaborate(adj) -containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts
16.recruit(v) -to find new people to join a company, an organization, the armed
forces, etc.
17.substantial(adj) -large in amount, value or importance
18.wastage(n) - the amount of something that is wasted
19.squeeze(v)   -to press something, especially with your fingers
20.profit margin (n)-the difference between the cost of buying or producing
something and the price that it is sold for