Glossary (Article “Company Law Board, Chennai Bench”)

• genuineness ['ʤenjuɪnəs] –точність, істинність, реальність

1 a genuine feeling, desire etc. is one that you really feel, not one you pretend to feel;

2 something genuine really is what it seems to be;

3 someone who is genuine is honest and friendly and you feel you can trust them.

• Valuation [ˌvælju'eɪʃ(ə)n] – оцінка, визначення цінності

1 a professional judgment about how much something is worth;

2 a judgment about how effective or useful a particular idea or plan will be.

• purview ['pɜːvjuː] – кругозір, частина статуту, компетенція

within/outside the purview of somebody/something formal within or outside the limits of someone's job, activity, or knowledge.

• Instant ['ɪn(t)stənt] – момент, негайний

1 [usually before noun] happening or produced immediately;

2 [only before noun]DFF instant food, coffee etc. is in the form of powder and prepared by adding hot water

noun 1 [usually singular] a moment;

2 the instant (that) as soon as something happens

• oppression [ə'preʃ(ə)n] – гніт, гноблення

when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have ➔ discrimination

political/racial/sexual etc. oppression

• mismanagement – безгосподарність, погане управління

if someone mismanages something they are in charge of, they deal with or manage it badly

• petitioner [pə'tɪʃ(ə)nə] – заявник, позивач

1 someone who writes or signs a petition;

2 someone who asks for a legal case to be considered in a court of law.

• shareholder ['ʃeəˌhəuldə] - акціонер

someone who owns shares in a company or business.

• plead [pliːd] – захищати підсудного, відповідати на обвинувачення

1 [intransitive and transitive] to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way;

2 to state in a court of law whether or not you are guilty of a crime plead guilty/not guilty/innocent;

3 to give a particular excuse for your actions;

4 [transitive] written to give reasons why you think something is true or why something should be done.

• approach [ə'prəuʧ] – підходити, граничити, починати переговори

1 move towards [intransitive and transitive] to move towards or nearer to someone or something;

2 ask [transitive] to ask someone for something, or ask them to do something, especially when you are asking them for the first time or when you are not sure if they will do it;

approach somebody for something

3 future event [intransitive and transitive] if an event or a particular time approaches, or you approach it, it is coming nearer and will happen soon

4 deal with [transitive] to begin to deal with a situation or problem in a particular way or with a particular attitude

approach a problem/task/matter etc.;

5 almost [intransitive and transitive] to be almost equal to something.

• equitable ['ekwɪtəbl] – безпристрасний, об’єктивний, справедливий

treating all people in a fair and equal way

• relief I [rɪ'liːf] – допомога, полегшення, втіха

1 comfort [singular, uncountable] a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened ➔ relieve;

2 reduction of pain [uncountable] when something reduces someone's pain or unhappy feelings;

3 help [uncountable] money, food, clothes etc. given to people who are poor or hungry synonym aid;

4 replacement [uncountable] a person or group of people that replaces another one and does their work after they have finished;

5 decoration [uncountable and countable]AV a way of decorating wood, stone etc. with a shape or figure that is raised above the surface, or the decoration itself ➔ bas relief

in relief;

6 bring/throw something into relief also stand out in relief to make something very noticeable, or to be very noticeable

sharp/stark relief;

7 light/comic relief a funny moment during a serious film, book, or situation;

8 money [uncountable] old-fashioned especially American English money given by the government to help people who are poor, old, unemployed etc. synonym welfare;

on relief;

9 war [uncountable] formal the act of freeing a town when it has been surrounded by an enemy

relief of;

10 if you show a part of the Earth's surface in relief, you show the differences in height between different parts of it.

• attempt [ə'tempt] – спроба, старатись, намагатись

1 an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult

2 an attempt on somebody's life an act of trying to kill someone, especially someone famous or important

• abuse [ə'bjuːs] –образа, зловживання, жорстоке ставлення

1 [plural, uncountable] cruel or violent treatment of someone;

2 [uncountable and countable] the use of something in a way that it should not be used synonym misuse;

3 [uncountable] rude or offensive things that someone says when they are angry.

• devoid [dɪ'vɔɪd] – не має права на щось

be devoid of something to be completely lacking in something

• merit ['merɪt] – заслуга, достоїнство

1 [countable] an advantage or good feature of something merit of;

2 [uncountable] formal a good quality that makes someone or something deserve praise;

3 judge/consider etc. something on its (own) merits to judge something only on what you see when you look at it rather than on what you know from other people or things;

verb [transitive not in progressive] formal to be good, important, or serious enough for praise or attention synonym deserve

• pertain [pə'teɪn] – відноситись до чогось

pertain to something

formal to relate directly to something

• allege [ə'leʤ] – утверджувати, посилатись

to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong, although it has not been proved

it is alleged (that).

• mediator ['miːdɪeɪtə] – посередник, примирювач

a person or organization that tries to end a quarrel between two people, groups, countries etc. by discussion ➔ intermediary.

• onward ['ɔnwəd] – вперед, далі, просуваючий

moving forward or continuing

• paid-up ['peɪd'ʌp] - повністю сплачений

1 a fully paid-up member of something if someone is a fully paid-up member of a particular group, they strongly support what that group likes or believes in;

2 paid-up member someone who has paid the money needed to be a member of a club, political party etc.

• purchase ['pɜːʧəs] – покупка, придбання нерухомості

1 [uncountable and countable] formal something you buy, or the act of buying it;

2 [singular] formal a firm hold on something

gain/get a purchase on something.

• auditor ['ɔːdɪtə] – аудитор, бухгалтер-ревізор

someone whose job is to officially examine a company's financial records.