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Invoice, noun (invoices, invoicing, invoiced) 

bill, account, reckoning, score, statement, tab

For example, an invoice is a document that lists goods that have been supplied or services

that have been done and says how much money you owe for them.

We will then send you an invoice for the total course fees.

Budget, noun (budgets, budgeting, budgeted)  

aggregate, amount, bulk, quantity, quantum, total

For example, your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. 

This year’s budget for AIDS prevention probably won’t be much higher.

      

Initiative, noun (initiatives) 

enterprise, ambition, drive, get-up-and-go, push

For example, an initiative is an important act or statement that is intended to solve a

problem.

The Government initiative to help young people has been inadequate.

Revision, noun (revisions) 

recession, redraft, review, revisal, revise

For example, to make a revision of something that is written or something that has been

decided means to make changes to it in order to improve it, make it more modern, or make

it more suitable for a particular purpose.

The government will also make a number of revisions to reflect better data since the

original figures were released.

Inadequate, adjective (inadequately) 

defective, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, incomplete, wanting

For example, if something is inadequate, there is not enough of it or it is not good enough.

Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate.

Reflect, verb (reflects, reflecting, reflected) 

think, cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, reason, speculate

For example, if something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or

situation exists or it shows what it is like.

The low value of the dollar reflects growing concern about the U.S.

Ensure, verb (ensures, ensuring, ensured) 

assure, cinch, insure, secure, make sure  

For example, to ensure something, or to ensure that something happens, means to make

certain that it happens.

Ensure that it is written into your contract.

      

Reserve, noun (reserves) 

backlog, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reservoir, stock, stockpile, store

For example, a reserve is a supply of something that is available for use when it is needed.

A friend can be a reserve of help in times of trouble.

Subcontractor, noun (subcontractors)

For example, a subcontractor is a person or firm that has a contract to do part of job which

another firm is responsible for.

The company was considered as a possible subcontractor to build the airplane.

Subject, verb (subjects, subjecting, subjected) 

expose, lay (open), uncover

For example, if you subject someone to something unpleasant, you make him/her

experience it.

The budget proposal you wrote contains some excellent initiatives, but we made a few

revisions that would ensure we are not subjecting ourselves to unrealistic price

expectations from the subcontractors.

Contract, noun (contracts, contracting, contracted) 

agreement, bargain, bond, compact, convention, covenant, pact, transaction

For example, a contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between

an employer and employee which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.

The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe’s tallest building.