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《财富》新词汇 on a used to describe a procedure or agreement that may be changed or day-to-day stopped tomorrow. basis 暂时打算 Because we had so little money, we had to operate our business on a day-to-day basis. pin money a small sum of money for unplanned, incidental, or insignificant expenses 零花钱 When he was a student, Jim’s uncle gave him pin money that he saved so he could see a movie occasionally. regs INFORMAL official guidelines or government policies which must be followed. ( abbreviations of regulations ) Always plural. 游戏规则,法规 We assigned an experienced manager to the project who knows the regs. collateral A borrower’s property that can be claimed and possessed by a lender if a loan is not repaid. 抵押品 If we lack sufficient collateral, the bank may refuse to loan us money we need for expansion. flextime a system allowing employees to select their own start and end times each day, provided they work the required number of hours per week. 弹性工作时间 A flextime policy at our company permitted many working couples to spend more time with their children. perk special benefit 津贴 We provide perks such as a car, a membership in a tennis club, and a personal computer for use at home. pothole an obstacle, a big problem 障碍，问题 The company hit several potholes during development of its new products, including the loss of two top engineers to a competitor. street smarts (plural) survival knowledge based on direct experience coming from surviving in the streets, as contrasted with learning derived from books or academic instruction 实战经验 We hired one international sales director who has a lot of street smarts that help us to overcome our overseas distribution problems. bottleneck any factor that limits or slows the efficiency of an operation 瓶颈 Processing sales orders by hand creates a bottleneck when the number of orders increases significantly. 当订单数量大大增加时,手工处理销售定单的做法造成了一个瓶颈. rider an amendment or addition to a document, such as a contract (契约等文件后面的)附文 The r