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Award, Away, Awkward and Axe
• An award by an industrial tribunal Award : verb : to decide the amount of money to be given to someone • To award someone a salary increase Away : adverb : not here or somewhere else • The managing director is away on business. Awkward : adjective : difficult to deal with • The board is trying to solve the awkward problem of the managing director's son. Axe : noun : stop • The project got the axe = the project was stopped. Axe : verb : to cut or to stop • To axe expenditure Business Dictionary Index |
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