800–950+ – Reading 12

a right of jurisdiction granted to an individual or corporation by a sovereign; a share of the product or profit reserved by the grantor especially of an oil or mining lease; a payment to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold or to an inventor for each item sold under a patent

to come or happen before something

to give a statement as a witness

to take someone’s attention away

to state strongly that something is true

to be incompatible or mutually false

to say someone is wrong or false

a person who is present at a specific time or place

to offset a loss or failure

to communicate or affect each other

to join together into one whole

to cause to happen faster

able to move freely

to take a number or an amount away from another number or amount

very modern or has been made using the most recent methods and technology

a collection of investments

to be the support or basis of; account for

the acquisition or seizure of control or power

necessary to or important in the initiation, conduct, or completion of a strategic plan

a person who starts and runs a business