The Hindu Editorial (Avoidable suspense) – Sep 12, 2018

Foreign investors in the Indian market are used to unexpected twists in the regulatory landscape, but they seldom talk tough in the public domain. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Avoidable suspense) – Sep 12, 2018.

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1. foreign portfolio investor (noun) – Investors investing in financial assets, such as shares, government bonds, corporate bonds, convertible securities, infrastructure securities etc in a foreign country.
2. regulatory (adjective) –  directorial/organizational, governmental, supervisory.
3. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
4. seldom (adverb) – hardly, rarely, almost never.
5. booming (adjective) – flourishing, burgeoning, prospering.
6. bear hug (noun) – a takeover or acquisition  bid/offer/strategy that is potentially so attractive (or much higher value of target company) to its shareholders.
7. embattled (adjective) – (relating to a person) troubled by problems or difficulties.
8. diktat (noun) – bill, regulation, decree.
9. scrap (verb) – abandon, cancel, abolish.
10. portfolio (noun) – investments, shares, bonds.
11. blanket (adjective) – total, complete, extensive.
12. threshold (noun) – the level or amount (at which one starts to react).
13. delegate (noun) – assign, entrust, give/authorize.
14. jurisdiction (noun) – territory, region, area.
15. custodian (noun) – curator, guardian; caretaker/protector.
16. preposterous (adjective) – absurd, ridiculous, unreasonable/illogical.
17. hold (verb) – possess, have, bear.
18. ambiguity (noun) – inexactness, doubtfulness, obscurity/opacity.
19. comply with (verb) – abide by, conform to, adhere to/respect.
20. breach (verb) – break, contravene, violate.
21. unwind (verb) – undo; ease up; to close a position with an offsetting trade.
22. breathing space (noun) – cessation, break/respite, stoppage.
23. Dalal Street (noun) – (symbolically to mean) the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and other reputable financial institutions located in Dalal Street, Mumbai, India.
24. grouse (noun) – complaint, grumble, objection.
25. round-tripping (noun) – money that leaves the country, often routed to the diaspora, making its way back to the country in the form of foreign direct investment. (diaspora means the people who spread/scatter from their own country to places across the world).
26. conduit (noun) – something (an organisation/a person) acts as a channel (to transmit something else).
27. stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.

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