1. "We should _______ better payment terms with the supplier."
a. abandon
b. negotiate
c. guess

2. "Finance will _______ a larger budget to product development."
a. allocate
b. confuse
c. delay

3. "To reduce risk, we plan to _______ our investments."
a. diversify
b. concentrate
c. ignore

4. "Operations aims to _______ the onboarding process this quarter."
a. complicate
b. stall
c. streamline

5. "We will _______ the new compliance policy company-wide."
a. forget
b. implement
c. question

6. "Our external partners will _______ the accounts next month."
a. audit
b. decorate
c. speculate

7. "Analysts must _______ demand before we increase production."
a. forecast
b. memorize
c. improvise

8. "Our teams need to _______ to meet the tight deadline."
a. compete
b. isolate
c. collaborate

9. "R&D will _______ to keep our products ahead of the market."
a. imitate
b. innovate
c. postpone

10. "All suppliers must _______ with our safety standards."
a. comply
b. gamble
c. wander