Market Leader Upper Intermediate 3rd Edition Unit 6 Risk p53

credit crunch

(informal) a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the availability of credit from banks and other lenders, and interest rates are high

actuary

a statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums

imminent

about to occur; impending

substantial

considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent

tremendous

extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous

negligible

not significant or important enough to be worth considering

remote

slight or faint; unlikely

minuscule

very small; tiny