Vocabulary Building (Entry 4)

WORD	MEANING	SENTENCES
Purchasing	A business or organization attempting to acquire goods or services to accomplish the goals of its enterprise.	Most organizations use a three-way check as the foundation of their purchasing programs.
Approval	Formal permission.	They are referring specifically to budgetary approval.
Submit	To start or urge with deference, suggest or propose.	They kept the brooch for a year and a half, hoping someone would submit a claim.
Previous	Existing or occurring before in time or order.	She looked tired after her exertions of the previous evening.
Distribute	To disperse through a space or over an area, spread, scatter.	We have no plans to further distribute this particular program.
Adjournment	An act or period of adjourning or being adjourned to (to end something for a period of time).	The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
Agenda	A list or outline of things to be considered or done.	The committee sets the agenda for the several years of research.
National	Or or relating to a nation; common to or characteristic of a whole nation.	His test score was higher than the national average.
Regular	Happening over and over again at the same time or in the same way; occurring everyday, week, months, etc.	We made regular use of the swimming pool.
Unanimously	Having the agreement and consent of all.	The judges made a unanimous decision.
Minutes	A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.	We waited for twenty minutes.
Project	A proposed or planned undertaking.	The novel undermines its own stated project of telling a story.
Order	A state in which everything is in its correct or appropriate place.	She tried to put her shattered thoughts into some semblance of order.
Upgrading	Raise (something) to a higher standard, in particular improve (equipment or machinery) by adding or replacing components.	The cost of upgrading each workstation is around RM 500.