HP agrees to pay USD14.5m settlement fee

closure Hide phonetics
noun
1 [C] when a business, organization, etc. stops operating:
factory/branch closures
The unions fought hard against the government's programme of pit closures.

2 [U] the feeling or act of bringing an unpleasant situation, time or experience to an end, so that you are able to start new activities:
a sense of closure
to achieve/reach closure
lễ bế mạc

craving Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a strong or uncontrollable desire:
I have a craving for chocolate.
sự thèm muốn

executive Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 (INFORMAL exec) someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them into action:
She is now a senior executive having worked her way up through the company.

2 the executive the part of a government that is responsible for making certain that laws and decisions are put into action

3 a group of people who run a business or an organization:
The executive of the health workers' union accepted the proposed pay increase on behalf of their members.
hành chính

attorney Hide phonetics
noun [C]
US FOR lawyer:
a defense attorney
an attorney for the plaintiff
a civil/criminal attorney
ngừoi đai dien trc tòa

shirk Hide phonetics
verb [I or T] DISAPPROVING
to avoid work, duties or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant:
If you shirk your responsibilities/duties now, the situation will just be that much harder to deal with next month.
I shall not shirk from my obligations.
trón viec

allege Hide phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof:
[+ (that)] The two men allege (that) the police forced them to make false confessions.
[+ to infinitive] Mr Smythe is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drugs ring.
[+ that] It was alleged that Johnson had struck Mr Rahim on the head.
cho là

reimburse Hide phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to pay back money to someone who has spent it for you or lost it because of you:
The airline reimbursed me for the amount they had overcharged me.
She was reimbursed by the gas company for the damage to her house.
hoàn lai