Example
“Our due diligence found the churn numbers were misreported.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
pay your dues
CEFR C1to endure hard, unglamorous work early on as the price of later success
burn rate
CEFR B2the speed at which a company spends its cash reserves, usually measured per month
runway
CEFR B2the amount of time a company can keep operating before its money runs out
bridge round
CEFR C1short-term financing that keeps a company afloat until a larger funding round closes
default alive
CEFR C1describing a startup whose normal growth will make it profitable without needing more funding
down round
CEFR C1a funding round in which a company raises money at a lower valuation than the previous round
Source methodology
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