1. One of the first things to do when you want to ________ a new product is to ascertain its potential demand.

2. The success of our website is due to the fact that customers can ________ different prices for the same article.

3. She always seems to come out of any crisis unharmed and I'm convinced she was born under a lucky ________ .

4. You don't have to pay for it all at once as you can buy it in ________ stages.

5. This proposal was soon discarded because we might find difficulty with the local ________ .

6. After a lot of discussion we decided to hire a professional to ________ us.

7. He just couldn't make up his mind which to choose and so in the end he decided to take ________ luck.

8. The main business interest at the moment is to watch the supermarkets ________ for the same clientele.

9. After a great deal of discussion a ________ was eventually found, which seemed to be what was wanted.

10. Our sales meetings were reduced to once a fortnight because the weekly meetings were not considered to be ________ enough.