Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph.
money does not b...
Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph.
money does not buy happiness or security. 2 john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers
circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard
at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. βin the 1920s, he was rated as
one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. over 5,000 people were
on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. at the time of his
death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man, he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. his carefully
built circus empire passed into alien hands. all those years of work had turned to dust.
1. business organization
retinue
2. group
enterprise
3. without funds to pay debts
beset
alien
4. troubled or harassed
5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing
bankrupt
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