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anitax

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Polish
Dear all,

how to understand the following sentence:

Strong investment performance should underpin strong growth in the businesses.

Thanks
A.
If enough people invest (heavily) in the businesses then they will grow very vigorously.

--or if it is a business which invests in other businesses, then --

if it invests heavily in other companies it will encourage them to grow vigorously.
anitax said:
Dear all,

how to understand the following sentence:

Strong investment performance should underpin strong growth in the businesses.

Thanks
A.

Another way to explain it:

underpin = serve as a foundation for
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