standards, rules, regulations - fall, decrease, fail, ruin⏎
vendee - buyer, property purchaser⏎
scale - range, spectrum, measure, gauge⏎
slump - decline, decrease, deteriorate, sudden fall⏎
scrutinise - scan, look at or examine closely, scrutinize⏎
tangible - touchable, existing, clearly seen⏎
vanilla - ordinary, not special⏎
white elephant - bane, useless (big, expensive) thing⏎
scrap - cancel, annul, piece, stop using⏎
retail - sell⏎