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Business English Vocab

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  • Answer 44 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All the people in a particular country who are of the right age to work or all the people who work for a particular company






2. The amount by which the money going out of a country to pay for imports is more than the amount coming in from exports






3. A formal - written agreeement between two or more people or groups which says what each must do for the other - or must to do






4. To show or make a new product available for sale for the first time






5. An amount paid by a borrower to a lender - for example to a bank by someone borrowing money for a loan or by a bank to a depositor (=someone keeping moeny in an account there)






6. An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place






7. A company that is at least half-owned by another company






8. Describes someone who is kind and gives emotional support to others - fond - warm - love






9. Involving or having a lot of complicated and unnecessary official rules - official - functionary - officialdom






10. Money borrowed from a bank financial institution - person - etc on which interest is usually paid to the lender until it is repaid - adopt - get - have - take






11. Always changing and developing: active - can-do






12. A part of the profits of a company for a particular period of time that is paid to shareholders for each share that they own






13. The percentage charged for borrowing money or a percentage you receive when you put money in a bank - make an investment - etc






14. Not involving or taking unnecessary risks - cautious - button-down - right - adult - grownup






15. When someone is judged to be unable to pay their debts by a court of law - and their assets are shared a mong the people and businesses that they owe money to






16. Statement saying what is likely to happen in the future - based on information that is available now - figure - predict - call - judge - point - promise - signal






17. A period of time when an economy or industry is doing badly - and business activity and employment decrease






18. A person or company whose job is to give people independent advice about what insurance is available from different companies - and to arrange insurance for them






19. A warehouse and the business based there - that stores a manufacturer's goods temporarily - before they are transported to stores or customers for sale






20. To remove authority in a system - company - country - etc. from local places to one central place so that the whole system - etc. is under central control - alter - change - modify






21. happening or produced once every three months






22. Someone who owns shares in a company






23. The beliefs and ideas that a company has and the way in which they affect how it does business and how its employees behave






24. Employ another company to do one's work






25. Something which is used to encourage people to do something - especially to make them work harder - produce more or spend more money - motive - need - act - condition - status






26. Money that a business or organisation receives over a period of time - especially from selling goods or services - gross - income






27. Money that you earn from your job or that you receive from invesments






28. To move the control of an organization or government from a single place to several smaller ones - alter - change - modify






29. Without human warmth and interest - neutral - objective






30. A company that owns at least half the shares in the other company - and has control over it






31. An occasion when two or more companies - organisations - etc join together to form a larger company - etc






32. Give money to pay for a television programme - a sports or arts event - training - etc in exchange for advertising or to get public attention - helper






33. The system or type of money used in a particular country






34. A small amount of a product that people can use or look at in order to find out what it is like






35. Relating to a company - usually a large one - or business in general






36. Arranged in a hierarchy - gradable - graded - ranked - stratified - vertical






37. The head office or main building of an organization






38. In order to try and solve this problem - work






39. The difference between the price of a product or service and the cost of producing it - rank - pure - fat - earn - gain - make






40. The reduction of prodution costs that is a result of making and selling goods in large quantities - for example - the ability to buy larger amounts of materials at reduced prices






41. Increase or improve after falling in value or getting worse






42. Developing or happening gradually - reformist - forward - industrial - active - advanced - advancing - degressive - graduated - increasing - innovative - liberal - modern - modernised - modernized - imperfect - liberalist - adult - grownup - tense






43. The department in an organisation that deals with employing - training and helping employees






44. A flexible person or company can work in different ways - at different times - or in different places when it is necessary - flexile - elastic - pliable - pliant - whippy - limber - supple