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Business English Vocab
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Subjects
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business-skills
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 44 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To move the control of an organization or government from a single place to several smaller ones - alter - change - modify
decentralize
launch
progressive
bureaucratic
2. Money that a business or organisation receives over a period of time - especially from selling goods or services - gross - income
conservative
revenue
income
headquarters
3. The amount by which the money going out of a country to pay for imports is more than the amount coming in from exports
trade deficit
human resources
subsidiary
appointment
4. Not involving or taking unnecessary risks - cautious - button-down - right - adult - grownup
economies of scale
conservative
merger
income
5. The head office or main building of an organization
recession
headquarters
currency
bureaucratic
6. 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
sponsor
insurance broker
parent company
income
7. The percentage charged for borrowing money or a percentage you receive when you put money in a bank - make an investment - etc
forecast
interest rate
centralize
trade deficit
8. A formal - written agreeement between two or more people or groups which says what each must do for the other - or must to do
insurance broker
hierarchical
sample
contract
9. Increase or improve after falling in value or getting worse
labor force
contract
insurance broker
rocket
10. 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
flexible
borrow
corporate
sponsor
11. 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
corporate
labor force
borrow
impersonal
12. The beliefs and ideas that a company has and the way in which they affect how it does business and how its employees behave
corporate culture
corporate
economies of scale
share holders
13. 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)
solve
interest
interest rate
contract
14. A period of time when an economy or industry is doing badly - and business activity and employment decrease
recession
subsidiary
currency
headquarters
15. 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
economies of scale
revenue
contract
headquarters
16. Arranged in a hierarchy - gradable - graded - ranked - stratified - vertical
hierarchical
economies of scale
motivation
conservative
17. A company that is at least half-owned by another company
share holders
hierarchical
distribution center
subsidiary
18. Without human warmth and interest - neutral - objective
conservative
interest
income
impersonal
19. 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
contract
appointment
dividend
centralize
20. Someone who owns shares in a company
share holders
subsidiary
borrow
parent company
21. To show or make a new product available for sale for the first time
interest rate
labor force
quarterly
launch
22. Relating to a company - usually a large one - or business in general
labor force
corporate
parent company
insurance broker
23. A company that owns at least half the shares in the other company - and has control over it
corporate culture
parent company
solve
gross
24. A small amount of a product that people can use or look at in order to find out what it is like
sample
bankruptcy
parent company
flexible
25. 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
human resources
hierarchical
quarterly
centralize
26. 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
motivation
launch
corporate culture
sponsor
27. Developing or happening gradually - reformist - forward - industrial - active - advanced - advancing - degressive - graduated - increasing - innovative - liberal - modern - modernised - modernized - imperfect - liberalist - adult - grownup - tense
conservative
merger
progressive
motivation
28. happening or produced once every three months
gross
caring
share holders
quarterly
29. A warehouse and the business based there - that stores a manufacturer's goods temporarily - before they are transported to stores or customers for sale
motivation
trade deficit
impersonal
distribution center
30. An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place
appointment
dynamic
gross
economies of scale
31. The department in an organisation that deals with employing - training and helping employees
economies of scale
sample
solve
human resources
32. Employ another company to do one's work
outsource
launch
motivation
distribution center
33. 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
labor force
gross
interest
hierarchical
34. Statement saying what is likely to happen in the future - based on information that is available now - figure - predict - call - judge - point - promise - signal
recession
solve
forecast
distribution center
35. Money that you earn from your job or that you receive from invesments
borrow
currency
income
progressive
36. 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
merger
parent company
insurance broker
motivation
37. The system or type of money used in a particular country
interest
trade deficit
currency
quarterly
38. 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
centralize
insurance broker
bankruptcy
trade deficit
39. Always changing and developing: active - can-do
hierarchical
dynamic
caring
appointment
40. Involving or having a lot of complicated and unnecessary official rules - official - functionary - officialdom
solve
dividend
bureaucratic
interest
41. An occasion when two or more companies - organisations - etc join together to form a larger company - etc
merger
flexible
recession
progressive
42. The difference between the price of a product or service and the cost of producing it - rank - pure - fat - earn - gain - make
bankruptcy
gross
decentralize
corporate
43. Describes someone who is kind and gives emotional support to others - fond - warm - love
caring
corporate culture
launch
rocket
44. In order to try and solve this problem - work
share holders
solve
bureaucratic
bankruptcy