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Business English Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Without human warmth and interest - neutral - objective






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Someone who owns shares in a company






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Employ another company to do one's work






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. The head office or main building of an organization






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. happening or produced once every three months






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