Vocabulary and Business Lesson: Understanding Business Terms and Phrases, Apuntes de Administración de Negocios

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Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 Vocabulary: (hour) onwards (Your) view are keenly sought A (nationality) business person A newspaper is a source of news Account Accountant Additional services Amusement Analysis Annual report Anywhere Appointment Appraisal programme Arrangement definite As a rule Assembly Asset Assets Assets and habilities Attitude Authority Available Balance Bank charge Bar chart Barcode Bargain Beside Board Boat Bootmaker Brand / own brand Business card Business partner Car park Car phone Clauses of purpose Closely knit team Colleague - person who works with you or in the same field Comment Company policy Competitive edge Competitive market Competitor Consignment Consumer Contract 1 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 Credit card Cup Customised Check-in attendant Checkout counter Check-out time Dangerous Dealership = showroom Delivery Desk --- table where sits someone to inform Detail Difficulty Electrical appliances Elsewhere Enviromentally Essential Estrange Explanation Fabric Fair deal Fashion Ferry Filing cabinet First name First-class Foreign business trip / Travel on business Founder Franchise Free customer helpline Free of charge Furthermore Glass Good value for money = good quality for the price Greeting Guarantee Heading Headline High / height Household Household name Income Industrial state Industry Instead of Insurance policy Itinerary I've got my car with me Key dates in the company history Key development in the company history Late night openings 2 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 (Number) out of every (number) = (number) in (number) (product) dealer = (product) salesman/saleswoman = seller = supplier = provider A great deal = a lot A litte = a bit Ad = advert = advertise = advertisement = commercial Advantages to buying = to buy = of buying Advice = tip Aim = an objective = a target = a goal Almost = nearly All over the world = throughout the world = around the world Amazingly = incredibly An agent = a representative = a sales rep = salespeople Applicant = candidate --- someone who is applying for a job Approach = behaviour Area = place Asset = skill = ability Award = prize Awareness = knowledge Benefit = advantage Best known = most famous Bill +/- invoice Brand = make --- own brand Brandstretching = diversified Briefing notes = a report = papers Busy = occupied = engaged By phone = over the phone Call = telephoning Can I borrow? = Can you lend me? Canned = tinned Car mechanic = garage Cash = money Checkout = till Closing date = deadline Code of practise = set or rules --- so the customer knows what to expect from the company recording complaints, exchanges, … Company = business = firm Company history = background Company literature = information about the company Content = happy = satisfied Convenient = suitable Cost = expense Crowded = busy Customer = client Customer care = customer service --- how companies take care of their customers. Customer loyalty = repeat business = buy again and again at the same store Discussion = debate = conversation Due to = because of Enormous = huge 5 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 Enough = sufficient Excellent = outstanding Expensive = dearer Facilities = amenities = installations where the firm is ubicated. Factory = plant Fashionable = out-of-date Fault = defect Faulty = defective Feature = characteristic Few = some Film = movie Food hamper = basket For example = e.g.= such as= for instance = like Foreign = overseas = abroad Forward-looking = looking to the future Founder = person who started the company Further = more Good = product = item = thing Happy = satisfied Hard = difficult He is asleep = he sleeps Headoffice = headquarters (ésta última siempre en plural) Holding company = parent company However = nevertheless Ill = sick I'll connect you = I'll put you through Impolite = rude = discourteous In order to = to Income = profit = salary Industry = area = field = sector Known - well-known - best-known - famous Lifelong guarantee = extended guarantee Locally = around here = near here Main = principle May = might Morning shift / afternoon shift / night shift Nowadays = currently = at the moment Office supplies = stationery On the edge of a town or city = on the outskirts Ought = should Outlet = point-of sale Outlook = forecast Over = more than Polite = courteous Post = job Present = current Present = gift Programme = scheme Quick = fast Rather than = instead of 6 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 Reasonable prices = not very expensive Regretabbly = unfortunately Right answer = correct answer Running = managing Secretary = administrative assistant = clerk Service --- no-manufactured product Several = many = a lot of Special offers = sales Staff: personnel = employee = worker Sum = amount = quantitiy Survey = questionnaire Temporary solutions = quick fixes That is = that means = i.e. Throwaway = disposable Timetable = schedule Total sales = turn over Tour guide = courier Train station = railway station Troubleshooting = Finding solutions = Identifying problems and trying to solve them Trust = charity Unhappy = dissatisfied Uninterested = not enthusiastic Unreliable = doesn't work Wage = salary Warm = hot Way = manner Well financially = making a profit Whether = if Wide = full = broad (range) = a wide variety of goods = wide choice Antonyms: A salesman --- a saleswoman A single --- a return (ida y vuelta no existe se supone que si vas vuelves) Abbreviation --- acronym Advantage --- disadvantage / drawback Capital letter --- small letter Competing --- co-operating Co-operative --- uncooperative Courteous --- discourteous Crisps --- chips Disposable --- permanent Enormous / huge --- tiny Everyday --- exceptional Friendly --- unfriendly Healthy --- weak Helpful --- unhelpful Holding company / parent company --- subsidiary Host --- guest 7 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 To leave = to finish To let (you) know = to inform (you) To like --- to dislike To make up = to consist of To mean --- to stand for To meet the needs To merge with = to join ... and formed "X" To modify To negotiate To obtain a X% share in "X" To operate / operation To order (a product) To paint = to decorate To participate / to take part --- a participation To patent To place an order To plan (an itinerary) To plan effectively To pose as To produce --- to provide To prove To purchase = to buy = to shop To put into practice = to implement = to carry out To put on --- to take off To put pressure To put the matter right To queue = to line --- people who wait for something. To realise To recommend - a recommendation To reduce costs --- to improve profits To refuse = to reject To register To renew To renovate To repair = to mend = to fix To request To roll(ed) off the line = to be manufacture(d) To run = to organize (a seminar) To run out To sell --- sale To set a goal = a target = an aim = an objective --- To achieve a goal ... --- To exceed a goal ... To set up = to form = to establish = founded To shake hands --- embrace To share To shop by the internet = to shop on the internet = to buy on the internet = e- commerce To shop from home To shrink / shrank / shrunk To spill - spilled / spilt 10 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 To store To stretch a brand = to diversify To suffer from jet lag To support (by) To switch = to change To take = to last To take back = to bring back = to return To take it for granted To take over = to acquire To take seriously To take the blame / Don't blame me To talk = to discuss = to speak To think ahead to prevent problems To throw = to have (a party) To tour dealers = to visit dealerships = to visit a subsidiary To travel by To try on To try out the product To upgrade To waste time and money To weigh / weight To work = to use To work for (name of the company) To work under pressure To wrap Companies activities / Sectors: In which sector / area / field does the company operate? The company operates in ... Advertisement sales Agriculture An international news service agency / a provider of news Broadcasting Cosmetics industry Delivery company = courier company = international carrier Editorial marketing Electronics industry Equality Fashion industry Fast-food company Financial service company Food retailing Information technology - “IT” Insurance Manufacturing (Car manufacture, …) / manufacturer Media Music company = record company Music industry 11 Lesson 1+2+3+4+5+6 Music retail sector Pharmaceutical company = drug company Product development Production costs Publishing Radio station Real estate Selective retailing Soft drinks --- spirits (alcohols) Sports wear --- casual wear Telecommunications Travel TV production Wines & spirits Nationalities: America - American Asia - Asian Australia - Australian Bahrain - Bahraini Belgium - Belgian Brazil - Brazilian Britain - British Canada - Canadien China - chinese Denmark - Danish Europe - European Finland - Finnish France - French Germany - German Greece - Greek Hungary - Hungarian Ireland - Irish Italy - Italian Japan - japanese Kuwatit - Kuwaiti Malta - Maltese Mexico - Mexican Nigeria - Nigerian Oman - Omani Pakistan - Pakistani Poland - Polish Portugal - portuguese Russia - Russian Saudi Arabia - Saudi Singapore - Singaporean South Africa - South African Spain - Spanish Sweden - Swedish 12