Business English 1.1

Question 1

advantage

Answer 1

a favorable or superior position

Question 2

advice

Answer 2

recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct

Question 3

authorization

Answer 3

to endorse, empower, justify, or permit by or as if by some recognized or proper authority; to invest especially with legal authority

Question 4

brand

Answer 4

a class of goods identified by name as the product of a single firm or manufacturer; a public image, reputation, or identity conceived of as something to be marketed or promoted

Question 5

capital

Answer 5

money, stock or possessions that can be used for business purposes

Question 6

commission

Answer 6

a fee paid to an agent or employee for transa

Question 7

competitor

Answer 7

one selling or buying goods or services in the same market as another; rival

Question 8

costs

Answer 8

an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy something

Question 9

customer

Answer 9

one that purchases a commodity or service

Question 10

debt

Answer 10

a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received : a state of owing

Question 11

decision

Answer 11

a determination arrived at after consideration

Question 12

deficit

Answer 12

an excess of expenditure over revenue

Question 13

department

Answer 13

a division of a large organization

Question 14

difference

Answer 14

the quality or state of being dissimilar

Question 15

disadvantage

Answer 15

loss or damage especially to reputation, credit, or finances; an unfavorable, inferior, or prejudicial condition

Question 16

discount

Answer 16

a reduction made from a regular or list price

Question 17

drop

Answer 17

let or make (something) fall vertically; a decline in quantity or quality

Question 18

employ

Answer 18

give work to (someone) and pay them for it

Question 19

employer

Answer 19

a person or company that provides a job paying wages or a salary to one or more people

Question 20

encourage

Answer 20

to give support, confidence, or hope

Question 21

enquiry (BrE); inquiry (AmE)

Answer 21

asking for information; examination into facts or principles

Question 22

equipment

Answer 22

the set of articles or physical resources serving to provide a person or thing with what is needed to perform tasks

Question 23

estimate

Answer 23

to judge tentatively or approximately the value, worth, or significance of

Question 24

experience

Answer 24

practical knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events or in a particular activity

Question 25

extend

Answer 25

to make the offer of : proffer; to prolong the time of payment of; to increase the scope, meaning, or application of