Business Lingo Flashcards
An unskilled employee who is assigned to the most unpleasant and uniteresting tasks
dogsbody
A person compelled to working for a set amount to make ends meet
salary/wage slave
A person whose job is to solve problems within a company
Trouble shooter
An office worker as opposed to a manual worker
blackcoater
An insulting name for a member of proletariat
Prole
A rich and distinguished businessman
Nabob
A manager who has an immediate contact with workers
Front-liner
A serious, professional person meaning business
Suit
An accountant or other numerate specialist employed by a company
Number cruncher
A recently appointed manager whose job is to reduce staff or expenditure
Hatchet man
A businessman who manipulates people and situations to achieve great profits
Big-time operator
Big-time = great
To cheat
To have sbs big-time
A person who looks for cheap deals
Bargain hunter
A person in the board of directors who represents sb elses interest
(Manekin, kukla, figurant)
Dummy
An inexperienced person esp. an investor
Lamb
A person who buys goods cheaply and sells them at normal prices esp. in the street or on the market
Cheap jack
The person in charge usually an owner or with owner-like manner
gaffer
A clever but dishonest business executive
slicker
A very important person in business dealing especially with money, in charge of many business affairs
Ganze macher
A computer technologist in the financial institutions
Quant
An important business executive
bigwig
The most important person in a company
Kingpin
A person who tends to be deceived in business
Fall guy
A manager
Top dog
