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aircraft

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n. an airplane, helicopter, etc

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announce

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vt. officially tell something to a (large) group of people

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airline

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n. the company that runs flights, e.g. China Southern. NOT the route that the plane flies

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budget airline

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n. a low-cost, low-services airline

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“a dedicated service”

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a service specially for this one purpose

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business partner

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n. person or company that you officially work with

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commitment

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n. something that you have agreed to do and cannot easily change

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contract

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n. a legal document that lists your commitments and responsibilities

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core business

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n. the main, most important services that a company provides

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decrease

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vi. become smaller (pop. of increase)

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delegate

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vt. give a task that you should do to someone (usually under your management) to do

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“a fast-growing market”

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the number of potential customers is increasing quickly

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“a solid reputation”

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a good and consistent reputation

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device

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n. small simple machine, such as a mobile phone

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distribute

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vt. give copies of something to many people

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dramatically

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adv. (of a change) large and sudden

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“be keen on”

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to like (an idea, activity)

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entrepreneur

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n. person who starts their own business

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expand

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v. make (business, market, range of services) bigger

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fleet

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n. the group of vehicles (cars, trucks, airplanes etc) that a company owns

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franchise

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n. a shop (such as KFC) where you have to buy the rights from the parent company to run it

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freelancer

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n. person who sells their services to companies rather than working for one company, such as magazine/newspaper writer, graphic designer, advertising designer

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gist

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n. ‘the gist’ is the general idea of something, without the details

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“consolidate one’s leading position”

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make your position as leading company stronger

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“go public”

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announce something publicly OR start selling your company’s shares publicly

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level off

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vi. (of change) stop increasing (or decreasing) and remain steady

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“meet sb’s needs”

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provide people with what they need

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merge

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vi. (of two companies, departments) join together and become one

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negotiate

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vi. to discuss in order to reach an agreement

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“double one’s client base”

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double one’s number of clients

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non-profit organisation

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n. NGO; organisation whose aim (unlike a business’) is not making money. Charities are an example of NGOs

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organic

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adj. (of food etc) grown without using man-made pesticide, fertiliser etc

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perfromance

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n. how well one does something

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press release

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n. official announcement to newspapers, news agencies etc from a company about something

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“give excellent returns to one’s investors”

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make a good profit for the investors

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“in this respect”

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in this way, from this point of view

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“on schedule”

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on time

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self-employed

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adj. directly selling your services to the public rather than employed by a company.

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sole trader

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n. a business owned and run entirely by one person

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partnership

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n. a business owned by at least two people

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staff

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n. all the workers of a company. CANNOT be used for one worker e.g. “a staff”

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takings

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n. the amount money earned by a business

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turnover

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n. the amount of money earned by a business OR the rate that employees leave a company

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unique

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adj. different to everything else

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workforce

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n. people who work, either for a company, in a country/area, or in a kind of business

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worldwide

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adj. global, all over the world

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international

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adj. in more than one country. NOT global

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“take delivery of”

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receive goods

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“within budget”

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not spending more money than planned

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