Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

advanced vocab > the business world > Flashcards

the business world Flashcards

1
Q

to face the axe

A

to get fired: all staff have been warned that they face the axe should productivity not improve, and that no one is exempt from having to up their perfomance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

float on the stock exchange

A

to sell shares on a stock market in order to finance a new company: rumours abound that he is about to float on the stock exchange

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

companies merge

A

to join together: there’s talk of the two companies merging and it is believed that they would benefit significantly from synergy were this to happen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

embark on

A

a hostile takeover bid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

completely

by a great amount

A

well and truly

by far and away

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

facilitate

A

an easy transition

the current structure does not facilitate efficient work flow/to facilitate learning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

issue an unexpected profit warning

A

to warn shareholders that profits are going to be low

to engage in panic-selling as a consequence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

to end a business

A

to wind up

operate as a going concern

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

to run a business successfully

A

run a tight ship

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

alliance

A

to form/forge an alliance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

be at loggerheads

A

to disagree over smth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

motion

A

a formal suggestion made and voted on at a meeting (at a committee)
introduce/make/propose/put forward a motion (to), pass/approve/ carry a motion, defeat/reject a motion, vote for/in favour of/against a motion
put forward a motion of no confidence in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

to strip the assets

A

to sell the assets of a company

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

to audit the books/accounts

A

to conduct an official financial inspection of a company’s books
to conduct/undertake an audit (undertake an audit of staff performance/be subject to audit and inspection)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

to falsify data and figures in a dishonest way

A

to fiddle the accounts/books

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

to plan how much money you’ll spend on smth

A

budget
draw up a budget/within a budget/to remain within your budget/budgeted(for)/on a budget/cuts in the budget/cut/reduce/increase a budget
to budget for an additional expenditure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

provide a company with money by seeking investors

A

recapitalise a firm

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

cost

A

cut/reduce costs, at great personal cost, to smn’ cost, at the cost of, at cost, at any cost, estimated costs, cover the cost of , considerable/enormous cost, cost in time and effort, at a cost to, to introduce cost-cutting measures

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

warn smn

A

put smn on notice (that)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

overrun

A

an overrun of, face budget overruns, spending overruns considerably, overrun by(minutes), overrun your budget

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

reduction in the estimated value of an asset and other way around

A

write-down
to write down a company’s value
write-up
Companies should allocate a specific value to intangible assets rather than just being able to write them up as goodwill.
a significant write-up of assets( also: to write smth up- to complete writing or recording smth using your notes: to write up a report /write up your notes/ article in a magazine : to get a good write-up in a newspaper)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

to have no profit or loss

A

break even

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

to call a meeting

A

to convene a meeting , also to convene a conference/committee
a council convenes (assemble)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

an examination of smn’s credit history by a financial organization

A

credit check
to conduct/run/do a credit check on smn
ex. legally, employers must have written permission from applicants to do a credit check

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

a sudden sharp reduction in the availability of money, recession

A

credit crunch

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

when economic activity does down, increases, and then goes down again
known as negative growth

A

double-dip recession

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

a small business run from home

A

cottage industry

to grow your business from being a cottage industry to become an international power house

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

to succeed in a company

A

to climb/move up a corporate ladder, reach the top of the corporate ladder

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

amount of money moving in and out of business

A

cash flow

strong/weak/healthy cash flow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

a high-yield, high-risk bond

A

junk bond

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

the people in a factory who make the products

A

factory floor - staff on the production line

word on the factory floor is

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

to compete in a ruthless and often unfair way

A

cut-throat business

when you doble-cross smn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

a plan of how smn will end smth such as a business deal

A

exit strategy

to develop/have an exit strategy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

false bottom

A

when a stock briefly rallies and then plummets to new lows

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

an association of several business companies that have joined together to work on a project

A

consortium
to form/join a consortium
a consortium of investors launching a takeover bid
to consort - to associate with smn usually with the disapproval of others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

a large corporation formed by the mergin of separate and diverse firms

A

conglomerate
a huge/financial conglomerate
from conglomeration- a large group of different things gathered together : a conglomeration of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

a group of representatives and envoys

A

delegate> delegation
also: to give a job or duty to smn: to delegate responsibilities to your staff/ authority to make decisions has been delegated to a special committee

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

to ask for money/help/information, etc

A

solicit
to solicit donations for a charity, to solicit smth from smn, to solicit smn’s views/opinions

unsolicited(bid/call)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

to discover

A

ascertain

to ascertain whether, to ascertain the cause of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular trade

A

market penetration
to enhance/gain/increase market penetration, high/small/significant market penetration
the level of market penetration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

make progress

A 
make inroads(in/into)
make steady inroads
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

orientation

A

aim, direction
political/sexual orientation, to adopt an eco-friendly orientation, orientation to/towards
the orientation of a product appears to be towards
to arrange an orientation session

43
Q

to mitigate

A

mitigating factors/circumstances

to mitigate damage/risk, mitigate the effects/impact of

44
Q

to have influence on smth

A

be at play

ex. many issues are at play here

45
Q

the activity of making loans with very high interest rates

A

predatory lending

to be accused of predatory lending

46
Q

an official who deals with the complaints made by the public against the government

A

ombudsman

a financial ombudsman

47
Q

synonyms for praiseworthy

A

meritorious(laudable, exemplary)

an award for meritorious service/conduct

48
Q

a social system or organization in which people get success because of their abilities

A

meritocracy

49
Q

when a government helps a part of its country’s industry by taxing goods from other countries

A

protectionism

50
Q

based on or relating to a set of beliefs

A

ideological- ideological differences/profound ideological disagreements

51
Q

intended as punishment

A

punitive

punitive measures against smn, to be awarded punitive damages

52
Q

using your influence to help your family members

A

nepotism, nepotistic, nepotist

53
Q

a previous action that can be used as a reason for doing/allowing smth else

A

precedent

set a precedent for, serve as a precedent, without precedent, establish/create a precedent

54
Q

acceptance of defeat

A

capitulation
a capitulation to (demands)
immediate capitulation by those in authority

55
Q

when employees stop working suddenly because they are dissatisfied with their employer or job

A

to call a lightning strike

56
Q

done without consulting others first

A

done UNILATERALLY

the decision was made unilaterally

57
Q

ability to succeed

A

viability

viability of the proposal/threaten the viability of businesses

58
Q

bankrupt

A

insolvent

59
Q

when a bankrupt company is under the control of a person who was appointed by court to handle the financial affairs of the company

A

receivership

go into receivership, put/place in receivership

60
Q

the act of officially asking for smth

A

requisition
make/place a requisition for a meeting/staff/accommodation, requisition of cultural treasures, to issue a requisition order for,

61
Q

to take back smth such as a property when a buyer defaults on payment

A

repossess

to repossess a home

62
Q

the amount by which the price of smth is increased before it’s sold

A

mark-up- a mark-up of 50 dollars
to mark up the price
a considerable mark-up on the price of smth

63
Q

the amount by which one thing is more or less than another

A

margin
by a margin of, a narrow/small/wide margin, (within the margin of error)a margin of error, allow a margin of error of, subject to a wide margin of error, on the margins of society
a profit margin:improved margin, to increase margins
the profit of margin is not high enough

64
Q

to supply or produce smth

A

yield
to yield increased profits, to yield surprising/unexpected results, to yield energy, crop yields, high/low yield, yield cash returns

65
Q

inadequacy in the law or a set of rules

A

loopholes
tax loopholes, to find loopholes, to close a loophole, to exploit/take advantage of a loophole, a loophole in the regulations

66
Q

very small

A

nominal
to charge/pay nominal fees, a nominal amount, nominal interest rates
also: in name only - the nominal head of the company

67
Q

a portion of money

A

tranche

a tranche of the loan, a large tranche of money

68
Q

a particular way of doing smth

A

modus operandi

a company’s official modus operandi

69
Q

racket

A

badminton, squash racket
an illegal activity that makes money- a front to mask a money-laundering racket
a loud and discordant noise - make a racket

70
Q

a business that provides goods/services

A

a local purveyor of smth

a food/tea purveyor

71
Q

a detailed list of things

A

inventory

a complete/extensive/detailed inventory, do/make/take an inventory

72
Q

to refuse to buy a product as a way of expressing disapproval

A

boycott
to join/support a boycott, call for/demand a boycott, a boycott of/ against smth
the boycott of goods from

73
Q

an official order or commission to do smth

A

mandate-edict
also- authority given to smn
call an election to seek a mandate for your policies, to give a mandate to

74
Q

compensate smn if they suffer damage

A

indemnify

to indemnify the business against losses, to indemnify sb for smth

75
Q

an important and powerful person

A

mogul

movie/media/industry mogul

76
Q

payment for work or services

A

remuneration
to receive adequate remuneration for your work
a lucrative remuneration package

77
Q

the rate of smn’s progress

A

learning curve

steep/sharp learning curve

78
Q

requiring a lot of workers or a lot of effort

A

labor-intensive task/process

79
Q

to silence smn

A

offer hush money

80
Q

invest money without doing anything else (not doing any work)

A

invest as a sleeping partner

81
Q

charge

A

face criminal charges, be arrested on the charge of misappropriating money, bring a charge of theft against smn, drop the charges, a trumped-up charge/
put/leave smn in charge of smth, take/have charge of, be charged with doing smth/
free of charge, to charge a small/nominal fee, how much do you charge for this, admission charge/
the battery is charging, to run out of charge/
charge around, charge up the staircase/
be charged-up-excited

82
Q

people who go into a shop because they see it while walking by

A

passing trade
strong passing trade
the window display is important for drawing in passing trade

83
Q

it’s a good thing

A

it’s just as well

84
Q

a gas station

A

a service station

there is not enough local business to sustain a service station

85
Q

saved money

A

nest egg
to build up a considerable nest egg by the retirement
a retirement nest egg

86
Q

a UK tax you pay when you buy property

A

stamp duty

to be exempt from paying stamp duty on the house as the value didn’t exceed the threshold of

87
Q

illegal buying and selling of company’s shares by those in power

A

insider trading
to engage in insider trading
strongly refute the charges of insider trading

88
Q

official order not to discuss a legal case

A 
a gagging(gag) order
to issue a gaggingorder
89
Q

when a person owns most of the company’s shares

A

majority interest

to secure/hold/acquire a majority interest in

90
Q

a large payment to smn when they retire

A

to be given a gold handshake

91
Q

tax when you are bequeathed smn

A

to be liable for inheritance taxif you stand to gain

92
Q

when we talk about an approximate amount of money

A

to the tune of, to be in debt to the tune of

93
Q

immaterial values like good reputation

A

intangible asset

charitable endeavours are are importantto us in terms of goodwill

94
Q

financial statement that shows a company’s assets and debts

A

balance sheet

healthy/strong balance sheet

95
Q

synonyms for mogul

A

tycoon, magnate

business/media tycoon

96
Q

money you receive unexpectedly

A 
windfall, bonanza 
get/have/receive a windfall
cash windfall
windfall gains/profit
a bonanza year/month for, enjoy a bonanza
97
Q

time off from work or study

A

sabbatical-take a leave of absence

on sabbatical/take a sabbatical

98
Q

person who donates smth, esp money

A

a generous benefactor

an anonymous donor , a gift from a donor

99
Q

money spent on smth

A

outlay
involve little financial outlay, outlay on/for smth, require an initial outlay of, total outlay on the health sector is budgeted at
expenditure
increase/reduce/keep down expenditure on smth, cut expenditure, annual expenditure on, expenditure of effort on

100
Q

working class

A

blue-collar workers/jobs

101
Q

self-employed

A

sole trader

run business as a sole trader

102
Q

a fixed sum of money paid to smn each year

A 
annuity
receive a small annuity
pension
to receive generous/comfortable pension, offer a pension scheme/plan, a state/personal pension
draw a pension
103
Q

unemployment benefit

A

dole

draw the dole, on the dole, go on the dole

advanced vocab (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions