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Unit 17. Talking Business Flashcards

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  • A planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim. (Campaña)
  • A group of connected actions or movements that are part of a war.
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Campaign

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(UK) Having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you.

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Redundant

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A market, usually taking place outside, where old or used goods are sold cheaply. (Rastro, mercadillo)

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Flea market

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  • The act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors. (Hospitalidad)
  • The food, drink, etc. than an organisation provides in order to keep its guests or business partners happy.
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Hospitality

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A person who does unskilled physical work, especially outside. (Obrero, peon)

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Labourer (UK) / Laborer (US)

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Not taking or not seeming to take much interest. (Despreocupado)

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Casual

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  • To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone. (Apoyar, aprobar)
  • To appear in an advertisement, saying that you use and like a particular product. (Promocionar)
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Endorse

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A period of time in a football game in which play continues if neither team has won in the usual time allowed for the game. (Prórroga)

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Extra time (UK) / Overtime (US)

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(Phrasal verb) (Informal) To give someone the money that you owe them, especially when you do not want to.

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Pay up

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  • Any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education.
  • The people who do a type of work, considered as a group.
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Profession

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(UK) To officially record on a driving licence that the driver has been found guilty of driving in an illegal way.

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Endorse

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(Expression) To buy something because you think it will be useful, even if you think it is expensive. (Invertir en)

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Invest in something

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A path through the countryside, often made or used for a particular purpose. (Senda)

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Trail

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(Salario seminal)

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Wage

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(Two words) (US) Someone who is employed to welcome hotel guests when they arrive. (Recepcionista de hotel)

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Desk clerk

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  • The fact of a business, organization, etc. stopping operating. (Cierre, clausura)
  • The feeling or act of bringing an unpleasant situation, time, or experience to an end, so that you are able to start new activities. (Fin, conclusion)
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Closure

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A building or room where people perform their jobs, or these places generally.

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Workplace

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The act of taking control of a company by buying enough of its shares to do this. (Adquisición, absorción)

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Takeover

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The group of people who work in a company, industry, country, etc. (Mano de obra)

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Workforce

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A part of something that has been divided between several people, which belongs to, is owed to, or has to be done by a particular person. (Parte)

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Share

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(Expression) (Informal) To divide the cost of something with someone.

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Go halves/shares

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(Expression) The amount of money, goods, etc. available.

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The slice/share of the cake

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(Formal) The quality of regularly working hard. (Laboriosidad, aplicación)

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Industry

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An arrangement in which two people share the work and pay of a single full-time job. (Empleo compartido)

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Job-share (Noun and verb)

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(Two words) A series of documents that show a record of your activities.

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Paper trail

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To put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage. (Invertir)

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Invest

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(Ocupación)

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Occupation

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(Monótono)

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Monotonous

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(Two words) An official whose duties are connected with church.

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Parish clerk

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A small area of trade within the company, often involving specialized products.

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Niche

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  • If a liquid _, it moves slowly through a substance with very small holes in it. (Filtrarse)
  • To make coffee using a machine in which hot water passes through crushed coffee beans into a container below. (Hacer café a filtro)
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Percolate

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Not regular or fixed. (Temporal, esporádico)

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Casual

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Not serious or considered, or done by chance. (Casual, fortuito)

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Casual

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(Expression) To work for someone, especially secretly.

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Be in the pay of somebody

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(Expression) Interested in buying something.

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In the market for something

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(especially of a word, phrase, etc) unnecessary because it is more than is needed.

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Redundant

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(Funcionario)

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Official

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  • (Informal) An advantage or extra thing, such as money or goods, which you are given because of your job.
  • An advantage.
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Perk

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To sell goods to the public in shops, on the Internet, etc. (Vender al por menor)

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Retail

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  • To (allow something to) move slowly along the ground or through the air or water, after someone or something. (Arrastrar)
  • To move slowly and without energy or enthusiasm. (Arrastrarse)
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Trail

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(Expression) To give authority or power to someone.

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Invest somebody with something

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(Phrasal verb) (Informal) To improve or become more exciting.

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Perk up

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A system in which groups of employers work for different agreed periods during the day or night.

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Shiftwork / Shift work

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(Expression) (Literary) To make someone or something seem to have a particular characteristic. (Revestir com algo)

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Invest somebody/something with something

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(Expression) Used when describing someone’s character, job, etc.

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By nature, profession, trade, etc.

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  • A person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties. (Oficial)
  • (US) Someone who sells things in a shop.
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Clerk /klɑːk/ (UK) /klɝːk/ (US)

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(Expression) To try to get control of something.

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Make a takeover bid for something

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(Time spent working) after the usual time needed or expected in a job. (Horas extra)

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Overtime

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  • The people who might want to buy something, or a part of the world where something is sold. (Mercado)
  • The business or trade in a particular product, including financial products. (Mercado)
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Market

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The money you receive for doing a job. (Paga, sueldo)

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Pay

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A statement about what someone feels, believes, or intends to do, often made publicly. (Declaración, testimonio)

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Profession

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(Expression) To pay for yourself rather that allowing someone else to pay.

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Pay your way

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  • An official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc. (Título, diploma)
  • An ability, characteristic, or experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or activity. (Requisito)
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Qualification

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  • The amount of money that someone is paid for the work they do. (Salario, sueldo)
  • A company’s profits in a particular period. (Ingresos)
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Earnings

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A piece of information that you add which limits the effect of something.

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Qualification

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The activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops. (Venta al por menor)

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Retail

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(Satisfacción professional)

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Job satisfaction

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A person who is in charge of a group of people or an area of work and who makes sure that the work is done correctly and according to the rules. (Supervisor)

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Supervisor

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(Two words) (UK) An official responsible for acting on the decisions made by a town council. (Secretario de ayuntamiento)

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Town clerk

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(Phrasal verb) (Informal) To become or cause someone to become happier, more energetic, or more active. (Espabilar)

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Perk (somebody) up

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(Expression) To be very close to catching or finding someone.

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Be hot on somebody’s trail/track

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(Informal) (To cause liquid, especially coffee) to percolate.

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Perk

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(Credibilidad)

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Credibility

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To follow the trail of someone or something. (Seguir la pista a)

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Trail

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(Expression) To do something that you do not enjoy in order to have something that you want, or because you feel it is your duty. (Cumplir con tu deber)

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Pay your dues

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The companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or special area. (Industria)

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Industry

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Extra payment for working after the usual time. (Paga por horas extra)

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Overtime

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To spread slowly. (Filtrarse)

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Percolate

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(Expression) To be sold at a particular price.

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Retail at/for something

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  • A job or position that is very suitable for someone, especially one that they like.
  • An area or position that is exactly suitable for a small group of the same type.
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Niche

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To work as a clerk.

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Clerk /klɑːk/ (UK)

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(Expression) To be losing to your competitor in a competition. (Ir rezagado/perdiendo con respecto a)

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Be trailing

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Success in getting into a competition. (Clasificación)

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Qualification

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(Phrasal verb) When a person’s voice or a similar sound _, it becomes quieter and less confident and then stops completely.

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Trail away/off

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(Expresion) To be searching for someone or something by examining information you find about where they went.

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Be on the trail of somebody/something

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(Expression) Available for sale.

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On the market

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To write something in order to give permission for something, especially your name on the back of a cheque, in order to make it able to be paid to someone else. (Endorsar)

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Endorse

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To organize a series of activities to try to achieve something. (Hacer campaña)

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Campaign

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(Expression) The largest part or most of something.

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The lion’s share

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(Phrasal verb) To put money into a bank account.

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Pay something in (UK) / Deposit (US)

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  • The smell or series of marks left by a person animal, or thing as it moves. (Rastro)
  • Various pieces of information that together show where someone you are searching for has gone. (Rastro, pista, huella)
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Trail

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Jobs that need special training or a particular and skill, such as being a doctor or lawyer, but not work in business or industry.

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The professions

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A hollow in a wall, especially one made to put a statue in so that it can be seen.

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Niche

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  • The people and activities involved in one type of business. (Industria, sector)
  • (Disapproving) Something that is produced or is available in large quantities and makes a lot of money.
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Industry

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One of the equal parts that the ownership of a company is divided into, and that can be bought by members of the public. (Acciones)

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Share

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A job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service.

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Marketing

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(UK) Someone whose job is to put good on the shelves in a supermarket.

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Shelf stacker / Shelf filler

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