Vocabulaire Flashcards
CEO
Chief Executive (cadre) Officier, does not mean that he owns the company.
Currency
monnaie
The Rust Belt
Geo region around the Great Lakes, taht been affected by economic downturns and indus delocalization.
wealth
richesse
Trust
a monopoly, a business controling the entire market (opp to the basic principles of capitalism). At a certain period, esp during fast industrialization, there was trust = antitrust laws.
Income
revenue (=/ de revenue en anglais which mean recettes) : every month
profit
specific type of income,In economics, profit is the difference between revenue that an economic entity has received from its outputs and total costs of its inputs, also known as surplus value
wages
salaires
asset
smth valuable that somebody own (can be shares) : eco value + more figurative use (a person can be an asset).
Revenue
The income of a business (recettes)
Loan
Emprunt
Stock (jms avec s) exchanges
NY stock exchange (la Bourse) = Wall street
A share
une action
a share holder
un actionnaire
A bond
titre de créance (env share but work differently)
Non-profit
charities
Robber barons
last decade 19th century, beginning 2oth century = extremely rich ppl, ‘’robbing’’ from ppl, like barons.
Filthy rich
extremely rich (not always pejorative)
Economic =/ (economical)
corporation
large company (private)
public corporation
Publicly-traded corpo (introduite sur la Bourse dc veut ps dire public).
Trade
commerce
philanthropy
the practice of voluntary, charitable giving by individuals, corporations and foundations to benefit important social needs, instead of paying taxes. In the US, it goes in religion, education, human services, foundations, health …
Affluent
aisé + John Kenneth Galbraith, book title The Affluent society 1958 (env les 30 Glorieuses) = Period where eco inequalities reduce, with eco growth …
