HSLU WSP EN 02 S3 EN-DE+Description

Status quo n ---------- the current situation

Lagerbestand n ---------- a type of security signifying ownership in a corporation

Subprime-Darlehen n ---------- a type of loan offered at a higher rate to individuals who do not qualify for prime rate loans

Subvention n ---------- a government payment to the private sector

Ersatz n, v ---------- (to use) a product or service in place of the one that you usually have

versunkene Kosten n ---------- a cost incurred that cannot be recovered

Versorgung n, v ---------- (to make) an amount of goods and services available for use

Umfrage n, v ---------- (to ask a particular group of people) a set of questions to find out their attitudes or behaviour

Tarif n ---------- a tax imposed on imported goods and services

Telemarketing (auch Telesales) n ---------- the activity of selling a product and taking orders by phone

tit for tat n ---------- an equivalent given in return

zu groß, um zu scheitern n ---------- the idea that a business has become so large that a government will provide assistance to prevent its failure

Handel n ---------- (to make) a commercial transaction involving the sale and purchase of a good, service, or information

Ausgleich / Kompromiss n----------reducing or forgoing one or more desirable outcomes in exchange for increasing or obtaining other desirable outcomes

Transaktionskosten n ---------- expenses paid when buying or selling securities

unterbeschäftigung n ---------- a measure that looks at how well members of the labor force are being utilized to their full potential

Arbeitslosigkeit n ---------- the economic state of being without a job, which is often used to measure the health of an economy

Alleinstellungsmerkmal (USP) n ---------- a feature of a product that makes it different from its competitors

wertschöpfung (eines herstellers) adj ---------- the enhancement given to a product or service before being offered to the public.

Vermögen (eines Haushalts) n ----------

a measure of the value of all of the assetsowned by a person, community, company or country

Buchgewinn n ---------- a company's total earnings

ad/advert/ Werbung n ---------- a notice, picture or film that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service

Adoptierender n ---------- a person who starts using new technology before or after most other people

Werbung v ---------- to tell the public about a product or service in order to sell it

Werbung n ---------- the business of telling the public about a product or service in order to sell it

Agentur n ---------- a business that provides a particular service for other businesses or organizations

agent n ---------- a person who acts for or manages the affairs of other people in business

Aggregat n, v ---------- The sum or total of multiple items

Wertsteigerung n----------an increase in the value of an asset over time

Autonom n----------economic self-sufficiency or independence

automatische Stabilisatoren n ---------- economic policies and programs that are designed to offset fluctuations in a nation's economic activity.

Zahlungsbilanz auch Leistungsbilanz n ---------- a record of all transactions made between one particular country and all other countries during a specified period of time.

Handelsbilanz auch Warenhandelsbilanz n ---------- the difference between the money that a country receives from exports and that it spends on imports

Bankreserven n ---------- the amount of money equal to a percentage of the total deposits that banks must have available for customers to take out

Banklauf n ---------- a situation when many people take their money out of a bank because they are afraid the bank will lose it or go out of business

Barriere für den Zugang n ---------- the existence of high start-up costs or other obstacles that prevent new competitors from easily entering an industry or area of business

Tauschhandel v ---------- the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services of equivalent value

Verhalten n ---------- the way people act or react in a particular situation

Anleihe ----------a debt investment in which an investor loans money to a company or a government for a defined period of time at a fixed interest rate