HSLU Englisch 1. Semester 5/5

Rohgewicht, Bruttoeinnahmen, Rohertrag

1. [only before noun] being the total amount of sth before anything is taken away; (~ weight) including the container or wrapping (adjective) 2. [only before noun] [formal or law − of a crime, etc.] very obvious and unacceptable (adjective) 3. (~ a certain amount) to earn a cetain amount before deduction of costs, expenses, taxes etc. (verb)  

steuerlich, finanziell

connected with government or public money, especially taxes

Erweiterung, Ausweitung

[U,C] an act of increasing or making sth increase in size, amount or importance

Eigenkapital, Aktienkapital

[U] [finance] the (total) value of a company’s shares; the value of a property after all charges and debts have been paid

Produktivität

[U] the quality of doing sth well with no waste of time or money; efficiencies [pl.] ways of wasting less time and money or of saving time or money

Gewinnanteil

an amount of the profits that a company pays to people who own shares in the company

Beseitigung, Veräusserung, jemandem zur Verfügung stehen

[U] the act of getting rid of sth; [C] [business] the sale of part of a business, property, etc.

übertragen, ermächtigen, Beauftragte

1. (~ sth, ~ to sb) to give part of your work, power or authority to sb in a lower position than you (verb) 2. a person who acts on behalf of somebody in a position of higher authority (e.g. trade ~ ) (noun)

Händler

(~ in sth) a person whose business is buying and selling a particular article, substance or product

gemeinsam, gesellschaftlich, genossenschaftlich

connected with a corporation

Zwang, Auflage, Beschränkung

[C] (~ on sth) a thing that limits or restricts sth, or your freedom to do sth

vetraulich, geheim

meant to be kept secret and not told to or shared with other people

Rohstoff, Grunderzeugnis

[economics] a raw material or an (unfinished) product that can be bought and/or sold 

Verpflegung, Lebensmittelversorgung

the work of providing food and drinks for meetings or social events

Bruch, Verletzung, Übertretung, Verstoss

1. [C,U] ~ of sth, a failure to do sth that must be done by law (noun) 2. [C,U] ~ of sth, an action that breaks an agreement to behave in a particular way (noun) 3. to break (an agreement or contract) (verb)

Biotechnik

[U] [technical] the use of living cells and bacteria in industrial and scientific processes

bevollmächtigen, genehmigen, legitimieren

to give official permission for sth, or for sb to do sth [vn]

Zuteilung, finanzielle Unterstützung

an amount of money that is given to sb regularly or for a particular purpose

Verwaltung

(also [informal] admin) [U]; the activities that are done in order to plan, organize and run a business, school or other institution

Buchhalter

a person whose job is to keep or check financial accounts

aufführen, angeben, präzisieren

to state sth, especially by giving an exact measurement, time, exact instructions, etc.

Einzelhandel

1. [U] the selling of goods to the public, usually through shops/stores (noun) 2.  connected with the sale of goods to the public (adjective) 3.  at the price paid by the general public (adverb)

Anbieter

a person or an organization that supplies sb with sth they need or want

Vorsteher, hauptsächlich

[only before noun] most important; main

organisatirisch

describing a group of people who form a business, club, etc. together in order to achieve a particular aim

Pfand, Hypothek, Grundpfandrecht

1. (also [informal] a home loan) a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow (noun) 2. to raise cash using property as security (~  a house) (verb)

Hersteller, Erzeuger

[C] (~ of sth) [often in compounds] a person, company, or piece of equipment that makes or produces sth

Teuerung

a general rise in the prices of services and goods which results in a fall in the value of money; the rate at which this happens

Wahlrecht, Lizenzvergabe, Konzession

1. [C,U] formal permission given by a company to sb who wants to sell its goods or services in a particular area; formal permission given by a government to sb who wants to operate a public service as a business (noun) 2. to give permission to operate such a business (verb)  

Einkommen, Gehalt, Einnehmen, Ertrag, Gewinn

the money that you earn for the work that you do; the profit that a company makes

Auftragnehmer, Lieferant, Anbieter, Subunternehmer

a person or company that has a commission to do work or provide goods or services for another company

Transporter, Verkehrsträger, Frachtführer

a company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air

Aufschwung, Hochkonjunktur

1. (~ in sth) a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a period of wealth and success (noun) 2. (trade, business etc.) to increase rapidly; to have a very high volume (verb)

Fluggesellschaft

[C+sing./pl. v.] a company that provides regular flights to take passengers and goods to different places

Produktion, Gewinn, Ertrag

1. to produce or provide sth, for example a profit, result, or crop (verb) 2. the profit, result or crop resulting from a particular economic basis (noun)

Mehrwertsteuer

[U] [BrE] a tax that is added to the price of goods and services (abbreviation for ‘value added tax’)

eigentlich, grundlegend, Bezugsbasis

important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly

Schatzkammer, Staatskasse

[sing.+ sing./pl. v.] [in Britain, the US and some other countries] the government department that controls public money

Besteuerung

money that has to be paid to government on income, profits, etc.; the system of collecting money due to government on income, profits, etc.

Bezieher, Abonnent

a person who pays to receive a service