HSLU Englisch 1. Semester 5/5

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

Börse

[usually sing.] a place where shares in companies are bought and sold; all of the business activity involved in doing this

Aktionär

an owner of equity in a company or business

Ersatz, Austausch

[U] the act of putting a person/ thing in the place of another, especially sth that is newer or better

Anwerben von neuen Mitarbeitern

the process of finding new people to join a company or an organization

auszahlbar, fällig

that which must be paid or can be paid

Verpflichtug, Pflicht

1. [U] the state of being forced to do sth because it is your duty, or because of a law, etc. 2. [C] something which you must do because you have promised, because of a law, etc.

Verflechtung, vereinigen

(~ with/into sth | ~ A with B | ~ A and B together) to combine, or make two or more things combine, to form a single thing

Darlehensgeber, Verleiher

[finance] a person or an organization that lends money

Zwischeint, Übergangsregelung, vorläufig

1. intended to last for only a short time until sb/sth more permanent is found. 2. [finance] calculated before the final results of sth are known

Inhaber, Besitzer

a person who has or owns the thing mentioned

ausschliesslich, ausschliessend, alleiniger

only to be used by one particular person or group; only given to one particular person or group (adjective)

Verfügung, Weisung, Anordnung

an official instruction

Erschaffung, Erzeugung

[U] the act or process of making sth that is new, or of causing sth to exist that did not exist before

sich nach etwasem richten, fügen, befolgen

(~ with sth): to obey a rule, an order

Vermögenswert

[usually pl.] a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts

Rechnungsprüfung, Buchhaltung

[U] the work or profession of an accountant or bookkeeper

in Übereinstimmung mit

[formal] according to a rule or the way that sb says that sth should be done

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