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This flashcard set helps university-level English learners expand their vocabulary with business and finance terms. The vocabulary flashcards cover a wide range of topics, including economic concepts like "turnover," "revenue," and "recession," as well as legal and organizational terms such as "subsidiary," "structural," and "organizational." With the "answer first" learning setting, you can reverse the learning direction – from the target language to the source language. This set is ideal for advanced students and professionals aiming to enhance their fluency in business English, providing essential terms for effective communication in corporate and financial contexts.

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131

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Englisch

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Englisch

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Universität

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29.06.2016 / 02.01.2018

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lasting a short time; designed only for a short period of time in the future

short-term

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

specify

money that sb invests in a company; [sing.] (~ in sth) an interest or share in a business, plan, etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful

stake

the money system of Britain, based on the pound

sterling

a place where shares in companies are bought and sold; all of the business activity involved in doing this

stock exchange

the business of buying and selling shares in companies and also the place where this happens

stock market

connected with the way in which sth is built or organized

structural

to give a document, proposal, etc. to sb in authority so that they can study or consider it

submit

to pay an amount of money regularly in order to receive or use sth

an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine; the act of paying this money

subscription

happening or coming after sth else

subsequent

a business company that is owned or controlled by another larger company

subsidiary

involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment

sustainable

a piece of business that is done between people, especially an act of buying or selling

transaction

[in Britain, the US and some other countries] the government department that controls public money

Treasury

1. [C, usually sing., U] (~ of sth) the total amount of goods or services sold by a company during a particular period of time
2. the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by other people
3. [sing.] (~ of sth) the rate at which goods are sold in a shop/store and replaced by others

turnover

[formal] to be the basis or cause of sth

underlie

to make yourself responsible for sth and start doing it

undertake

1. willingly; without being forced
2. without payment, free

voluntarily

to produce or provide sth, for example a profit, result, or crop

yield

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

(übereinstimmen)

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

in accordance with

U] the work or profession of an accountant or bookkeeper

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

accountancy

[C,U] [business] a company, piece of land, etc. bought by sb, especially another company; the act of buying

(erwerb)

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

acquisition

(~ sth for sth | ~ sth to sb/sth | ~ sb/sth sth) to give sth officially to sb/sth for a particular purpose

(zuteilen)

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

allocate

1. [C] an amount of money, space, etc. that is given to sb for a particular purpose
2. [U] the act of giving sth to sb for a particular purpose

(Aufteilung)

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

allocation

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

(spesen)

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

allowance

[C] a spoken or written statement that informs people about sth

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

announcement

(~ sb/sth as sth) to make a judgement about the nature or quality of sb/sth [vn]

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

assess

C] an opinion or a judgement about sb/sth that has been thought about very carefully; [SYN] evaluation

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

assessment

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

(beurteilen)

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

asset

[C] a belief or feeling that sth is true or that sth will happen, although there is no proof

(Annahme)

assumption

[C] an agreement by a government or a company to pay you interest on the money you have lent; a document containing this agreement

(anleihe)

bond

1. to make sth increase, or become better or more successful:
2. something that helps or encourages sb/sth

boost

1. [C,U] breach of sth, a failure to do sth that must be done by law:
2. [C,U] breach of sth, an action that breaks an agreement to behave in a particular way

(Vertragsbruch)

breach

(the ~ of sth | a ~ on/to sb) a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work

burden

qualified according to the rules of a professional organization, which, in the UK, has a royal charter

chartered

an item in a legal document that says that a particular thing must or must not be done

clause

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

commodity

[U,C] something, especially money, that sb gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged sth that you own; the act of giving this to sb

compensation

a person or an organization that tries to be better or more successful against others that are engaged in the same or similar activity, especially in business

competitor