HSLU WSP01

Definition

Definition


Martina Jakovcic
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
Utilisateurs
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Langue
Anglais
Catégorie
Anglais
Niveau
Université
Créé / Mis à jour
29.06.2016 / 02.01.2018

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

(übereinstimmen)

in accordance with

U] the work or profession of an accountant or bookkeeper

accountancy

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

(erwerb)

acquisition

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

(zuteilen)

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)

allocation

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

(spesen)

allowance

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

announcement

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

assess

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

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)

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

[U] the act or process of finishing sth; the state of being finished and complete

completion

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

(erfüllung)

comply

(also: be comprised of) to have sb/sth as parts

comprise

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

confidential

consistent with sth, in agreement with sth; not contradicting sth

consistent

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

constraint

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

contractor

between A and B) the fact of doing sth together or of working together towards a shared aim

zusammenarbeit

cooperation

[usually before noun] [business] owned and run by the people involved, with the profits shared by them

genossenschaft

cooperative

connected with a corporation

corporate

a large business company

corporation

to be the same as, or match, sth

entsprechend

correspond

matching or connected with sth that you have just mentioned

corresponding

needing sb/sth in order to survive or be successful

dependent

to reduce the value, as stated in the company’s accounts, of a particular asset over a particular period of time

depreciation

1. (A and B ~ from each other | A ~s from B) not to be the same as sb/sth
2. (~ with sb about/on/over sth) to disagree with sb

differ

an official instruction

directive

to give sb information about sth, especially sth that was previously secret

disclose

the act of making sth known or public that was previously secret or private

disclosure

the act of dismissing sb from their job; an incidence of this

dismissal

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