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This set of flashcards helps university-level English learners expand their business and economic vocabulary. It covers terms like "yield," "worldwide," and "workforce," focusing on definitions and usage. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students and professionals, these flashcards aid in improving fluency and understanding of complex economic concepts.

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a person who buys and sells things as a job

trader

[C] (~ between A and B) a piece of business that is done between people, especially an act of buying or selling

transaction

[sing.+ sing./pl. v.] [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

[U] the state of being not sure

uncertainty

[formal] to be the basis or cause of sth

underlie

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

underlying

[-took, -taken] to make yourself responsible for sth and start doing it

undertake

[C] (~ to do sth) | ~ that … ) [formal] an agreement or a promise to do sth

undertaking

[C] [especially NAmE] a service provided for the public, for example an electricity, water or gas supply

utility

a professional judgement about how much money sth is worth

valuation

1. often changing; likely to change (adjective) 2. a situation, number or quantity that can vary or be varied (noun)

variable

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

VAT

a person who sells things, for example food or newspapers, often outside on the street

vendor

1. done willingly, not because you are forced 2. [usually before noun] [of work] done by people who choose to do it without being paid

voluntary

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

voluntarily

[pl. –ies] [C, U] a written agreement in which a company selling sth promises to repair or replace it if there is a problem within a particular period of time; [SYN] guarantee

warranty

1. all the people who work for a particular company, organization, etc.; [SYN] staff 2. all the people in a country or an area who are available for work

workforce

1. [usually before noun] affecting all parts of the planet (adjective) 2. all over the world (adverb)

worldwide

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)

yield

(~ of sth) the act of keeping sth in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly

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maintenance

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

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maker

[usually before noun] connected with the work of a manager

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managerial

[of work, etc.] involving using the hands or physical strength

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manual

[business] the amount of profit made on the sale of a good or service

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margin

[business ? of a loan or an insurance policy, etc.] the time when money you have lent or invested is ready to be paid back

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maturity

a method or a system for achieving sth

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mechanism

[pl. ~ os] [also formal memo·ran·dum] (~ to sb) an official note from one person to another in the same organization

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memo

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

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merge

[C] (~ between/of A and B | ~ with sth) the act of joining two or more organizations or businesses into one

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merger

[only before noun] connected with money, especially all the money in a country

monetary

(~ in/of/on sth) [business] the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service; a type of goods or a service that is controlled in this way

monopoly

paid, valid or calculated for 30 days

monthly

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)

mortgage

the reason why sb does sth or behaves in a particular way

motivation

1. existing in or involving many countries (adjective) 2. a company that operates in many countries (noun)

multinational

[v] (~ with sb, for/about sth) to try to reach an agreement by formal discussion

negotiate

[C, usually pl., U] formal discussion between people who are trying to reach an agreement

negotiation

[usually before noun] the amount that remains when nothing more is to be taken away

net

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.

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1. done willingly, not because you are forced 2. [usually before noun] [of work] done by people who choose to do it without being paid

voluntary

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

voluntarily

[pl. –ies] [C, U] a written agreement in which a company selling sth promises to repair or replace it if there is a problem within a particular period of time; [SYN] guarantee

warranty

1. all the people who work for a particular company, organization, etc.; [SYN] staff 2. all the people in a country or an area who are available for work

workforce

1. [usually before noun] affecting all parts of the planet (adjective) 2. all over the world (adverb)

worldwide

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)

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