Companies and industries

Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives from page 18, FHSG (English Reader)

Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives from page 18, FHSG (English Reader)


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Verbs: to compete

(with or against sb) to try to be more successful or better than sb who is trying to do the same as you; adjective: competitive; noun: cometition/ competitor (Konkurrent)

Verbs: to report to sb

if you "report to sb", that person is your boss

Nouns: blue-chip company

a listed company which is thought to be a safe investment and which is likely to make a profit

Nouns: branch

a local office/ shop belonging to a large organisation

Nouns: capital goods

equipment and machinery used to produce other goods

Nouns: chain of command

the line of authority and responsibility in a company

Nouns: cooperative

a business which is owned and run by the people involved, with the profits shared by them

Nouns: Corp./ Inc

corporation/incorporated; a company with legal status (amtlich eingetragen), usually listed on the stock market

Nouns: corporate group

a collection of parent and subsidiary companies

Nouns: department

a section of a large organisation (e.g. the HR department)

Nouns: division

a large and important unit of an organisation (e.g. the sales division)

Nouns: durable goods

goods such as cars, washing-machines etc.

Nouns: family business

a business which is owned and run by a family

Nouns: hierarchy

a system in which people are organised into different levels of importance; adj. hierarchical

Nouns: joint-stock company

a company which is listed on the stock market

Nouns: listed company

a company whose shares can be traded on the stock market

Nouns: Ltd

"limited", roughly the same as "GmbH". shares are not traded on the stock market.

Nouns: stock market

die Börse

Nouns: NGO

non-governmental organisation, usually pursuing a wider social aim

Nouns: non-durable goods

food, clothing etc.

Nouns: plc

"public limited company": a company whose shares can be traded on the stock market

Nouns: product range

all the products produced by a particular company

Nouns: sales point

place where a product is sold (also: point of sale)

Nouns: sole trader

someone who is self-employed (i.e. the business is owned by only one person)

Nouns: SME

small and medium enterprise (KMU), also: SMB

Nouns: SOE

state-owned enterprises

Nouns: staff position

an assistant (e.g. to the Marketing Director) who has no line authority

Nouns: start-up

a new business or project

Nouns: subsidiary

a company which is owned or controlled by another company

Nouns: superior

She's my immediate superior: the person immedietely above me, my line manager

Adjectives: (de)centralized

if the control of an organisation lies with (does not lie with) one group of people in one place

Useful phrases: 

to run the risk of

das Risiko von...eingehen

Useful phrases:

fierce/intense/stiff competition

starker Wettbewerb, ein hart umkämpfter Markt

Useful phrases:

competitive advantage

Wettbewerbsvorteil