Englisch

BEC Higher

BEC Higher

Kathrin Bohnenblust

Kathrin Bohnenblust

Kartei Details

Karten 343
Sprache English
Kategorie Englisch
Stufe Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 22.12.2011 / 08.03.2015
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to undervalue

unterbewerten

consider someone or something as less valuable or important than they really are

unethical

unethisch

not morally acceptable

union (trade union)

Vereinigung, Zusammenschluss, Gewerkschaft

organisation that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and discusses their pay and working conditions with employers

union rep

Gewerkschaftsvertreter

worker elected by workers in a factory or business to represent them in discussions with the management

up and running

in Gang

operating

to update

auf den neusten Stand setzen

give someone the most recent information

vacancy

Vakanz, freie Stelle

job that no one is doing and is therefore available for someone new to do

vagaries

Launen

any of a set of unusual or unexpected events or changes that have an effect on someone

value for money

Preis-Leistungsverhältnis

something well worth the money spent

VAT return

Mehrwertsteuererklärung

declaration of Value Added Tax (= a type of tax in European countries which is paid by the person who buys goods and services)

venture

Wagnis, Vorstoss

new activity, usually in business which involves risk or uncertainty

vision

Vision

ability to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc. could develop in the future and to plan in a suitable way

voluntary redundancy scheme

Regelung zum freiwilligen Austritt

arrangement when a company needs to reduce its workforce and some employees choose to be made redundant (because they have found another job or would like to stop working)

white-collar worker

Büroangestellter

person who works in an office or at a professional job, rather than none who works with their hands

within budget

im Rahmen des Budgets

not exceeding the amount of money you have available to spend

word of mouth

Mundpropaganda

people telling each other how good a product is

to work out

erarbeiten, ausrechnen

calculate

work-life balance

Balance zwischen Arbeit und Freizeit

workload

Arbeitsbelastung, Pensum

amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time

workstation

Arbeitsplatz

area in a workplace where one person works

compulsory

obligatorisch, pflicht

depict

anschaulich darstellen

lucid

klar deutlich