HWZ 2012


Kartei Details

Karten 52
Sprache English
Kategorie Englisch
Stufe Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 05.02.2012 / 22.06.2014
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financial statements

public information about a company’s financial situation / Jahresabschluss; Geschäftsbericht

financial controller

responsible for budget and credit control, the planning and monitoring of day to day spending / Leiter des Rechnungswesens

auditor (n)

official external person or company to assess financial statements / Buch- oder Wirtschaftsprüfer

balance sheet

record of company assets, liabilities and equity / Bilanz

liability (n)

what a company owes / Schulden

equity (n)

company money raised by selling ordinary shares / Eigenkapital, Anteilskapital

income statement

measure a company performance over a period of time (e.g.. annually) / Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung

turnover (n)

revenues, income / Umsatz

revenue (n)

as above / Einkommen

expenses (n)

costs / Spesen, Auslagen

dividend (n)

money paid per share, to shareholders at end of financial year / Dividende

depreciation (n)

loss of value of plant and machinery due to age and wear and tear / Wertminderung; (von Sachwerten) Abschreibung; (von Währung) Abwertung

litigation (n)

legal activity, law cases / Rechtsstreit, Prozess

tax evasion (n)

Illegal ways to get around paying the correct amount of tax / Steuerhinterziehung

white-collar crime

crime committed by office and employees in financial departments / Wirtschaftskriminialität

fraud (n)

cheating and crime in financial sectors / Betrug; Unterschlagung

profit and loss account

list of total profits (earnings) and losses for one year / Gewinn- und Verlustkonto

payable (adj.)

what should or must be paid / zahlbar; fällig

to discourage

try to persuade someone not to do something / jdm abraten, etw zu tun

to prevent

stop someone doing something / jdn daran hindern, etw zu tun

to enable

to give someone the means or ability to do something / jemanden die Möglichkeit geben etwas zu tun

inadequate (adj.)

not at right standard / unzulänglich

cash reserves

money saved and available / Geldreserven

to stem from

come from, like a branch from a tree / von etw herrühren, aus etw (her) stammen

to give rise to

produce or cause / veranlassen; erzeugen

payroll (n)

all the money used to pay employees / Lohn- und Gehaltsliste

to resign

leave the job of own free will / von sich aus die Stelle kündigen

personnel / human resources / HR

the employees and the department which looks after them / Personal/ Arbeitskräftepotential

performance (n)

way something is done, the overall result of business activities / Leistung

to accuse someone of something

blamed / criticised for wrong - doing / jdn beschuldigen, etw zu tun

operating profit

net profit made before adding or deducting extraordinary items / betrieblicher Gewinn

to summarize

make a brief list of main points / zusammenfassen

to take the minutes of a meeting

make notes of what was said and decided in a meeting / das Protokoll während einer Besprechung führen

agenda (n)

list of topics to be discussed at a meeting / Tagesordnung, Sitzungsthemen

to stick to the agenda

not going away from the list of discussion points / an der Tagesordnung festhalten

to tweak (informal)

to make small changes to improve something / etw optimieren, verbessern

bribery (n)

the crime of giving money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal / Bestechung

forefront (n)

a leading or important position / Spitze

policy-maker (n)

a person responsible for deciding on a set of plans or actions for a government, political party, business or other group / Entscheidungsträger

protection racket

an illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your property if you do not give them money / Schutzgelderpressung