CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION.pdf

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR

BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION

Rawdon Wyatt

AND

A & C Black
London

4th edition

www.acblack.com

First published as Check Your Vocabulary for Business in 1996

by Peter Collin Publishing

Second edition published 1999

Third edition published 2003

by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This fourth edition published 2007 by

A & C Black Publishers Ltd

38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB

© Rawdon Wyatt 2007

All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced in

any form without the permission of the publishers.

A CIP entry for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN-10: 0-7136-7916-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-7136-7916-8

eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0251-0

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If you want to practise and develop your knowledge of English vocabulary for Business and

Administration, you will find that the exercises in this book will help you. They are

particularly useful if:

If you want to make the most of the exercises in the book, you should note the following:

We hope that you enjoy doing the exercises in this book, and that they help you to practise

and develop the Business and Administration vocabulary that you need.

Introduction

You work, or are planning to work, in or around an English-speaking business

environment.

Your work brings you into regular contact with English-speaking business people.

You are planning to take a Business English examination such as BEC Vantage /

Higher, TOEIC, or one of the LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

International Qualifications, especially 2nd, 3rd or 4th level Business.

You do not work directly in Business and Administration, but your job requires you

to have a working knowledge of common business words and expressions.

This is not a course book, and you do not need to work through it 'mechanically'

from beginning to end. It is better to choose areas that you are unfamiliar with, or

areas that you feel are of specific interest or importance to you.

Write down new words and expressions that you learn. Develop your own personal

vocabulary 'bank' in a notebook or file. Review these words and expressions on a

regular basis so that they become a part of your 'productive' vocabulary.

Use a good general-English dictionary and a good business-English dictionary to

check the meanings of new words and expressions (but try to do the exercises first

before looking in the dictionary). Many of the examples in this book have been

taken from the Macmillan English Dictionary (ISBN 978-0-333-96847-5) and the

A&C Black Dictionary of Business 4th edition (ISBN 978-0-713-67918-2).

The exercises in this book either focus on general business vocabulary (for example,

phrasal verbs, formal words, words with similar meanings, etc) or topic-specific

business vocabulary (for example, sales and marketing, recruitment, dispute

resolution, etc). However, you should be aware that not all of the vocabulary is

exclusive to business and administration, and not all of the topic-specific vocabulary

is exclusive to that particular topic. For example, 'commission' appears in the section

on Earnings, rewards and benefits, but it could also be applied to Sales and

marketing.

The key at the back of the book not only has answers for all of the exercises, but

also provides you with other relevant information. For example, it gives you

alternative answers, provides more words and expressions that are not featured in

the exercises themselves, explains what some of the words and expressions mean,

and elaborates on some of the topic areas

The book does not contain every single word or expression that you are likely to

meet or to need. You should therefore try to develop your vocabulary further by

reading from a variety of other resources, such as newspapers, magazines, journals

and books. As a reference source, the author particularly recommends Business –

The Ultimate Resource, published by A&C Black (ISBN 978-0-713-67509-2).

Page: Title:

1 – 2 Abbreviations

3 – 5 Appraisals, training and staff development

6 – 7 Changes

8 Business 'colours'

9 – 10 Contracts

11 – 12 Dispute resolution

13 – 14 Earnings, rewards and benefits 1

15 Earnings, rewards and benefits 2

16 – 17 Formal words

18 – 19 Business idioms

20 – 22 IT and e-commerce

23 – 24 Jobs and positions

25 – 27 Letters

28 Meetings and presentations

29 – 30 Money and financial issues

31 Numbers and symbols

32 – 34 Phrasal verbs 1

35 Phrasal verbs 2

36 – 38 Production and operations

39 Recruitment 1: Job advertising

40 – 41 Recruitment 2: The recruitment process

42 – 43 Recruitment 3: Contract of employment and job description

44 – 45 Sales and marketing 1

46 Sales and marketing 2

47 – 48 Sales and marketing 3

49 – 50 Similar meanings 1: Nouns

51 – 52 Similar meanings 2: Verbs

53 – 54 Similar meanings 3: Adjectives

55 – 56 On the telephone

57 – 58 Trade

59 – 60 Business travel

61 Word association

62 – 64 Working hours and time off work

65 – 66 Workplace problems

67 – 76 Answers

Contents

Test your knowledge of business abbreviations and acronyms. Look at these abbreviations,

then complete the crossword grid on the next page with the words that are missing from

their complete forms.

Abbreviations

1

Across (Ö)

2. EU = _____ Union.

4. MBO = management _____ (the

letters B and O are used in one word)

8. USP = unique _____ point.

9. AOB = any other _____.

11. PEST analysis = political, social,

economic and _____ analysis.

13. MD = Managing _____.

14. ROI = return on _____.

15. M & A = _____ and acquisitions.

17. OTE = on-target _____.

19. PAYE = pay as you _____.

20. VAT = Value Added _____.

22. SWOT analysis = strengths,

weaknesses, _____ and threats

analysis.

25. CEO = Chief _____ Officer.

26. CV = curriculum _____.

27. TNA = trainee _____ analysis.

29. TOIL = _____ off in lieu.

32. RRP = recommended retail _____.

34. CFO = Chief _____ Officer.

37. FAQ = frequently asked _____.

38. RSI = repetitive strain _____.

39. RPI = retail price _____.

41. p.a. = per _____.

43. APR = _____ percentage rate.

45. ICC = International Chamber of

_____.

49. FYI = for your _____.

51. NPD = new _____ development.

52. SET = _____ electronic transaction.

54. GDP = gross _____ product.

56. VIP = very important _____.

Down (Ø)

1. TQM = total _____ management.

3. PPP = purchasing power _____.

5. PLC = _____ limited company.

6. AGM = annual general _____.

7. PR = public _____.

10. L/C = letter of _____.

12. MBA = Master of Business _____.

15. O & M = organization and _____.

16. HR = human _____.

18. POS = point of _____.

21. P & L statement = _____ and loss

statement.

23. ASAP = as soon as _____.

24. CBD = _____ business district.

28. COD = cash on _____.

30. LIFO = last in, _____ out.

31. NVQ = National Vocational _____.

33. GNP = gross _____ product.

35. NI = National _____.

36. CPD = continuing professional _____.

40. ESOP = employee _____ ownership

plan.

42. In £20K, K means _____.

44. EFT = _____ funds transfer.

46. R & D = _____ and development.

47. P & P = _____ and packing.

48. ISP = _____ service provider.

50. FOB = _____ on board.

53. IOU = I owe _____. (Be careful: the word

you need does not begin with the letter u)

55. JIT production = Just-in-_____

production.

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