Bulats Vocabulary - corporate life

English Vocabulary words to keep you ahead in the corporate world

Vocabulary Definition Example

Contains all accounts for

recording transactions relating to She was responsible for operating
A general ledger a company's assets, liabilities, expenses and had access to the
owners' equity, revenue, and company's general ledger.
expenses.

Refers to the control and The company has suffered from

The management
organization of things and people several years of bad management.

The prime minister convened

To bring together a group of
To convene (a meeting of)
people for a meeting
his cabinet to discuss the matter.

To decide that an organized

event will not happen, or to stop They had to cancel tomorrow's
To cancel
an order for goods or services game because of the bad weather.
that you no longer want

Talk with my secretary and

To schedule an
To arrange for a meeting date. schedule an appointment for the
appointment
next week.

The amount of work to be done

by a particular person or Teachers are always complaining
The workload
machine in a specific period of about their heavy workloads.
time

A large number of things that

I've got a huge backlog of work to
The backlog you should have completed
do.
before and must prioritize now

A list of things provided or work

Invoices must be submitted by the
An invoice done together with their cost, for
24th of every month.
payment at a later time

A person who buys goods or a Mrs Wilson is one of our regular

A customer
service customers.
 A person or group that supports
The royal princess is a well-known
The patrons an activity or organization,
patron of several charities.
especially by offering money

To make benefits meaning to

One of the many benefits of foreign
To make benefits gaining advantage while to make
travel is learning how to cope with
/profits /money profits or to make money means
the unexpected.
to earn money.

Refers to a particular section in a

A department / a division company or organization that is He was part of the retail division for
(US) responsible for a specific area of nearly three years.
activity.

Are non-subsidiary, independent My company is defined as a small

Small and medium
firms which employ fewer than a company because it consists of 15
companies
given number of employees. people

To create and maintain of a Nowadays is too difficult to run

To run a business
company your own business.

Refer to those who jointly The board members will have to

Board members oversee the activities of a consistently act responsibly and
company or an organization. prudently.

Refers to the written record of Harry will take the minutes of the
A minute of a meeting
what was said at a meeting meeting

A written record of the The decided to announce certain

proceedings and actions of the organizational changes and hence,
A board minutes
board of directors of a decided to share the board minutes
corporation or other entity. with all the employees.

Refers to something that

The chairman is expected to issue a
someone says or writes officially,
A statement statement about the release of the
or an action taken to express an
new product to the press.
opinion

Means to arrange or schedule a They decided to hold a conference

To hold a conference conference at a specific place tomorrow to understand employee
and specific time. concerns in the organisation.

To participate in an event that Yesterday I attended a workshop on

To attend a workshop could be related to something time management which was very
mental like working on or interesting that really helped me in
 sharpening your leadership skills gaining some key tips to manage
etc. my time at work.

Assets refer to resources with

economic value that are owned
by an individual or entity, with
the expectation that these will
generate future benefit while
The business has assets and
Assets and liabilities liabilities are legal obligation that
liabilities of 2 million euros.
binds an individual or entity to
transfer economic benefits
including money, goods or
services to another individual or
entity over time.

A short written report prepared

specially for a person or a group Michael Davis has prepared a
A memorandum / a memo of people, that contains memorandum outlining our need
information about a particular for an additional warehouse.
matter.

The office chore of creating the

Office chores Routine task team report is quite a tidious and
manual task.

Refer to consumables and The company has a huge stock of

equipment regularly used in office supplies but always maintains
Office supplies
offices by businesses and other a record when an individual asks for
organizations, by individuals etc. one.

Refers to things such as paper, This shop sells all kinds of stationery
Stationery
pens, pencils and envelopes. at a reasonable price.

Refers to a printed heading on a

piece of paper showing a person The secretary ordered another box
The letterhead
or organization's name and of letterheads from the printer.
address.

Do you have an extra letter paper

Paper used for writing letters or please?
Letter paper
communications

A file / (to file) Refers to a folder or box for You'll find the papers you’re looking
 holding loose papers together for in the files under "c".
and in order for easy reference.

Refers to a cover or holder,

A binder/folder typically made of stiff paper or A leather or plastic binder
card, for storing loose papers.

Always carry a sheet protector to

Refers to a flat, slitted plastic bag
hold important documents to
A sheet protector with a perforated edge used to
prevent the pages from getting
hold paper documents
crumpled.

A folder, box used to keep Get some file boxes and spend one
A file box documents or other items in day in a month sorting all papers
order. and documents.

Electronic resource, often a

particular file or folder, that
Give all the customer files because I
A customer file contains specific information
want to analyze our target group.
about a customer and his/her
purchasing history.

I've had to sort-out the rift in the

An occasion when you put things
To sort out team in order to get business back
in order or in their correct place
to normal.

Have you finished sorting those

To sort the mail Means to put emails in order
emails in an alphabetical order?

To clean up a place or arrange a Tidy your desk before you leave,

To tidy (up )
collection of things please.

Refers to place or include

He enclosed the presentation in the
To enclose something in an email along with
email that he sent to the manager.
a letter.

Please have a look at the bulletin

Refers to a board on a wall on
A bulletin board
which notices can be put.
board to see if your name is there
in the list of employees coming in
late and try to be on time
tomorrow.

A pictorial drawing that

A chart / a graph He prepared a graph to show the
represents information in a
explain the reason for decrease in
simple way often using lines and
 curves to depict numbers / sales during the last one month.
figures / amounts.

A device for fastening together

You'll find staplers and paper clips
A stapler sheets of paper with a staple or
next to the photocopier.
staples.

A piece of thin wire with two

short right-angled end pieces Could you please get me some
A staple which are driven by a stapler staples from the stationary shop as
through sheets of paper to fasten they are over.
them together.

Solid adhesives in twist or push- I used a glue stick to paste my

A glue stick
up tubes. collage together.

A machine that makes exact

The copier in my office is broken
A copier / a copy machine copies of something, especially
again
documents..

An exact copy of a document

made by electronic scanning and I'll send you a fax with the details of
A fax machine
transmitted as data by the proposal.
telecommunications links.

Liquid which helps to erase pen Many schools don’t let students to
A correction fluid
impressions from a paper. use correction fluid during exams.

A small electronic device that is

used for doing mathematical Students are allowed to use
A calculator
calculations like addition, calculators during the test.
subtraction, multiplication etc.

A long, thin object, usually made He sat with his pencil poised, ready
A pencil
of wood, for writing or drawing. to take notes.

A colored (US) pencil / a Also referred to as a colored Children love using colored pencils
coloured (GB) pencil drawing tool to draw

Don't write with a pen or else you

A long, thin object used for
A pen won't be able to erase out any
writing or drawing with ink
mistakes you make.

A highlighter A special pen containing bright

Using a highlighter is the best way
ink, used to mark words in a
 book, magazine, etc. to memorize history from books

A small piece of substance used If you draw or write in pencil you

An eraser (US) / a rubber
to remove the marks made by a can always rub out your mistakes
(GB)
pencil with an eraser.

A small piece of bent wire used

You can use a paper clip to hold the
A paper clip for holding pieces of paper
pages together.
together

Brian fixed the poster to the

A tack A small, sharp nail with a flat end
noticeboard with tacks.

Lunch break is referred to the

period in the middle of the day
when people stop work to have
lunch while a coffee break is I'm sorry, Joanna isn't here at the
A lunch/coffee break
simply a short break during the moment, she's on her lunch break.
working day, during which
people typically drink a cup of
coffee or tea.

A long, flat board fixed

Their office had a lot of cupboards
horizontally, usually against a
A shelf yet they didn’t have any shelf
wall or inside a cupboard so that
empty to keep the files.
objects can be stored on it.

Referred to a call to a toll-free

I need to make a toll-free call to the
A toll-free call number from a landline that is
head office in Delhi.
free of charge.

Hours during the day in which Business hours are from 8.30 a.m.
Business hours
business is commonly conducted. To 5.30 p.m.

Place to store anything and The company had some issues with
A storage room everything such as old files, space and hence, they decided to
folders, food commodities etc. use the storage room to work.

A list of matters to be discussed There were several important items

Agenda / on the agenda
at a meeting on the agenda.

Referred to as a piece of work to We usually ask interviewees to

An assignment /a task be completed within a time perform a few simple tasks on the
frame. computer just to test their aptitude.
 Means printed in thick dark
In bold (print) This sentence is printed in bold.
letters

A flat rectangular bag, used

Roy carries a leather briefcase to
A briefcase especially for carrying business
work every day.
documents

A time or day by which a task or

A deadline an assignment must be We're working to a tight deadline
completed

A book of blank sheets (without

anything written on it) or plain She was jotting things down in a
A notebook
paper or ruled pages, for writing little notebook.
on.

I always carry a notepad while

A pad of blank or ruled pages for attending meetings so that I can
A notepad
writing notes on. quickly pen down important points
discussed.

A device used for cutting cloth,

paper, and other material,
consisting of two blades laid one
on top of the other and fastened
Be sure to include a good sharp pair
A pair of scissors in the middle so as to allow them
of scissors in your stationary kit.
to be opened and closed by a
thumb and finger inserted
through rings on the end of their
handles.

A box-shaped container, without

a top, that is part of a piece of
I keep my socks in the bottom
A drawer furniture. It slides in and out to
drawer.
open and close and is used for
keeping things in

A box-like storage compartment

without a lid, made to slide Please put the papers into the
A draft
horizontally in and out of a desk, drawer of the manager’s desk.
or other piece of furniture.

Expenditures /spendings The total amount of money spent

It's part of a drive to cut
by a government or a person or
 an organization. government expenditure.

England has very high annual

Refer to amount spent and
Expenditures and revenue revenues but also high level of
earned respectively.
expenditures.

A machine with rotating blades

Please switch on the fan as it is
A fan that creates a current of air for
getting hold.
cooling or ventilation.

A book listing individuals with

Kindly, look for his number in the
The directory details such as names, addresses,
office directory.
or other facts

An object or collection of objects The parcel was to be delivered by

A parcel wrapped in paper, in order to be today noon but unfortunately,
carried or sent by post didn’t arrive on time.

A small box or a pouch for All kids had new pencil cases and
A pencil case /box
holding pens, pencils, etc. new pens.

The amount required to send a Please enclose £15.99, plus £2 for

Postage
letter or parcel by post. postage.

A small piece of paper with a

picture or pattern on it that is
stuck onto a letter or package I stuck a 50c stamp on the
A stamp
before it is posted, to show that envelope.
the cost of sending it has been
paid

An envelope that you send to

someone with your name and To receive a poster, send a self-
A stamped envelope address and a stamp on it, so addressed stamped envelope to the
that they can send you above address.
something enclosed in it.

Refers to the acknowledgment of

A registered letter receipt card that is signed by the It is best to go for a registered letter
addressee himself upon with an acknowledgement of
With acknowledgement of reception of the item which is receipt option while sending
receipt later returned back to the important documents by post.
sender.
 He was unable to answer the
A right-angled triangular plate for
question in his maths paper as he
A set square drawing lines, especially at 90°,
had forgotten to get his set square
45°, 60°, or 30°.
with him.

Protractor is the first tool that

A device used for measuring and
A protractor students of architecture learn to
drawing angles.
use while beginning to draw.

An open container that is kept in

one corner of a floor inside Irene screwed up a piece of paper
A wastebasket
buildings and is used for putting and threw it into the wastebasket.
or throwing rubbish all paper.

Refers to a document with blank

spaces in which answers to Please fill in/out the form with
A form
questions can be filled or black ink.
recorded in an organized way

Bulats Vocabulary - Phone calls

Improve your English vocabulary for Phone Calls

Vocabulary Definition Example

To call someone with the help of Could you please dial a number
To dial a number the number keys on the for me? I need to make a call
telephone system. asap.

That part of a device that shows

you a measurement of Can you read what it says on the
The dial
something such as speed or dial?
time.

The code specific to every

I need to make a call to India. Do
The extension country reqd. While making a
you know what the extension is?
call.

To be online and talking with
To be on the phone
someone
The project is really hard and
tiring because you have to
coordinate with people and be
on the phone non-stop.

A mobile phone is much more

New generation phones or
A cell or mobile phone useful because I can go
smartphones without cables
anywhere with it.

A continuous sound when the

Wait for the dial tone to begin
The dial (tone) receiver is picked up that
pressing the number keys.
signifies the line is in order.

An automated telephone system

that enables people to record
If I am unable to answer you,
and send messages when a
leave your message in my voice
The voice mail person is unavailable, or a
mail and I will communicate
default message recorded by a
with you as soon as possible.
person to suggest to the caller
that he/she is not reachable.

Cords tangle when users pick up

Wire made of twisted threads a phone with one hand, transfer
The cord that connect the handset to the to the other hand to listen, then
device. return the handset to the
device.

The receiver is the person or

individual to whom a message is
directed. It could also refer to
The receiver the telephone device (handset) Could you please pick the
of a person receiving the receiver and keep it down. I am
message or the person dialling a not in a position to answer calls.
number.

A very busy switchboard

An equipment, used especially in operator is permitted to ask
the past, for directing all the “Who’s calling?” Or “Who’s
A switchboard
phone calls made to and from a calling, please?” Before
particular building or area. redirecting calls from one device
to other.
Important vocabulary words for Purchase and Sales

Vocabulary Explication Example

To give or handover something in He wanted to sell the car to me for

To sell
exchange of money. $1000.

to acquire the possession of, or the right

I want to buy this shirt but its too
To buy / to purchase to something, by paying or promising to
small for me.
pay an equivalent, especially in money

To get / receive (a He went to the shop to get some

to obtain, buy, or earn something
letter, parcel) milk.

to transfer something from one place to Could you send a reply to them as
To send
another, especially by post or email quickly as possible?

to send something, especially goods or a

To dispatch (a parcel Two loads of cloth were dispatched
message, somewhere for a particular
/ an order) to the factory on 12 December.
purpose:

To transfer or send or deliver something

The company decided to ship the
from one place to another via a boat or a
To ship orders by flight as it is more time
ship or any other modes of transport like
saving.
flight etc.

Refers to fill or to stack or to pile up a

They went to callais to load up their
To load vehicle, ship, container, etc with a large
cars with cheap beer.
amount of something.

Refers to removing goods from a vehicle, The ship was to unload 5 tons of
To unload
ship, container, etc.. wood.

They decided to charter an aircraft

Refers to hire or to rent a vehicle such as
To charter to carry the foreign delegates from
an aircraft, ship or a motor cycle.
one city to another.

The company decided to arrange

Refers to a plane which is hired for use
for a charter plane to transfer its
A charter plane by a particular person or group and
employees from one place to
which is not part of a regular service.
another for all official purposes.

Refers to the degree to which people The wage increment scheme gave
Spending power can afford to spend money to buy employees an added spending
products and services power that hereby, increased sales
 of various brands.

Refers to a set of ideas or a plan of what

to do in particular situations of sales that The sales policy demanded brands
A sales policy has been agreed to officially, by a group to pay a certain percentage of
of people, a business organization, a profits to the government.
government, or a political party

Refer to the number of items sold.

Sales can also be referred to the US car sales got off to a hot start in
Sales /sellings
department that sells a company’s January.
products.

There were 100 purchases made

Purchases refer to number of items bought. today of the new product launched
in the market.

The government tends to charge a

Selling price the price at which an item is sold
percentage of the selling price.

the activity of buying and selling or The country's trade in

Trade exchanging goods and services between manufactured goods has expanded
people or countries in the last ten years.

I renovated my entire apartment,

For sale Means available for purchase so it will be ready from the month
of March for sale.

Refers to available for purchase. “on

This weekend, all laptops are on
On sale sale” means that items for sale are being
sale at 20% off
sold at a price lower than normal

Refers to a printed form on which a If you want to buy the car, you
An order form customer writes the details of a product would have to quickly fill the order
or service he wishes to order. form online.

Refers to a small piece of paper that

Make sure you are given a receipt
A receipt shows that payment has been made for
for everything you buy.
the goods and services bought.

If you send out invoices that are

Upon receipt of Invoices that are due upon receipt refer
due upon receipt, then you should
invoice to a situation when you’re expecting to
make sure you offer an easy way so
be paid as soon as possible after your
that clients can pay immediately ex
 client receives the invoice. PayPal

Retailers have reported that

Refers to a person, shop, or a business
A retailer consumer spending fell over the
that sells goods to the public
last 12 months.

Refers to the sales of goods to the public

rather than to businesses, stores, etc.,
The retail sales Retail sales fell 0.3% in January.
often considered in relation to economic
activity as a whole.

The store manager called the

someone who buys and sells goods in wholesaler to complain about the
A wholesaler
large amounts to shops and businesses: damaged goods that had been
delivered.

Belinda has always been interested

A dealer a person who trades in something in antiques and she became a
dealer five years ago.

Refers to the discount or reduction The salesman offered Karen a

A rebate rebate on her new car.
offered during a purchase.

They usually give you a discount if

A discount Refers to a reduction in the original price
you buy multiple copies.

the sale and ordering of goods by post,

Mail order (sale) generally involving selection from a I often buy clothes by mail order.
catalogue.

I was happy to pay the invoice in

To pay in full Refers to pay completely
full and be free of debt.

to put something or a collection of

The company had a good display of
A display things in a prominent place so that it can
its items on sale.
be seen by the public

There’s a little shopping center next

A shopping mall / a group of stores with a common area
door with a bank and a dry-cleaning
shopping center for parking
place.

The amount Refers to a particular figure or sum of The amount due that they had to
 money pay was huge

Refers to a specific offer or amount of I made a bid of $150 for the

A bid
money for something that is on sale painting.

An offer or attempt to take control of a

company by buying enough of its shares, The company said it would consider
A takeover bid
or the maximum amount of money a takeover bid.
quoted to buy an item on sale.

the process of sending people bills The responsibilities for this job
Billing demanding them to pay the money include communication with clients,
owed billing, and filing documents.

to ask an amount of money for

The bank charged commission to
To charge something, especially a service or
change my traveller's cheques.
activity

to ask an amount of money for

The bank charged commission to
To charge for something, especially a service or
change my traveller's cheques.
activity

the amount of money that you have to

The rent was inclusive of all
Charges pay for something, especially for an
charges.
activity or service

a substance or product that can be The country's most valuable

Commodity
traded, bought, or sold commodities include diamonds

Refers to an amount of goods that is The most recent consignment of

A consignment
sent somewhere cloth was faulty.

to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to Mails are delivered to our office
To deliver
people's houses or places of work twice a day.

the act of taking goods, letters, parcels,

Delivery We get two deliveries of mail a day.
etc. to people's houses or places of work

This is only a rough draft of the

Refers to prepare a preliminary version
A draft items the company plans to
of a document.
introduce next month.

the way that someone deals with a Handling of customers in a right

Handling away is also a tricky strategy that
situation or person
companies need to develop in
 order to rise.

The brand decided to sell the items

In bulk something in large quantity
in bulk and finish the old stock.

To purchase or give money for During the sale, he decided to buy

To buy in bulk
something in large quantities the t-shirts in bulk.

Refers to a detailed statement of The invoice covered all sales during

An invoice
charges on items bought or sold the month of November.

He intended to do a lot of shopping

An item Refers to one unit / one piece but eventually ended up buying just
one item.

Ken got a job driving lorries across

A lorry Refers to a large truck
the country.

The mailman (US) / a man whose job is to deliver and collect Leave a note for the mailman that
postman (GB) letters, etc. that are sent by post we'll be away next week.

I am yet awaiting for an order that I

An order request to buy something
made last week with Amazon.

To order / To place I already decided on gifts for my

an order (GB) / To To make a request to buy something children but I have to order / place
put in an order (US) an order online.

To process an order process or work-flow associated with the I need to process an order asap for
picking, packing and delivery of the a customer who has been waiting
packed items to a shipping carrier. since a week for it to be delivered.

products that are out of stock are not

You will be notified by email if any
Out of stock available to buy in a store because they
part of your order is out of stock.
have all been already sold

The company keeps all of its excess

The storage room Refers to a place to put something and unsold stock in the storage
room of the delivery center.

an item or set of items packed in a box, The courier facility has just
A package
usually for orders to be shipped. delivered a package for you.

an item or collection of items wrapped I had to sign for the parcel when I
A parcel
in paper to be carried or sent by post. collected it from the post office.
 Refers to a formal statement setting out The company made a quotation
A quotation / an
the estimated or approximate cost for a worth 1 million for the new services
estimate
particular job or service. to be offered.

Postal service in which a receipt is issued

to the sender of a mail and the mail's We recommend that valuable items
A registered mail
destination address is recorded in a be sent by registered mail.
register.

A shipment of urgent medical

Goods sent in large amount or in bulk
A shipment supplies is expected to arrive very
from one place to another
soon.

to open and remove the contents of a I haven't even had time to unpack
To Unpack
package, parcel etc the package that arrived yesterday.

to cover or surround something with She wrapped the present and tied it
To wrap
paper, cloth, or other material with ribbon.

Packaging is one of the key step

The business or process of packing
Packaging during the process of order
goods.
processing.

A group of motor vehicles owned or Ex, car rental companies, taxi cab
A fleet of vehicles
leased by a business, companies etc.

earn the important English

vocabulary words for law and
tax system

Vocabulary Definition Example

An attorney someone whose job is to give I want to see my lawyer before

 (US ) / advice to people about the law I say anything.
a Lawyer ( US ) and speak for them in court
/

the top legal officer in some

Eric H. Holder, Jr. was
countries, whose job is to
Attorney sworn in as Attorney General
provide legal advice to the
General (US ) of the United States on
government and to represent
February 3, 2009.
the government

a type of lawyer in the UK ,

Australia, and some other
A Barrister (GB countries who can give Barristers wear wigs
) specialized legal advice and can in court, just like judges.
argue a case in both higher and
lower courts

a type of lawyer in Britain and When he was arrested for

Australia who is trained to armed robbery, Bill refused to
A solicitor (GB ) prepare cases and give advice say anything to the police
on legal subjects and can without his solicitor being
represent people in lower courts: present.

Over a 100 cases are pending

a particular situation or example
A case in the court since the last one
of something
year yet awaiting a verdict.

the hearing of statements and

showing of objects, clues etc. in It was a very complicated trial
A trial
a law court to judge if a person that went on for months.
is guilty of a crime or not.

Refers to being convicted of a Though he pleaded not guilty

Guilty
crime in front of the judge but
 however, he was sentenced to
three months prison.

to make an emotional statement He was on his knees, pleading

To plead
or request for mercy/forgiveness

to officially accuse someone of

committing a crime in a law
To prosecute / court, or (of a lawyer) to try to
Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
to sue ( US ) prove that a person accused of
committing a crime is guilty of
that crime

He testified that he had seen

to affirm your opinion on a case
the man leaving the building
To testify especially in a law court, or to
around the time of the
provide proof
murder.

a person who sees an event Police are appealing for

A witness happening, especially a crime or witnesses to the accident to
an accident come forward.

The FRA Case-law Database

Refers to law based on decisions
provides a compilation of
A case law that have been made by judges
Court of Justice of the
in the past
European Union

the part of the legal system that

relates to personal matters, such Civil law is part of the legal
Civil law
as marriage and property, rather system for more than 30 years.
than crime

to say that something is true or The company claims (that) it is

A claim is a fact, although you cannot not responsible for the

prove it and other people might pollution in the river.

 not believe it

a sign or some information that Police are still looking for clues
A clue helps you to find the answer to in their search for the missing
a problem, question, or mystery girl.

Refers to the legal system in

England and most of the US that
England is the first country
has developed over a period of
Common law which developed the common
time from old customs and court
law as an official legal system.
decisions, rather than laws made
by politicians

They fired him when they

A criminal an official record of crimes that
found out he had a criminal
record a person has committed
record.

a person in a law case who is

The company was suing the
The defendant accused of having done
defendant for defamation.
something illegal

protection or support in
The defendant has decided to
response to an allegation made
Defence raise a defence in response to
against a person in a criminal or
being accused of corruption.
civil proceeding

Evidence one or more reasons for The police have found no

The evidence is believing that something is or is evidence of a terrorist link with

….... not true the murder.

The inspector was working

someone whose job is to
An inspector round the clock in order to
officially look into proceedings
keep an eye on the thief.

An the process of examining a An investigation has been

investigation crime, problem, statement, etc. under way for several days
carefully, especially to discover into the disappearance of the
the truth. 13-year-old boy.

a person who is in charge of a

trial in a court and decides how
She was the judge in
A judge a person who is guilty of a crime
the recently televised trial.
should be punished, or who
makes decisions on legal matters

One juror was rejected

A juror is someone who is a
A juror because he had connections to
member of a jury
someone involved in the case.

a group of people who have

been chosen to listen to all the
facts in a trial in a law court and The jury found the defendant
Jury
to decide if a person is guilty or guilty.
not guilty, or if a claim has been
proved

He served as a law clerk for

a person who works with a
the chief judge of the US
A law clerk judge and helps the judge make
Court of Appeals for the
decisions
District of Columbia circuit.

someone, such as a politician,

Lawmakers have decided to
A lawmaker who is responsible for making
legalize betting.
and changing laws

There is a legal fee for this

An amount of money paid for case which is 300$ per year
Legal fees
legal service but if you were not working
you can pay only 100$.
 Refers to a verdict that will make
His life sentence was to have
a person suffer for the rest of
Life sentence to live without her for the rest
their life in prison or without
of his life.
someone or without something.

He committed several serious

An offence Refers to an illegal act; a crime
offences.

Sentence usually refers to the

He was given a sentence of
verdict given by the judge to the
A sentence upto 10 years in jail as he was
accused depending on whether
found guilty of the crime.
he is guilty or not.

It now seems unlikely that it

an official agreement that ends will be possible to reach a
A settlement
the debate in the court peaceful settlement of the
conflict in the court.

The act of dishonestly taking Unfortunately, we have had

A theft something that belongs to several thefts in the building
someone else and keeping it. recently.

The art gallery was broken into

last night, and the thieves got
A thief Refers to a person who steals
away with two valuable
paintings.

Refers to the be in the process He was on trial for almost a

To be on trial
of being as an accused of a year before being judged not
for
crime. guilty.

To be under He was under arrest for

To be taken into police custody
arrest drunken driving.

the average amount of money Labour market data showed a

Average
that workers can earn in a fall in annual average earnings
 earnings particular industry, area, or from 2.9% to 1.9% .
economy during a particular
period of time

The previous fiscal year of our

Fiscal year financial year
company was better than now.

a tax paid to the local There is no state or local tax

Local taxes
government in a particular area on satellite television.

Refer to the percentage at which The tax rates this year have
Rates an individual or a business is been on a real high and is a
taxed. record in the last 100 years.

Refers to the amount of money

paid to the government that is
Taxes / They're increasing the taxes on
based on income or the cost of
Taxation cigarettes.
goods or services you have
bought

We need to purchase 49 euros

A stamp marked on or affixed to
tax stamp before going to
Tax stamp a taxable item as evidence that
immigration office to collect
the tax has been paid.
our visa.

Changes to the amount of taxes He owes 50 euros more as

an individual owes the IRS or
Tax adjustment
changes to the refund
calculation.
taxes to the IRS after tax
adjustment and needs to clear
his dues by the end of this
month.

a place where people pay less Middle East is a tax haven for
A Tax haven
tax than they would pay if they all immigrants.
 lived in their own country

Every year at the end of the

a legal system for assessing and financial cycle, the finance
Tax system
collecting taxes minister announces changes in
the tax system.

the former name for the

The inland Defrauding the Inland Revenue
government office in the UK that
revenue is a serious offence.
collects the main taxes

Essential English vocabulary

words for company and the
product
Vocabulary Definition Example
To launch a product onto the Introduce something Summer is the best period to launch a
market new in the market swimwear in the market.
A type of product made
A brand This isn't my usual brand of deodorant
by a particular company
A name or symbol on a
product that shows it
was made by a
A (registered) trade mark particular company, and Velcro is a registered trademark.
that it cannot be used by
other companies
without permission
A detailed description
of how something All products are made exactly to the
Specifications
should be done, made, customer's specifications.
etc
 A range / line of products A set of similar things I offered her a range of options.
I wouldn’t have reached my goals if
To reach a goal To arrive to a target
Naya hadn’t helped me.
A time or day by which
To meet a deadline We're working to a tight deadline
something must be done
If you want to reach your targets you
A target / an audience target A goal
have to try hard.
An advice / suggestion Could you please provide me some tips
A tip to improve something to improve the process and
for the good. organizational structure.
An analysis or study
Please provide me a detailed market
done by marketers to
study analysis by the end of the week
Market studies understand how the
along with recommendations to improve
brand is performing in
our position in the market.
front of its competitors.
A part of an
Germany has the best research
A research department organization which
departments in the field of medicine.
investigates things.
Consumer behavior is
the study of how
individual customers,
During the recession sales suffered from
groups or organizations
Consumer behavior cautious and price-conscious consumer
select, buy, use, and
behavior.
dispose ideas, goods,
and services to satisfy
their needs and wants.
One of the methods that
is used for selling a Independent tire dealers remain the
company's products or dominant distribution channel for
Distribution channel services, for example, passenger tires in the United States.
selling them through a
distributor or a retailer
(= store)
A large office in which
a company's employees
provide information /
Let’s call up the call center to find all the
A call center assistance to its
information about this product.
customers, or sell or
advertise its goods or
services, by phone.
 A small amount of
something that shows I got 5 free sample of shampoo to choose
A sample
you what the rest is or the best.
should be like
The number of things
that a company sells
compared with the The company has increased its market
A market share
number of things of the share.
same type that other
companies sell
To organize an
examination of It was too hard to conduct a survey that
To conduct a poll/ survey opinions, behavior, etc., 58 percent of people did not know where
made by asking people their heart is.
questions

important English vocabulary

words for daily management
Vocabulary Definition Example

A good, fair and well-

designed bonus
Refers to a scheme in a
scheme can be a
company or an organization
perfect way to
Bonus scheme according to which employees
increase your staff’s
receive a bonus if they meet
productivity and so
specified targets.
your bottom line /
profit.

Refers to packing note or the It is highly essential

Packing slip document listing items in a for an e-commerce
parcel company to have a
 packing slip well
detailed at the time
of an order.

The company’s most

A receiving report is an internal
receiving reports are
document used to record what
Receiving report made on carbon
materials and inventory were
copy paper with
received by the company.
multiple sheets.

The cost to store commodities

Last month, the
from one delivery month to
Storage cost company incurred
another, one of the carrying
huge storage costs.
charges associated with futures.

It is a type of consumption tax

that is placed on a product Value added tax has
Valued added tax (vat) whenever value is added at a just gone back up to
stage of production and at final 17.5%.
sale.

Value-added applies
Value-added refers to the to instances where a
enhancement a company gives firm takes a product
Value added its product or service before that may be
offering the product to considered a
customers. homogeneous
product.

The series of stages involved in The company would

producing a product or service like to have recycled
Value chain
that is sold to consumers, with materials reenter the
each stage adding to the value value chain as raw
 of the product or service materials.

Refers to the people available Our company needs

to work or actually employed in work force to
Work force
a particular area, industry, or succeed in the
company market.

Refers to the amount of work Teachers are always

to be done by a particular complaining about
Workload
person or machine in a given their heavy
period of time. workloads.

The minimum amount of time a In France, the min.

Working hours person spends at work during a Working hours a
day week is 35.

A level of quality that can be
A benchmark used as a standard when
comparing different things
Her outstanding
performances set a
new benchmark for
other employees in
the organization.

An early plan or design that Their blueprint for

A blueprint explains how something might economic reform was
be achieved quite interesting.

Essential English Vocabulary

words for Marketing and
Advertising to improve your
Bulats score

Vocabulary Definition Example

She is looking for a

Refers to a short video or a job and an
piece of text with an intent to accommodation and
Advertisement convey a message that tries to hence, she scanned
persuade people to buy a the job/property
product or service, etc advertisements section
in the newspaper.

Refers to a planned series of

advertisements that will be
Coke’s brand new
used in particular places at
advertising campaign
Advertising campaign particular times in order to
has increased their
advertise a product or service
sales by 20%.
and persuade people to buy it
or use it.

Refers to a company that
Advertising agency
produces advertisements.
He is the creative
director at the
American-owned
advertising agency
that will be producing
 all the poster, leaflet,
and television work.

We are a media
agency that
Refers to advertising outside,
understands how to
for example beside the road
Outdoor advertising communicate with
using billboards, or at sports
people on the move
games, etc.
through outdoor
advertising.

Refers to a very thin book with The company adopted

a small number of pages and the strategy of booklet
A booklet a paper cover, giving marketing which in
information about all products turn yielded a good
and services. ROI.

Salespersons handed
Refers to a piece of paper that out leaflets to passer-
gives you information or by in order to
A leaflet
advertises something about a promote awareness
particular product or service. about the newly
launched product.

Refers to a physical book or Amazon’s catalogue

an online digital website has all products listed
A catalogue detailing the list of all goods from A-Z, hence
and services provided by the considered the best in
brand. the world.

Refers to a person who buys Due to inflation, the

The consumer goods or services for their new rates will affect all
own use consumers, including
 businesses.

Refers to a society in which

people often buy new goods, The United States has
especially goods that they do been a consumer
The consumer society
not need, and in which a high society for way too
value is placed on owning long.
many things

Refers to a particular make or Which brand of shoes

A brand
in other words a trademark do you buy?

The commercial arm of

A product or service sold by a the company is
A global brand brand that is well known and launching a new
sold in all parts of the world. phone app for its
global brand.

His aim is to become

the market leader in
The company that sells most
providing desktop
Market leader of a product or service in a
solutions to doctors
particular market.
and the wider health
care community.

Refers to understanding the A market survey was

market or consumer behavior recently conducted by
that is people’s wants and Sephora to understand
Marketing survey
interests, best means to which cosmetic brands
communicate with them, what are most popular
competitors are doing etc. among consumers

Refers to the director of The Marketing

Marketing manager
promotional activities Manager has
 responsibility for the
planning and
execution of marketing
campaigns.

The marketing team

have prepared their
A group of people working
campaign for the
Marketing team together for promotional
launch of their new
activities.
product in two days
time.

An online e-commerce
company needs to
have a good
The process of shipping a
Packaging packaging system in
product
order to ensure the
product is delivered in
perfect condition.

Jenkins authorized a
Refers to a public statement
press release denying
given to the press to
A press release rumors regarding the
announce the launch of a
leak of their new
brand new product or service.
product.

Refers to all the types of It is still a new

A product range products that a company company with a
stores and sells limited product range.

Environmentalists
The process of keeping good
attacked the
Public relations relationships between an
company's ad as a
organization and the general
public-relations
 public gimmick.

Payment made to the legal

owner of a brand or franchise Operators need to pay
by those who wish to make a royalty fee to
Royalty use of it for the purposes of franchise owner KFC to
generating revenue or other setup franchise outlets
such desirable activities. around the world.

Someone whose job is to sell The sales

a company’s products, often representatives of the
Sales representative by calling and presenting to company drove 50 %
people the company and it’s of the sales during the
products and services. last month.

Refers to providing goods and The company manages

services based on consumer to keep its supply
A supply
demand in large quatities over intact in order to meet
a long period of time. consumer demands.

A comprehensive
study by Starbucks
The process of examining and
helped the brand in
understanding a specific
understanding
A study subject by a brand like
consumer preferences
consumer behavior,
and taste here by
preferences and taste in detail.
increasing profits by
50 %.

Refers to the type of person We need to find the

To target a customer to whom a company wants to right product to satisfy
sell its products or services. the needs of our
 target customers.

The company
Refers to a pattern of gradual
observed a decent
change in process, output,
A trend trend in growth over
sales over a considerable
the last one year,
period of time.
profits rising by 50 %

Important English vocabulary

words for Human Resources
Definition Anglais Examples

A person who is in charge of

The human resource
the department that deals
Human resources manager is responsible for
with the employment, training,
manager writing up job
support, records, etc. Of a
descriptions.
company's employees

The chief executive officer, or

CEO, is the top position in an
organization and is
Whatever you want to do,
responsible for implementing Chief executive officer
you have to take the
existing plans and policies, (CEO)
permission of the CEO.
ensuring successful
management of the business
and setting future strategy.

A person who supervises the Chief administrative I always wanted to

daily operations of a business officer become a chief
and is ultimately responsible administrative officer.
for its performance.

John will easily find a new

A position that can be one of
work because he was
the highest-ranking executive Chief operating officer
working as chief operating
positions in an organization
officer for 5 years.

When she left college, she

Refers to the regular work a
A job got a job as an editor in a
person does to earn money
publishing company

Referred to an activity which

involves a person to use
I've got so much work to
physical or mental effort, A work
do.
usually for money in order to
succeed.

Is to be engaged in physical
or mental activity in order to
achieve a result.
Last week, i worked for
To work
almost 15 hours a day.

Refers to a written legal

agreement between an She was being asked to
employer and an employee, do work that was not
Employment contract
stating details about the within the terms of her
employee's job, pay, working employment contract.
hours, etc.

I want to stay in London

A written legal agreement
for another six months, so
between an employer and an
A fixed-term contract I am looking for a
employee but for a specific
company that could may
period.
be offer me a fixed-term
 contract.

I started working at that

company 4 years ago and
A written legal agreement
A permanent / probably I will stay much
between an employer and an
unlimited -term more because I like my
employee but for no specific
contract job plus I do also have
period
permanent – term
contract.

An announcement in a
The job advertisements
newspaper or on the internet,
Job advertisement specify relevant work
etc. About a job that people
experience.
can apply for.

My CEO fired me 1 week

A place where unemployed
ago and now I am
people can go for advice and
Job center thinking to visit the job
information about jobs that
center to see what I can
are available
do.

It’s not easy to find a job

alone, so maybe you
A person in search of a job. Job seeker
could search for a job
seeker.

John called a company

A company that provides day nursery to take care
people to take care of other Company day nursery of his child because he
peoples’ kids. had an important
meeting.

Refers to the role / status of a His position in the

A position
person in the organization. company demands him to
 keep exceeding
expectations.

Ian is currently on a
Refers to the location where posting abroad; he's
A posting
the person is working. working in Paris for six
months.

It refers to an act of moving

He got a transfer to a
something or someone to
A transfer French club and he
another place, organization,
couldn’t resist the offer.
team, etc.

Marc was promoted to

Refers to moving up the
the position of senior
ladder in an organization in
A promotion manager owing to his
reward for hardwork and
outstanding performance
commitment.
in the last two years.

Refers to the privileged status

An organization seeking
attained by an employee
Promotion on to promote its workers
because of the length of
seniority may choose to do so
continuous service with the
based on seniority
same employer.

Refers to someone in a top

She is now an executive,
position, especially in business,
A executive having worked her way up
who makes decisions and puts
through the company
them into action

She is now a senior

A person higher than A top (US) / senior
executive and she has
executive (GB) executive
more responsibilities.

A manager who is in charge of Middle manager Middle managers and

 people or departments in a
company, but is not in charge
of the whole company and
does not take important
decisions about the company's
future
Refers to a number of people
who work to do something
together as a group.
A person in charge of a
company's sales activities and
its sales force
A person who is in charge of a
particular department or
division or in short, a person
who heads the whole
operation
Someone who is in charge of
all activities and operations of
a particular storey / floor in a
large store
Person who heads a team and
is responsible for its proper
functioning
A person who oversees a
project
project leaders often hold
the key as to whether a
company will be
successful or not.
A successful company has
to strike a balance
A team
between various teams
working together.
The sales manager
decided to keep the
A sales manager
incentive program running
for one more year.
John decided to quit from
that work because he
Department head
can’t handle the
department head.
She works as a floor
A floor manager manager at a toy store on
the upper east side.
Martin tried to get some
A boss days off for christmas but
his boss didn’t let him.
The managing director
Managing director
was strict but fair.

Refers to a person who works
at an office performing tasks
such as keeping records,
attending to correspondence
or filing.
The person who is working for A temp / a temporary
a small period of time.
Someone who works at a
place for a limited and usually
short period of time
Someone who has agreed to
work for a skilled person for a
particular period of time and
often for low payment in
order to acquire that person's
skills
Refers to the time period
working as an apprentice.
Refers to that moment when a
company accepts a new
member in its work
environment, usually with
payment.
He worked for nearly
three years as a clerical
worker but gathered good
A clerical worker
knowledge of the process
which now sees him
leading the team.
It’s easier to work as a
temporary worker when
worker
you are student.
I decided to temp for a
To temp while so that i could try
different kinds of jobs.
Most of the work was
An apprentice
done by the apprentices.
Traditionally, the Japanese
learn a job or a skill
Apprenticeship through a long training
course called an
apprenticeship.
The new year is the best
period to find a new job
A new hire because most companies
are searching for new
hires.
A person who is working in a My office consists of 100
An employee
company employees

A person or an organization We need a reference from

An employer
that employs people your former employer.

A north American
company outsourced
Means a badge that a person employee identification
An identification
wears to show the person’s badges that were
badge
identity at work. designed for free, ordered
online, and delivered on-
demand.

To record the time you arrive

What time did you clock
at work on an automated To clock in
in this morning?
sensored badging system.

If we clock out now we

To record the time when you
To clock out can be at the bar by
leave work.
happy hour.

There is a good
Refers to a group of people understanding between
The staff
who work for an organization the staff and pupils at the
school.

We took a look at some

Is referred to employees easy ways to improve staff
Staff attendance
showing up for work attendance and improve
our company.

Detailed report produced on a The expense report

monthly, quarterly, or yearly An expense report submitted by my team for
basis that accounts for all the last month was very well
 expenses a business incurs. defined and structured.

It’s extremely important to

Refers to a document detailing
the profile and background of
a particular person
keep updating your
resume from time to time
A resume as companies nowadays
are constantly on the
lookout for hiring people
with experience.

While applying for a job,

A cover letter is a written
you need to first prepare
document submitted with a
A covering / cover a cover letter stating very
job application explaining the
letter clearly your motivation
applicant's credentials and
and expectations from the
interest in the open position.
role.

Refer to those abilities and

experience of a person which I got my teaching
show that the person is Credentials credentials from San Jose
qualified for a particular job or state.
activity

Skills refer to an ability to do I gained enormous skills in

an activity or a job well the field of digital
Skills
especially once you have marketing in the last one
gained expertise in it. year.

With our new opening in

To hire somebody /
To accept someone in a group London we have to hire
To sign up somebody
or organization and make him somebody to manage the
/ To take on
an integral member of it. daily operations of the
somebody (familier)
workplace.

To stop employing someone
usually because of lack of
work.
To decide that something or
someone is not important and
not worth considering
To remove someone from the
job either due to
underperforming or other
wrong reasons or as a way of
saving the cost of employing
them
A document given to a person
saying that they do not have a
job any more.
The day when an employee
loses his job and may no
longer work in that position.
Refers to assistance provided
through a third-party
company and paid for by a
former employer to help a
laid-off employee find a new
job.
To give up a job or position
Because of falling orders,
the company has been
To lay somebody off
forced to lay off several
hundred workers.
I guess he dismissed him
because of lack of skills
To dismiss
within five minutes of
meeting him.
She was fired on account
To sack, fire
of being involved in
somebody
corruption.
I've worked hard there for
A pink slip years, but today they gave
me my pink slip.
When is his termination
date ? Why didn’t the
Termination date
company decide on
keeping me ?
We will assist people who
have lost their jobs by
Outplacement
providing retraining and
outplacement services.
To resign He resigned from the
by telling your employer that company in order to take
you are leaving a more challenging job.

The act of telling your

There have been calls for
employer that you are leaving A resignation
his resignation.
your job

Would you quit your job if

To leave a particular job or
To quit a job you earned lots of
workplace
money?

The minimum time in advance

He had to serve a one
that an employee needs to
Term of notice month term of notice
inform his employer before
before leaving
quitting a job.

Since retiring from the

To leave your job or quit
company, she has done
working because of old age or To retire
voluntary work for a
ill health.
charity.

The act of quitting your job Many teachers over the

and stop working usually Retirement age of 50 are taking early
during old age. retirement.

They decided to describe

A newspaper advertisement the kind of candidate they
stating that something or A want ad were looking for the open
someone is wanted position in the want ad
section of the newspaper.

Under the terms of the

An offer from an employer to A job offer
act, an employer can only
give you a job Oferta de trabajo ask about a candidate's
disability after a job offer

Refers to looking / requesting
for a work, either temporary or
permanent, and sending in
resumes to companies with
the help of internet or
newspaper.
Refers to an official request
for a job, usually in writing
A person who formally
requests for a job or to study
at a college or university
A one on one discussion in
which an employer asks the
person applying for a job
various questions to see and
test whether he/she would be
the right person to do the job
A person or company who
arranges to supply materials
or workers for the several
purposes like construction or
moving goods.
Someone who works on
different projects with
different companies at the
same instead of being
has been made.
I’ve applied for a new job
To apply for a job
with the local newspaper.
An application
I've sent my applications
Aplicación, examen
for four different jobs.
How many applicants did
An applicant
you have this year for the
Aplicante
job?
He had been for several
A job interview
job interviews but hasn't
Entrevista de trabajo
been offered a job yet.
The government employs
A contractor
contractors for security
Contratista
overseas.
A free-lancer He started off his career in
Trabajador translation services
independiente working as a freelancer.
 associated with just one
employer.
Means to handle many jobs.
Projects with different
companies instead of working
just with one employer.
The process used to terminate
employees as a result of lack
of funding, change of work
requirements or the
reorganization of a
department or business
operation.
The money earned by an
employee for the hours spent
at work paid by the employer.
An occasion when a company
or government fixes the
amount paid to workers and
will not allow any increase.
A fixed amount of money
agreed every year as pay for
an employee.
Refers to a proof in the form a
printed paper or a digital
document that is given to an
employee to show monthly
Nowadays most of the
To work freelance young people want to
Trabajar wok freelance instead of
independientemente just being with one
company.
The written reduction in
force organizational plan
Reduction in force
is to be submitted to
Reducción de mano
human resources and
de obra
institutional equity for
review
He was notorious for
Wages
being anti-union and for
Salarios
paying low wages.
The government decided
Wage freeze
to freeze wages this year
Disminución de
on account of recession
salario
hiting the economy.
Salary His net monthly salary is
Salario €2,500.
The size of the deductions
Pay slip
in the first monthly pay
Comprobante de
slip came as a shock to
pago/ingresos
her.
 earned and deductions ie;
amount taken off for income
tax etc.

Salary scale/pay grid The salary scale for a

Also refers to as salary range Escala/rango del particular MNC varies

salario from country to a country.

In China this year, there is

Refers to when salary moves Salary rise
10 % salary rise compared
upwards Aumento del salario
to 2015

Refer to added benefits or A company vehicle and a

advantages such as goods or Perks mobile phone are some of
bonus that you are given Prestaciones the perks that come with
because of your job the job.

An extra amount of money The company used to give

that is given to you as a A bonus /an incentive discretionary bonus
present or reward for Bono payments to its
outstanding work employees

An amount of extra money

offered by an employer
A signing bonus She negotiated a good
usually during the first month
Bono mensual signing bonus.
to persuade him to take up
the job

A pictorial interpretation of
different numbers that are
During the meeting at 2
represented by thin vertical or A bar chart
pm, we will be analysing
horizontal rectangles having Grafica de barras
the three main bar charts.
the same width but different
heights or lengths.
 Refers to a pictorial design
that shows information in a
simple way, often using lines
and curves to depict numbers
Refers to a formal
arrangement to meet
someone at a particular time
and place
A meeting in which an
employer poses questions to
see if you are suitable for the
job.
Refers to a common place to
have talks either casual or
official
A written record of what was
said during a meeting
Refers to submitting a detailed
description on something
To make a note of things to
be added to a list of matters
to be discussed at a meeting.
Refers to plan or organise an To arrange a meeting
appointment.
This chart shows a trend
A chart
of how our sales improved
Grafica
in the last quarter.
I'd like to fix an
An appointment appointment with the
Junta/cita chairman of the company
tomorrow.
An interview I had an interview for a
Entrevista job with a publisher.
Let’s discuss this matter
A meeting point
tomorrow over lunch at a
Punto de reunión
common meeting point
A minutes Harry will take the
Minutos minutes.
We prepared a report
A report explaining the pros and
Reporte cons of implementing the
new strategy.
There were several
To add to the agenda
important items added to
Agenda
the agenda
We need to arrange a
meeting to discuss the
Organizar una reunión
new strategy.
 The prime minister
To bring together a group of
To convene a meeting convened a meeting of his
people for a meeting, or to
Reunir cabinet to discuss the
meet for a meeting
matter.

The council will be

convening on the morning

Means to call for a meeting or To hold a meeting of the 25th.

to arrange a meeting The premier minister

decided to hold a meeting
on an urgent basis.

We decided to take a
Refers to restarting a meeting break for lunch and then
To resume
or a discussion after a resume our meeting to
Reanudar
pause/break. take the discussion
forward.

To fix or arrange an event or

To Schedule We decided to schedule
activity that will take place at
Agendar the meeting for tomorrow
a particular time.

Refers to the time spent

To do overtime / to
working beyond regular They're doing overtime to
work extra time
working hours expected in a get the job done on time.
Trabajar horas extras
job

Telecommuting is
Refers to work from home, convenient, but
Telecommuting
making use of the internet, unfortunately, not many
Telecomunicación
email and telephone companies offer the
option.

Refers to working for an To telecommute Allowing staff to

organisation from home and telecomunicarse telecommute can give
communicating with the main small firms a valuable
office and customers, etc. By competitive advantage.
phone or email

Refers to a work that is done She does voluntary work

Voluntary work
willingly without being forced for the red cross two days
Trabajo voluntario
or paid to do it a week.

A person who does

The health clinic is relying
something, especially helping
A volunteer on volunteers to run the
other people, willingly and
Voluntario office and answer the
without being forced or paid
phones.
to do it

to offer to do something
To volunteer
willingly without having been He volunteered for the
Ofrecerse como
asked to do it and/or without army
voluntario
expecting payment

Refers to the list of people

who have been judged the
most suitable for a job, made His latest novel has been
To be shortlisted
from a longer list of people shortlisted for the man
Ser enlistado
originally considered, and booker prize.
from which finally one person
will be chosen.

Please list your

The experience that a person Work experience
educational qualifications
already has working Experiencia de trabajo
and work experience.

A blue collar My dad comes from a

Refers to doing work that
need strength or physical skill Obrero, ser obrero blue-collar family.
 rather than office work.
Relating to people who work
in offices, doing work that
needs mental rather than
physical effort
Refers to the number of
people working or available
for work or service.
Refers to the group of senior
most members in an
organization in charge of the
whole setup and taking
important decisions for the
company.
Refers to a room where the
people who control a
company or an organization
meet to discuss and take
important calls.
Referred to the group of
people chosen by the
shareholders to manage a
company or organization
A group of employees elected
or chosen to represent all the
employees in a company
during the meetings with their
employers
There was a strike last
A white collar week organised by white-
Oficinista collar workers’ union in
the factory.
Manpower/laborforce
The industry has suffered
( us ) / workforce
from a lack of manpower.
Mano de obra
The board decided to not
Board have the annual event this
Junta/consejo year on account of profits
dropping by 20%.
There's a catered lunch in
Boardroom
the boardroom for the
Sala de juntas
directors.
The board of directors
Board of directors approved the
Junta de directores implementation of the
new digital strategy.
The company and the
Work council work council agreed that
concilio the staff could work up to
eight hours per shift.
 An organization that sells
goods or services in order to
make money
A car that is owned by a
company or any other
A company car
organization and is used by an
Carro de la empresa
employee during his or her
work hours.
A firm is a business
organization, such as a
corporation, limited liability
company or partnership that
sells goods or services to
make a profit.
Referred to a business that
employs lawyers to represent
Firma de abogados
clients or argue in court
A large company or group of
companies that is controlled
together as a single
organization
A building or set of buildings
where large amounts of goods
are manufactured using
machines
He works for a software
A company
company, a company that
Compañía
makes software
I decided to continue with
the big company because
they will provide me a
company car.
Being a small firm in the
education sector, their
A firm
sales rose by 50%
Firma
compared to those of
bigger established brands.
The law firm hired a
prominent justice
A law firm department prosecutor as
a partner in an effort to
build a washington
practice.
She didn't want to work
A corporation for a big corporation
Corporación where everything was so
impersonal.
A Factory
A car/shoe/textile factory
Fabrica

A branch office is simply
another location and is still
involved in the business
activities of the firm.
Company that is owned or
controlled by another
Subsidiary (company )
company, which is called the
parent company, or holding
company.
A type of company whose
shares are not traded on a
stock market and may only be
sold if other shareholders
agree
A company whose shares can
be sold to the public
Involving several different
countries, or (of a business)
producing and selling goods
in several different countries
Refer to the main office of an
organization
The firm recently opened
its new branch office and
A branch
it now has in total nine
rama
branch offices spread over
the country.
This company has
subsidiaries all over the
Subsidiario
world.
The move from a public
A private limited
to a private limited
company
company would facilitate
Compañía privada
further investment from its
limitada
biggest shareholder.
The company is happy to
A public limited sell its shares to the public
company and hence, the idea of
Compañía publica switching to a private
limitada limited company was
rejected by the board.
Amazon is the biggest
A multinational multinational e-commerce
Multinacional company operating in 16
different countries.
The company's
The headquarters
headquarters are in
Sede
amsterdam
 The merger of these two
An occasion when two or
A merger companies would create
more companies join together
Fusion the world's biggest
to make one larger company
accounting firm.

A business or business activity The website was a joint

A joint venture
that two or more people or venture between him and
Unio empresarial
companies work on together his partner.

A situation in which a
company gets control of A takeover They were involved in a
another company by buying Hacerse cargo takeover last year
enough of its shares

The company has been

The area where the workers in The factory floor
criticised for the lack of
a factory work. Piso de fabrica
safety on the factory floor.

A room or building where A carpenter's/printer's

A workshop
things are made or repaired workshop, an engineering
Taller
using machines and tools workshop, etc.

A nuclear plant consists of

It is a facility for the nuclear reactor fuel,
A (nuclear) plant
production of electricity using control rods, moderators,
Planta nuclear
nuclear energy. pressure vessels, coolant
and containment.

A factory where parts of a BMW's latest car assembly

An assembly plant
machine or structure are put plant is highly flexible and
Planta de ensamblaje
together extremely productive.

Refers to a line of machines

An assembly line He had worked on the
and workers in a factory so
 that a product moves along Linea de ensamblaje assembly line all his life.
while it is being built or
produced. Each machine or
worker performs a particular
job that must be finished
before the product moves to
the next position in the line

Employment practice designed

to make use of, or provide The company was willing
To work in shifts
service across all 24 hours of to hire him but he wasn’t
Trabajar en turnos
the clock, each day of the ready to work in shifts.
week

Refers to workers who work

during a shift at night in an The day/night shift The day shift starts at 5.30

industry where a day shift is Turno de noche/dia a.m.

also worked.

To be acceptable or correct To be suitable for The salary was not

for someone Ser adecuado para suitable for him.

To pay someone else to do Most of the bricklaying

To subcontract
part of a job that you have has been subcontracted to
Subcontrato
agreed to do a local builder.

The company decided to

Means to pay to have part of To outsource outsource all manual
the work done by another Subcontrato de backend work to an
company pagadora operations team back in
India.

The payment to have part of The management

Outsourcing
its work done by another guaranteed that
 company subcontratacion outsourcing wouldn't
mean job losses

We revamped the
Refers to change or modify
To revamp management system, but
something again in order to
modificar the business is doing no
improve it
better than it was before.

The companies and activities

involved in the process of The strike seriously
Industry
producing goods for sale, reduced coal deliveries to
Industria
especially in a factory or the industry.
special area.

A strong, hard and padded

A helmet A crash helmet is
hat that covers and protects
Casco important for protection
the head

Refers to a place where The company hasn't yet

A site
something is, was, or will be chosen the site for the
Sitio
built or constructed. new hospital.

A year between leaving school

and starting university that is A gap year I didn't take a gap year.
usually spent travelling or Año sabatico Did you?
working

The report was rejected by

Refers to a section or table of
An appendix the manager as it didn’t
subsidiary matter at the end
Apéndice contain the appendix at
of a book or document.
the end.

His contract contained an

Refers to an additional line or An additional clause
additional clause wherein
text in a contract Cláusula adicional
he could avail a company
 car till the time he is with
the company.

Staff canteen
The staff canteen had too
Refers to a cafeteria dedicated
Ayf 17.01.16 little options and
to the company employees
moreover was over-priced.
Cafetería del staff

A job or series of jobs that He's hoping for a career

A career
you do during your in the police force as a
Carrera
professional life police officer.

Refers to planning for your job

or series of jobs that you A career plan A career plan is must to
would want to do during your Plan de estudios have a successful future.
professional life

Meredith asked peter to

Refers to charges of check the payroll charges
Payroll charges
employees to be paid by the to see if the young man
Dia de paga
employer. really was one of their
employees

The number of people who do Unemployment has risen

Unemployment
not have a job that provides again for the third
Desempleo
money consecutive month.

A situation in which a person The economic downturn

loses his job because his Redundancy has meant 10,000
employer does not require Despido, bajas redundancies in the
them northeast.

To make somebody
The company decided to
Means to dismiss someone redundant
make 10 of its employees
Dar de baja a alguien redundant on account of
 recession.

Refers to brining to the size of The problem of staff

the staff or simply lowering Staff reduction reduction is becoming
the number of employees in Reducción de staff more of a concern every
the setup. year.

Mark is not in the office

A day off from work because A sick leave today. He broke his leg
of illness Dia de enfermedad yesterday, so he's taken a
sick leave.

The company had an

Can refer to a dispute in pay
A wage dispute increase in attrition rate
or payments being withheld
Discusión de salario due to a large number of
by employers
wage disputes.

Paid vacation /paid

Refers to time off work and on
leave
a holiday with full pay
Vacaciones pagadas

Daily English vocabulary words for Bank and Finances

Vocabulary Definition Example

Accounting / Accounting refers to the skill or

Accountancy activity of keeping records of Sharon studied
the money a person or accounting in college so
Accounting
organization earns and spends she would be able to
department
while the accounting structure and organize the
Contabilidad
department is the section of an accounting department of
Departamento de organization that is responsible her own company.
contabilidad in the doing the same.
 His application for an
education loan was
An approval approved by the bank
Refers to acceptance
aprobación however, his medical
policy wasn’t approved by
the insurance company.

Assets can be referred to

resources with economic value The company has assets
Assets owned by an individual or worth a 2 million which in

activos entity, with the expectation that turn enables it to keep its
these will generate future employees happy.
benefit.

Liabilities are referred to a legal

obligation that binds an
individual or entity to transfer
Liabilities
economic benefits such as
obligaciones
money, goods or services to
another individual or entity over
time.
The franchise has
liabilities worth 1 million
which it would have to
recover within the next
two years.

a person who buys and sells

I called my broker for
A bróker foreign currency, shares in
advice about investing in
Intermediario companies, etc., for other
the stock market.
people

Refers to the closing amount

The company’s closing
The balance generated by the company at
balance is consistent
Balance de cifras the end of each day’s
showing a positive growth.
operations

a record of the money put I need to check

A bank statement
deposited and withdrawn from my bank statement to
 Estado financiero a bank account verify if all transactions
have been taken into
consideration.

Bankruptcy As a result of recession,

a situation in which a business the company had to
or a person becomes bankrupt terminate employees
to go bankruptcy /
meaning loses all his money otherwise it would have
to go bust ( US )
and assets. been forced into
estar en bancarrota bankruptcy.

the process of ending the

The partial government
To close down operations of a business,
close-down is now in a
cerrar system, industry, etc. either
record 20th day.
temporarily or permanently

In United States
To file for
It is referred to a legal way of companies are obliged to
bankruptcy
proclaiming that you are unable file for bankruptcy if they
Demostrar que estas
to pay your bills/debts. are not able to pay their
en bancarrota
debts.

Refers to desirable and The company benefited

A benefit
measurable outcome or result more from investing its
Beneficio
from an investment or action. shares in real estate.

Refers to an offer of a particular

A bid I made a bid of $150 for
amount of money for
Acción the painting.
something that is up for sale

the final line in the accounts of

How will the rise in
The bottom line a company or organization,
interest rates affect our
Linea final stating the total profit or loss
bottom line?
that has been made
 a system of offering money,
Proceeds from the sale of
food, or any kind of help to
Charity / Charities ( these cards will go to (=
those who are in need or to any
pluriel )} be given to) local charities.
organization that has the
Caridad UNICEF is an international
purpose of providing money or
charity.
helping in this way.

Samsung’s core market is

The primary area on which a
The core market
company was founded on is
Mercado meta?
referred to as a core market.
smartphones but they are
also into developing other
sectors as perceived
business opportunities
arise.

It is a legally binding agreement

which outlines the franchisor's
With the help of its
terms and conditions for the
Franchising franchising agreement,
franchisee. In other words, in a
agreement companies like KFC &
franchising agreement, a
Contrato de Pizza Hut can have
franchisor grants the franchisee
franquicia franchise outlets around
the right to use the franchisor's
the world.
system and proprietary marks to
operate a franchised business.

The company decided to

Refers to the difference slash its prices. There is a
Change between the current price and difference of 50 euros

Cambio monetario the previous day’s settlement from the price for which
price. the product was sold
yesterday.

Cost effective
It wouldn't be
Refers to value for money
Costo efectivo cost-effective to turn my

the official money that is used
A currency
in a country for exchange of
moneda
goods and services.
A deposit Refers to putting money into Yesterday, I deposited 100
Deposito your bank account.
To dissolve a
means to officially or formally
company
close the business or the
Disolver una
operations of a company
compañía
Refers to a guess or a rough
An estimate indication or calculation of the
Un estimado cost, size, value, etc. of
something
A figure
the symbol for a number or an
Una figura/estimado
amount expressed in numbers
numérico
Funds Refers to an investment /
Fondos money for a specific purpose
Growth refers to the progress
Growth made by an individual or a
Progreso company and is directly
proportional to profits.
An instalment Refers to one of the several
hobby into my profession.
Get some currency
converted to cover
incidentals like the taxi
fare, hotel charges etc
during your travel.
euros to my back account.
The first step to dissolve a
company is for the owners
to create a resolution to
dissolve.
Government sources
estimate a long-term 50
percent increase in rail
fares.
Can you read this figure?
Is it a three digit or an
eight digit number?
I’m short of/low on funds
at the moment.
The company has been
showing a steady growth
in the last six months.
For the next two years, I
 Fondo parts of an amount of money have to pay an instalment
owed that is to be repaid at of 200 euros every month
different times until the whole to a bank that had
sum is paid. financed my higher
studies.

the process of putting money, The government wanted

An investment effort and time into something an inflow of foreign

Inversión in order to make a profit or get investment in order to

an advantage. create more jobs.

A New York investor

a person who puts money into
An investor offered to acquire the
something in order to make a
Inversionista company's shares for $13
profit or get an advantage
each.

an amount of money that you She sends a small

A remittance
send to someone back in your remittance home to her
Remicencia
home country. parents every month.

an amount of money that is

borrowed, often from a bank,
and has to be paid back, either She's trying to get a
A loan
in one shot or in installments $50,000 loan to start her
Un préstamo
with an extra amount of money own business.
called interest that you have to
pay as a fee for borrowing

an occasion when two or more She's an attorney who

A merger
companies join together to advises companies about
Una fusión
make one larger company mergers and takeovers.

An overdraft The bank offers overdraft

an amount of money that a
sobregiro customer with a bank account is facilities upto 300 euros.
 temporarily allowed to owe to
the bank, or the agreement that
allows this

having taken more money out

of your bank account than the
They were overdrawn by
To be overdrawn account contained, or (of a
£150, so they couldn't
endeudado bank account) having had more
write any cheques.
money taken from it than was
originally in it

Jonathan was in the red

To be in the red If you or your bank account are
for 3 years but finally he
Estar en numerous in the red, you owe money to
paid back all the amount
rojos the bank.
to the bank.

Overhead ( costs )
the regular and necessary costs, Many businesses are
(GB )
such as rent and heating, that moving out of New York
Overheads (US ) are involved in operating a because the overheads
business there are so high.
Aunmento de costos

I made profitable use of

my time (= used my time
Refers to resulting in or likely to
Profitable to get advantages or
result in a profit or an
Ganancias benefits), mixing with a lot
advantage
of different people and
practising my Spanish.

Refers to a sum fixed and that

Quote He quoted 100 euros to
needs to be paid for doing a
Cuota/impuesto get the work done.
piece of work.

the price that a person or I asked several companies

A quote
company says they will charge to give me a quote for the
 Couta impuesto to do a piece of work building work.

Refers to state a price,

To quote The architect has quoted
especially one that will be paid
Cuota £90,000 to build a patio.
for doing a piece of work

Revenue the income that a government Taxes cover most of the

or company receives regularly government's revenue.

A stock option refers to a

A share /a stock- contract for the right to buy
It's like persuading people
option and sell shares at a later date or
to buy stock options back
Acciones en la bolsa within a certain period at a
immediately after the
de particular price. Shares refer to
1987 stock market crash.
valores/accionador holding small assets of a
company.

Refers to a person who owns

A shareholder /a
shares in a company and Shareholders will be
stock-holder
therefore gets part of the voting on the proposed
Persona que recibe
company's profits and the right merger of the companies
las acciones/corridor
to vote on how the company is next week.
de bols
controlled.

a place where shares in

companies are bought and sold, They bought some shares
The Stock Exchange
or the organization of people on the London stock
Casa de cambio
whose job is to do this buying exchange.
or selling

Education for Sustainable

Sustainable Refers to supporting an
Development allows every
development economy via renewable
human being to acquire
resources
Desarrollo
the knowledge, skills,
 sustentable attitudes and values
necessary to shape a
sustainable future.

Refers to structuring a process
To streamline
in order to avoid loop holes
Aerodinamizar
and improve efficiency.
Demonetization in India
recently has helped in
streamlining the cash flow
and break the grip of
corruption and black
money.

Is to pay part of the cost of £50 would help to

To subsidize
something and sell it at a lower subsidize the training of
Subsidiar
cost. an unemployed teenager.

The firm was badly in

To take over Refers to begin to have control
need of restructuring
Hacerse cargo of something
when she took over.

The turnover the amount of business that a

Large supermarkets have
Aunmentos de company does in a period of
high turnovers
crecimiento time

To take over a
Refers to taking control of a The firm has been taken
company
company by buying most of its over by one of its main
Hacerse cargo de
shares. competitors.
una ocmpañia

The company has

Refers to important assets of a acquired a large number
Valuables
company accountable for of valuables in recent
Valores
revenue. months worth significant
revenue.
 I would like to
To withdraw money Refers to taking out cash from
withdraw a hundred
Retirar dinero your bank account.
pounds from my account.

Refers to the process of closing The company was ordered

Winding up a business that is unsuccessful by the court to wind up as
and has debts that it cannot it was unable to pay its
manage. debts for a long time.

Essential and daily used English vocabulary words for accommodation and real estate

Vocabulary Definition Example

Real estate Refers to a property in the We're going to buy a

Inmueble form of a land or a building piece of real estate.

The new plan of the

An organization that supplies
Public Utility government is to
the public with water, gas, or
Utilidad publica support more public
electricity
utilities.

Her landlord has given

To move out To stop living in a particular
her a week to move
Mudarse (Sali) place
out.

Owing to huge rent,

student prefer prefer
To move in To go to a different place and
not to move in to a city
Mudarse (entrar) begin to live there
but rather stay in the
outskirts

A hall /corridor Refers to the room just inside

I left my bags in the
the main entrance of a house,
Pasillo, corredor hall.
apartment, or other building
 that leads to other rooms and
usually to the stairs

The process of acquiring or

The cost of acquisition
getting and owning
An acquisition is far too high in Paris
something for example a
Adquisición owing to it being the
property, an apartment, a
capital of France.
house etc.

He owns a big
Refers to possessing apartment in the heart
To own
something like for example a of the city with an
Comprar
property, apartment etc. amazing view of the
Eiffel.

The owner Refers to a person who owns Are you the owner of

Comprador an appartment or property. this flat ?

To rent refers to moving in to

an apartment for a certain
sum or money that is to be I have decided to let
To rent /to let
paid regularly to its owner out my apartment to a
Rentar
while to let refers to giving an student for a year .
apartment to someone for a
certain period at a fixed price.

Refers to someone who pays

The apartment can only
A renter a sum or money to live in a
lodge students as
renta house or apartment that is
renters.
owned by someone else.

A rental agreement A written agreement that The rental agreement

underlines the terms and included the servicing
Contrato de renta
conditions concerning the use of the asset if there
 and occupancy of a place and were any problems
its premises.
Refers to the minimum time
period to be given to the
A 30-day notice
landlord in advance before
Aviso de 30 dias
moving out from the
apartment.
Refers to a certain sum paid
A deposit
at the beginning before
Deposito
moving in to an apartment.
An elevator (US) /a Refers to a machine that
lift (GB) carries people from one floor tenth floor, so Helen
Elevador of another of a building.
Refers to the land and
The premises /
buildings owned by someone
facilities
or by a company or
Facilidades
organization
Daily English vocabulary
words for the factory
Vocabulary Definition
experienced during the
first 30 days.
His landlord didn’t
return him the deposit
paid because he failed
to provide a 30 day
notice before quitting.
As the deposit was too
high, I decided not to
move in over there and
instead chose another
place.
The office was on the
took the elevator.
The company is
relocating to its new
premises.
Example
 A place where large
A Factory My father has a car
amounts of goods are
Fabrica factory last 20 years.
manufactured.

Someone who produces

The company was a
A manufacturer goods in large numbers,
major manufacturer for
Manufacturados usually with the help of
all kinds of goods.
machines.

A person heading a large

industrial setup or an The industrialist owned
An industrialist
employee holding a all the steel mills in
Industrializados
prominent position in an town.
industry.

The use of machines that The factory's automation

Automation enables to eliminate of producing electronics

Automatización manual work and reduce has reduced the need for
headcount. employees.

An organization that sells He works for a software

A company
goods or services in order company /a company
Compañía
to make money / revenue. that makes software.

The corporate life at

People working in an Amazon keeps it’s
organization aiming employees happy
Corporate life
towards achieving enabling the company to
Vida corporativa
professional growth and be the earth’s most
success. customer centric
company.

Consumer godos Products that people buy Prices of consumer

Bienes de consumo for their own use goods rose by 2.5% last
 year.

The good use of time and What is so impressive

Efficiency energy in a way that about their society is the

Eficiencia increase productivity of efficiency of the public

workers. services.

An amount of something
the output produced by a person, Last year manufacturing

producción machine, factory, country, output fell by 14 percent

etc.

A traditional industry that

Smokestack industry There's been a steady
produces large machines
decline in smokestack
Maquinaria indutrial or materials used in other
industries such as
industries and creates
shipbuilding and steel.
pollution in doing so.

A tall, vertical pipe that The old factory's

takes smoke or steam into smokestacks are
A smokestack
the air from an engine crumbling, and many of
Maquinaria
driven by steam or from a the windows are
factory shattered.

The vase was subjected

Handling The art of holding or to rough handling by the

Acabados managing things removal men and

suffered a few defects.

The factory needs to

Tooling A set of equipment used invest in expensive new

Herramientas for a particular purpose tooling to produce the

new design.

Maintenance The work needed to keep Old houses need a lot of

mantenimiento a road, building, machine, maintenance.
etc. in good condition

A nuclear plant consists

Is a facility for the
A (nuclear) plant
production of electricity
Planta nuclear
using nuclear energy.
of nuclear reactor fuel,
control rods, moderators,
pressure vessels, coolant
and containment

Any material, such as oil,

cotton, or sugar in its
Raw material The cost of raw materials
natural condition, before it
Materia prima was going up.
has been processed for
use.

In the context of a factory, The area around the

a release is normally
A reléase
referred to the ouster of
Lanzamiento
waste products from the
machines.
factory is too polluted
due to the excessive
waste released by the
machines.

A company is obliged to
Someone who possess the
A skilled worker keep all the skilled
required abilities to finish
Trabajador habilidoso workers if it wants to
a task.
succeed.

an extra piece that can be Hopefully they kept

Spare parts used to replace a piece spare parts of the

Piezas de repuesto that breaks, esp. in a machine and now they

machine can fix it faster.

A place where people The impact of the energy

A store floor work on machines or the saving has been
space in a retail somewhat reduced by
 establishment where the increase in store
goods are sold to floor area dedicated to
consumers. fresh product.

a company, person, etc.

that provides things that They used to be a
A supplier
people want or need, leading supplier of
Suplementista
especially over a long military equipment.
period of time

An industry responsible
The construction industry
The Construction industry for building up a city for
increases a lot the
Industria de la construcción example, houses,
revenues of the country.
apartments, bridges, etc.

The Japanese motor

An industry responsible industry is one of the
The Motor industry
for manufacturing vehicles most prominent and
Industria automotriz
for ex, cars. largest industries in the
world.

The Oil industries in Italy

An industry that produces
The Oil industry and other south
and delivers oil and oil
Industria petrolera countries are the biggest
products
in Europe.

An industry which is Since the financial crisis,

responsible for the the shipping industry has
The Shipping industry
transport of cargo as a been squeezed on both
Industria de envios
business, especially on the supply and demand
ships. sides.
Must know daily essential
words for Payment
Vocabulary Definition Example

Refers to a record of money

I need to check my
An account that has been deposited and
account to see if my
Cuenta money that has been
salary has got credited.
withdrawn.

Refers to a financial account

maintained by a financial I’ve recently opened a
A banking account institution for a customer that banking account with

Cuenta bancaria represents the customer’s one of France’s premier

funds and from which he can banks, Societe Generale.
make withdrawals.

Refers to a sum or a value or a What amount of money

The amount
figure of money deposited or did you winthdraw
Monto
withdrawn. yesterday ?

Their annual fuel bills

To amount to Refers to become a particular
amounted to over
Monto de amount
£6,000.

Refers to a figure representing

the difference between credits He held a healthy
The balance
and debits in an account or balance in his savings
Balance
the amount of money held in account.
an account.
 You'll pay some hefty
Refers to the amount of
Bank charges bank charges if you go
money paid by a customer for
Cargos bancarios overdrawn without
using a bank's services
permission.

Refers to a piece of printed He had a bag full of

A banknote
paper that has a particular banknotes worth 50
Nota bancaria
value of money euros.

Refers to a small, round piece

A coin of metal, usually silver or I asked for £10 in 20 p

Moneda copper colored, that is used as coins.

money

Refers to a retail location of a

particular bank or any other
Do they have an atm
A branch financial institution that offers
service in their
Rama/sucursal a wide array of face to face
montrouge branch ?
and automated services to
customers.

A bróker Refers to a person who buys

I called my broker for
and sells foreign money,
intermediario advice before investing
shares in companies, etc., for
in the stock market.
other people

An organization that buys and

Brokerage sells foreign money, shares in An online brokerage is

Corretaje companies, etc. For other always helpful.

people

Refers to money in the form of

Cash Do you have any cash
notes and coins, rather than
Dinero with you ?
cheques or credit cards
 Refers to a book containing
detachable blank cheques, I need to pay bills, but i
A chequebook
issued by a bank to account can't find my
chequera
holders to be used to deposit chequebook.
and withdraw money.

Refers to a book issue by a

Peter looked through
A passbook bank to account holders in
his passbook to find the
Libro de registro order to maintain a record of
hundred-dollar charge.
bank transactions.

Refers to a bank that only It’s too difficult to gain

The savings bank offers accounts where your money from a savings

Ahorros bancarios money earns interest on bank but you can give it
saving a shot.

Refers to a bank account from

which you can withdraw I'd like to deposit this
A checking account
money at any time and that money into my
Cuenta de retiro
usually earns little or no checking account.
interest.

Mary opened a deposit

Refers to a bank account that
account because she
A deposit account pays you interest, in which you
plans to leave her
Cuenta de deposito usually leave money for a long
money for a long
time
period.

Refers to a payment on behalf The bank issued a draft

A draft
of the payer that is guaranteed on behalf of marc worth
Comprobante de pago
by the issuing bank. 100 euros.

To fill in /out a form Refers to completing a form She was to fill in the
by writing or entering details. form for application of
Llenar una forma,
 format her loan by this friday
but she missed the
deadline as she was
travelling.

Funds I’m short of or low on

Simply refer to money
Fondos funds at the moment.

For the next two years, i

Refers to one of the several
Instalment have to pay an
parts of an amount of money
instalment of 200 euros
fondo owed that is to be repaid at
every month to a bank
different times until the whole
that had financed my
sum is paid.
higher studies.

Refers to having to pay or give

something to someone
To owe something because they have lent money We still owe $1,000 to

Te pertenece algo to you, or in exchange for the bank for our car.
something they have done for
you

Portfolios are held

Refers to grouping of financial
A portfolio directly by investors and
assets such as stocks, bonds
Un portafolio managed by financial
and cash equivalents
professionals.

A pocket-sized flat folding He pulled out a big, fat

A wallet
case for holding money and wallet stuffed with bank
billetera
plastic cards. notes.

A small pouch of leather or My mother bought me

A purse
plastic used for carrying a leather purse for my
Bolso
money, typically by a woman weeding.
 An amount of money that you She sends a small
Remittance
send to someone back in your remittance home to her
Remitente
home country. parents every month.

Refers to an employee of a
The teller bank or any similar institution
The teller at the bank
who job includes the task of
Ayudante de banco had Asked for my
helping customers with their
account number.
Asistente bancario needs like depositing cheques,
withdrawing money etc.

I have to make a
Refers to moving out a certain
transfer of my rent to
A transfer sum of money from one place
my landlord, so i am
Transferencia to another or one account to
going to check with him
another.
for his account details.

I would like to withdraw

To withdraw money Refers to taking out cash from
a hundred pounds from
Retirar dinero your bank account.
my account.

Learn the essential English

vocabulary words for
Business Trips

Vocabulary Definition Example

 Check the
It is usually referred to that time when
Boarding boarding time
passengers are allowed to get onto a flight,
Abordar because I think
train, bus etc.
it’s soon.

I printed the
boarding pass
It is usually referred to that piece of paper
A boarding Pass online so that we
which gives you access to board a flight,
Pase de abordar don’t have to
bus, train etc during the time of boarding.
stand in the
queue.

It’s time to board

To go on board /
the flight. Nice to
To board To get onto a flight, ship, ferry, bus etc.
meet you
Estar a bordo
Charles.

I shall now make

a move as you
To get on a bus means to board the bus in
got to get on to
To get on / off a order to start your journey while to get off
the bus now
bus a bus means to get out of the bus as you
since it is almost
might have reached your destination.
time for
departure.

Fare is usually referred to the cost of Train fares are

Fare
travelling in a flight, train, bus etc. going up again.

The entry fee for

Entry / Entrance It is usually referred to the amount paid to
that museum is
fee have access to something.
30$

Transportation The movement of people or goods from The company will

 one place to another arrange for
transport from
the airport.

The activity of visiting interesting and We did some

Sightseeing
beautiful places especially by tourists. Paris sightseeing.

We plan to go
It is referred to the plan of visiting
To go sightseeing sightseeing
interesting places especially by tourists.
tomorrow.

Have you
decided where
To go on holiday It is normally referred to the break that you're going for
/ vacation ( US ) someone takes or gets from work or school. your Christmas
holidays this year
?

We went on a
A visit to a place or an area, especially one guided tour of
A tour (
during which you look around the place or the cathedral,
= journey )
area and learn about it museum and the
factory.

Last weekend, I
Refers to an excursion on a bicycle, horse,
A ride went on a ride
or a motor cycle
on my bicycle.

He doesn't have
To travel in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or a car so he rides
To ride
train to work on the
bus.

A trip is usually referred to a short journey / We're going on a

A trip ( journey )
travel of going somewhere, exploring places trip to Norway
 and discovering cultures. this summer.

Last year, the

president of the
company made
Refers to going on a journey to a foreign six foreign travels
A foreign travel
country either for work or for pleasure. in a vision to
expand the
business
overseas.

We were eligible
Referred to the expenses incurred during to carry a travel
Travel allowance
travel. allowance of
max. 300 euros.

Last year, I went

abroad for my
Abroad To go to a foreign country either for the higher studies

To go abroad purpose of travel, study or work. and now, I

managed finding
a job over there.

Last year, we
went on an
overseas tour to
Overseas also means international or
Overseas India to learn
foreign
more about the
potential market
over there.

going somewhere, to a new place, to Let’s travel to

Travel is …......
explore, to discover etc. Germany this
 winter.

We bought a
cheap package
A holiday at a fixed price in which the tour tour to Spain
A package tour
agency arranges your travel, stay and food. and stayed in a
big hotel by the
sea.

All passengers
travelling to New
Referred to the person travelling by a flight,
A passenger York please
train etc.
proceed to gate
no. 5

The luggage /
baggage :

The luggage
We were having
/baggage is Refers to the bags, suitcases, etc. that
three check-in
heavy . contain things and that you take with you
baggages on our
One / a piece of when you are travelling
trip to New York.
luggage

Three pieces of
luggage/baggage

I hurried to the
baggage claim to
An area in an airport where arriving collect my
Baggage claim
passengers can collect their luggage. luggage as my
taxi had already
arrived.
 The airport
authorities
To retrieve Means to find and bring back something
retrieved his lost
luggages.

We had several
hours to wait for
a cupboard, often tall and made of metal, in our train, so we
Left- luggage (
which you can keep your possessions, and left our bags in a
locker )
leave them for a period of time (luggage) locker,
and went to look
around the town.

I retrieved my
a place at a station, airport, etc. where you
bags from the
Left-luggage can leave your bags for a short time until
left luggage
you need them
office.

I paid extra for a

Refers to a single plane journey without
A direct flight direct flight from
connections
Lyon to London.

My flight to
India is a
A connecting Refers to a plane journey with one or more connecting flight.
flight stops I will have
change planes at
Abu Dhabi.

This time round, I

am not taking a
Connecting Refers to passaengers travelling by a
direct flight. I will
passenger connecting flight.
be a connecting
passenger having
 to change planes
twice.

Referred to a place where people can plan I booked a sea

A sea resort their holidays alongside a beach and which resort to pass
have beach related activities our summer.

Ski resorts are

A ski resort Referred to a place with skiing facilities full in the
christmass period

A round trip
A round-trip flight costs twice
Refers to a to and fro plane journey
flight less than a one
way flight.

The price of a
A round-trip round trip ticket
The ticket for a to and fro plane journey.
ticket to Paris was
340$.

I booked a one
way flight to
entitles a passenger to travel only to his or London because
A one-way flight
her destination, without returning. I didn’t know
when I would
return.

I do non-stop
Refers to a direct flight ie; without any
A Non-stop flight flights because
stops in between
of my work.

Refers to a short stay at a place that you Our tickets to

A stopover may have while you are on a long journey Australia include
to somewhere else. a stopover for
 two nights in
Singapore.

The route that

Refers to a particular path or direction we decided on,
A route
between places took us right
across Greece.

An airplane /a Referred to a vehicle designed for air travel She has her own
plane that has wings and one or more engines. private airplane

Referred to a machine that is able to fly by military aircraft,

An aircraft
gaining support from the air. helicopter etc

Refers to a business that operates regular

Which airline did
An airline carrier services for carrying passengers and/or
you fly with?
goods by aircraft

The Airline ticket

Referred to the area at the airport where counter would
Airline ticket
you show your tickets to get your boarding open three hours
counter
pass printed. prior to flight
departure.

Would you like

an aisle seat or
A long and narrow space between rows of
Aisle would you prefer
seats in an aircraft
to be by the
window?

The departure of
Arrival refers to reaching your destination the flight has
Arrival and
and departure refers to leaving for your been delayed by
departure
destination. two hours on
account of heavy
 fog.

She booked a
To book ( a
Refers to reserve an accommodation, a table for four at
room, a flight ; a
place, etc. or to buy a ticket in advance their favorite
seat )
restaurant.

There was no
room at the
hotel; they were
Booked up Refers to fully reserved or completely full.
completely
booked up for
the summer.

I will call a
Refers to a car that carries passengers
A taxi cab taxicab to pick us
willing to pay a fee for the service.
up.

The passengers
Also, referred to as the airplane or aircraft boarded the
The cabin
room cabin in an
orderly manner.

The flight deck

of British
Airways, the
official carrier of
The flight deck the cockpit of a large aircraft.
the United
Kingdom is rated
the best in the
world.

Refers to the people in an aircraft whose

Cabin crew
job is to take care of the passengers. Airline cabin
 crew are really
no more than
flying waiters and
waitresses.

The flight
attendant
Cabin / flight
Also referred to air steward, air hostess demonstrated
attendant
how to use the
oxygen masks.

A car is defined as a vehicle, with four

wheels, powered by an internal-combustion They decided to
engine and which is able to carry a small go to the
A car (US ) /
number of people while a carriage refers to countryside on a
A carriage ( GB )
a vehicle with four wheels that is usually horse-drawn
pulled by horses and which was used carriage.
mainly in the past.

The first white

settlers
A wagon, truck ( a vehicle used for transporting goods or
journeyed across
goods ) any another specified purpose.
America in
covered wagons.

The American
(space) shuttle
Referred to a vehicle or aircraft that travels was able to be
A shuttle
regularly between two places used many times
to put payloads
in space.

Referred to a vehicle with either two or four A cart was used

A cart / trolley (
wheels, pulled by a horse and used for to carry the
 US ) carrying goods woods cut from
the forest to the
factory.

It's exhausting
commuting daily
to travel the same distance regularly from in paris because
To commute
home to office. of too much rush
during the peak
hours.

The highway is
always busy
A Commuter /a
Somebody who travels to work because of
suburban
commuters every
morning

Referred to the money paid to the You may have to

The Customs government when you take particular goods pay customs on
from one country to another imported goods.

Duty-free refers to goods bought in special He bought his

Duty-free shops at airports, on ships, etc. on which wife some duty-
you do not pay government tax free perfume.

the feeling of tiredness that people Every time I fly

experience often after making a long to the States, I
The Jet lag
journey by plane to a place where the time get really a bad
is different from the place they left jet lag.

The flight was

Refers to come down through the air and supposed to land
To land
rest on the ground or another surface. an hour back but
is late by a
 couple of hours
because of traffic
congestion in the
air.

The plane took

To take off Refers to become airborne.
off at 8.30 a.m

Our officer will

Refers to a card given to passengers on a
scan your
flight or a ship that they must fill out with
Landing card passport and
personal details which is to be later
check your
presented to immigration authorities.
landing card.

Its better to keep

some buffer time
to return our
rental car as
A rental car Refers to a hired motor vehicle
there could be
traffic on the
roads in the
evening

In most of
Thailand, high
Refers to the period of most amount of season starts in
High season
activity November and
lasts until
January.

They're going on
Refers to a journey on a ship for pleasure
A cruise a cruise round
during which you visit new places.
the Med.
 The flight was
flying at a
A cruising Refers to the height in the sky at which an
crusing altitude
altitude airplane stays for most of a flight.
of 5000 ft above
seas level.

Refers to a railway system built through We took the

A subway tunnels below the ground in which electric subway to go to
trains travel through. Yankee Stadium.

The train
conductor
punched our
A train conductor Refers to a ticket collector on a railway train
tickets and
announced the
next stop

The flight
attendant
Someone who serves passengers on an
A flight attendant demonstrated
aircraft
how to use the
oxygen masks.

The train tracks

Train tracks / rails Also referred to as railway line pass close to
their house.

Refers to an intersection where a railway My grandfather

line crosses a road or a path at the same came to London
Train crossing level, as opposed to the railway line by train, and the
crossing over or under using a bridge or crossing took 10
tunnel. hours.

The railway (GB ) the metal tracks on which trains run We live close to
/ the railroad (US the railway line.
)

The next train for

a long, flat raised structure at a railway Aberdeen will
A platform
station, where people get on and off trains depart from
platform 9.

Refers to goods, but not passengers, that

The ship carries
are carried from one place to another, by
Freight both freight and
ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or any other
passengers.
system of transporting these goods.

I carried

medium of exchange that can be used in traveller’s

place of hard currency generally used by cheques worth

Traveller's checks people on vacation in foreign countries 100 euros during

instead of cash, as many businesses accept my first visit to

traveler's cheques as currency. paris.

The room rate at

this hotel is twice
Refers to price of a room at a hotel per the price
The room rate
night. compared to
other hotels in
the city.

Massive
a group or system of interconnected people investment is
Network
or things. needed to
modernize the
 country's rail
network.

This airline has a

habit of always
being on time.
On time / in time Refers to not being late or being punctual.
I was just in
time to board
the flight.

My fight was
a period of time by which something is late
Delay delayed by an
or postponed
hour.

I missed the start

Refers to a failure to hit, catch, or reach of the class
To miss
something. because my bus
was late.

The runway of
the airport was
a long and leveled road with a specially bad with too
A runway prepared smooth, hard surface on which an many cracks on it
aircraft takes off and lands. so the flight
couldn’t take off
on time.

try to avoid
travelling in the
Rush /peak (US ) Refers to the time during each day when
rush hour as the
hour traffic is at its heaviest.
metros are too
crowded with
 people.

There was no
seat left in the
Kind of thing or a furniture used for sitting
A seat train and so I
on such as a chair.
had to commute
standing.

a belt that fastens around you when you

are travelling in a vehicle or aircraft and
Please fasten up
A seatbelt holds you onto your seat, in order to
your seatbelts.
reduce the risk of being injured in the case
of an accident or while applying a break.

a space usually filled with glass in the wall

Is it all right if I
A window / of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light
open the window
porthole and air in and to allow people inside the
?
building to see out.

It is traditional in
here to drink
A pick-up Refers to become better, improve brandy with
coffee as a
morning pick up

a list of planned activities or things to be Everything went

Schedule done showing the times or dates when they according to
are intended to happen or be done schedule

The world is
divided into
A time zone is a region where the same
Time zone different time
standard time is used.
zones that are
specific for
 different regions
and which
depend on
geographical
characteristics.

The president
ordered a
dispatch of
the act of sending someone or something
A dispatch troops
somewhere
immediately to
the war stricken
region.

They dispatched
the courier asap
to send something, especially goods or
so that their
To dispatch a message, somewhere for
client could
a particular purpose.
receive it by the
end of the week.

The courier
facility couldn’t
make the
the act of carrying goods, letters, parcels,
The delivery delivery on time
etc. to people's houses or places of work.
because of the
strike held by the
union.

The shipping
The cost of transporting or delivering an cost is only 5$
Shipping costs
item from one place to another. because it’s
coming from
 China.

They offered free

shipping to
Shipping Refers to the transport or delivery of goods
customers in
france.

He attended the
To attend musical
To participate in something
something concerted last
night in paris.

She lectures to
Refers to a specific audiences all
group of people assembled in a over the world.
The audience
particular place to watch or listen to
.
a play, film or someone speaking

for example a
phone booth for
calling, a voting
an enclosed compartment that allows
A booth booth, or a
privacy
private space for
dining in a
restaurant.

an exhibition organized so that companies It’s a great

in a specific industry can showcase and opportunity for
demonstrate their latest products and us to gain some
A trade fair services, meet with industry partners and leads during the
customers, study activities of rivals, and trade fair
examine recent market trends and happening in the
opportunities. city next month .