Samenvatting English for Business and Economics Vocabulary and Grammar
Business Voc Unit 7-12 Definitions
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35 Personal Finance
46 Business across cultures 2
Individualism culture where everyone is
expected to look afer
themselves and just their
immediate family
Collectvism culture where people are
part of strong groups, ofen
extended families which
contnue protectng them in
exchange for their loyalty
Individualist a person who does not
conform to generally
accepted standards or
customs. someone who is
different or original
Connectons someone you know who can
help you or be useful to you
in business or in your career
Immediate family your closest relatonss
Parents, children, brothers,
sisters
Collectvist having a politcal system
based on the principle of
collectvism.
Extended families uncles, aunts and
grandparents
Loyalty Feeling that they will do
nothing to harm the group
Working hours The amount of tme
someone spends at work
Holidays a day fxed by law on which
people do not go to work or
school and shops and
businesses are closed
Presenteeism being at work when you
don’t really need to be
Holiday a day fxed by law on which
people do not go to work or
school and shops and
businesses are closed
Bank holidays an ofcial holiday when
banks and most businesses
are closed
Public holidays an ofcial holiday when
banks and most businesses
are closed
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Meals and entertaining
Lunch break the period in the middle of
the day when people stop
work to have lunch.
Working breakfast a meal in the middle of the
day during which work is
discussed.
Punctuality when you need to be on
tme
Boundaries limits
Between work and private Trying to schedule an equal
life number of hours for each of
your various work and
personal actvites
Phone to make a phone call to
someone
Distance the amount of space
between two people or
places.
Eye contact the situaton in which two
people look at each other’s
eyes at the same tme.
Gesture a movement of the hands or
head to express an idea or
feeling
Greetngs/goodbyes something friendly that you
say or do when you meet or
leave someone.
Humour the ability to fnd things
funny or be funny
Physical contact touching other people
Presents something that you are
given, without asking for it
on a special occasion.
Rules of conversaton the rules that you have to
apply during a conversaton.
Role of silence how long people can be
silent before feeling
uncomfortable
47 Telephoning 1s phones and numbers
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