L’anglais des affaires - Business English
Glossary
Chapter 1: Graduating from university
CONCEPT EXPLANATION
BA Bachelor of Arts: A university Bachelor's degree with specification
Arts is used to indicate that someone has obtained a three-year
scientific or academic oriented initial Bachelor's programme at a
university in the humanities or the social sciences.
Honours degree An additional programme for motivated and talented students that
contains a larger volume of material or a higher standard of study
To read (UK) To study
To depend Something that’s determined by certain factors (afhankelijk zijn)
Inspid Something that lacks taste (smakeloos)
Finals The exams in the end of the year
The mind boggles Having a very powerful effect on the mind
Applying for job Indicating interest in a position within a company (solliciteren)
To attend Be present at (aanwezig zijn)
To revise Reconsider, to go over again (herzien)
A first With the highest distinction for a BA Honours degree
Master’s Degree indicating that a person has completed a master's
programme at a university or college
To cease To quit (ophouden)
To qualify To adapt, to count
GP General practitioner: a doctor for people with acute/chronic illnesses
To rake To earn a lot of money
HRM Human resource management: (“personeelsbeleid”) recruitment and
selection, drawing up job profiles and competencies
FMCG Fast moving consumer good: quickly sold products at low cost
Considerable Sizable, notable (aanzienlijke hoeveelheid)
Command Ability to use or control something (beheersing)
,Household name Something that’s well-known by the public
Marketing Seeking new ways to satisfy customers' needs, market products,
manager advising new markets, ensuring effective advertising campaigns
To launch New product is introduced to the public (lanceren)
Subsequently Thereafter (vervolgens)
To report Giving an account of what you’ve done (verslag doen)
Remuneration A compensation in money for work (bezoldiging)
Benefits package Some advantages gained from something (voordelenpakket)
CV Curriculum Vitae: a brief account of your characteristics and skills
Eager Strong desire to do or have something (enthousiast, gretig)
To be suited Something or someone that’s appropriate or right in a situation
Chapter 2: Being interviewed
CONCEPT EXPLANATION
To obtain To get what you wanted (verkrijgen)
Graduate The process whereby employers undertake an organised program
recruitment of attracting and hiring students who are about to graduate from
schools, colleges, and universities. (aantrekken + in dienst nemen)
Trial period Period to try before the actual hiring (=/training period!)
Junior manager Starter position, assistant
To hire To recruite (aanwerven)
On the lookout Searching for something
MBA Master in Business Administration: special master's programme,
intended for people with a bachelor or master's degree and at least
a few years of work experience. MBA is a professionally oriented
business administration and business economics study.
To acquire To learn and obtain (verwerven)
Training period Period to get to know the company and the job. (=/trial period!)
Part-time MBA Programme including a time for MBA and a part time for working
Tuition fees The money you pay to be taught (in a college or university)
High-flier Person who combines talent and ambition + will therefore go far
, Entrepreneurship The activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on
financial risks in the hope of profit (ondernemerschap)
Financial The field of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and
accounting reporting of financial transactions related to a business
Management The provision of financial data and advice to a company for use in
accounting the organization and development of its business
Business wherein economic theory and quantitative methods form the basis
economics of microeconomic assessments of factors affecting corporations
Economic policy Business discipline about governmental policy for maintaining
economic growth and tax revenues
Business Learn how to use computer technology to complete business tasks
computing
Quantitative Technique that seeks to understand behavior by using mathematical
analysis and statistical modeling, measurement, and research.
Management and About the control and organisation of businesses
organisation
Marketing Exchange of value between a brand and consumers
Technology and Learn how to use computer techniques in organisation
organisation
Strategic The way a company’s executives decide what they want to achieve
management and plan actions and use of resources over time in order to do this
Business ethics The study of rules, principles, and beliefs about what is morally right
or wrong when doing business
Chapter 3: Getting the job
CONCEPT EXPLANATION
To be delighted To be pleased (verheugd zijn op)
Conference Symposium, convention (bijeenkomst)
To have a ring The way certain words sound
Top executive A very wealthy or powerful businessman (topman)
In due course In good time (ter zijner tijd)
Official letter of A written offer of a specified position in an organization. It is issued
appointment to a candidate who has been chosen for a particular job, usually
after going through all the necessary interviews. (benoemingsbrief)
, Induction period The process of introducing a new employee to the company culture
and processes with the aim of bringing them up to speed as quickly
as possible as well as making them feel socially comfortable and
aware of their professional responsibilities. (inwerkperiode)
Chapter 4: Starting work
CONCEPT EXPLANATION
Induction course Course to formally introduce someone to a new job or position
Management Process of dealing with or controlling things or people. (beheer)
Perceived Look on, interpret or regard someone, observed (waargenomen)
Handsomely In a high quality, smart and attractive manner
Plc Public Limited Company: Limited liability company whose shares
may be freely sold and traded to the public (non-listed- corporation)
Ltd Private company limited by shares: shares may not be offered to the
general public, a corporate version of partnership firm
Inc. Incorporated; formed into a legal corporation (large company
authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law)
Holding company Owns shares of other companies, usually does not produce
goods/services itself (moederbedrijf vb. Coca Cola)
Subsidiary Company controlled by a holding company (dochterbedrijf)
Director Person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization;
member of the board of people that manages or oversees the affairs
of a business; who supervises the actors and other staff
Plant Factory
CFO Chief Financial Officer; Top-level financial controller, handling
everything relating to cash flow and financial planning
Bonding Creating good relations with colleagues.
Team-building Essential exercise to ensure the proper functioning of organization
Sole trader A person who is the exclusive owner of a business, entitled to keep
all profits after tax has been paid but liable for all losses
The partnership A business or firm owned and run by two or more partners
Craftsman A worker skilled in a particular craft (ambacht, handwerk)
