Business vocabulary
1. Companies
APPOINT
was appointed chief executive
AUDIENCE
target audience
BASED
the London-based company
BOARD
on the board - board of directors - board
BUSINESS meeting - board member(s)
CHAIRMAN business portfolio - business empire - family-
run business
CHARGE
in charge of
CHIEF
chief executive officer - CEO
COMPANY
parent company
CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR
director of (+ company or department)
DIVISION
ECONOMIST
(chief) economist at (+ company name)
ENTREPRENEUR
EXECUTIVE
chief executive officer - CEO
FORMER
former chairman - former chief executive
FOUNDER
GIANT
software giant
HEAD (n)
head of (e.g. + department) - head office
HEAD (v)
headed by
HOLD
hold (its) annual meeting on
LEAD
led by
MANAGEMENT
MEDIUM-SIZED
small and medium-sized (firms / businesses)
MEETING
annual meeting - hold (its) annual meeting on
MEMBER
member of staff - staff member
OFFICE(S)
head office
OFFICER
,chief executive officer – CEO
OWNER
PLANT
PORTFOLIO business portfolio
RANGE range from … to …
RECORD track record
RUN family-run business
SENIOR senior executives - senior management
SMALL small and medium-sized (firms / businesses)
SPOKESMAN / SPOKESWOMAN /
SPOKESPERSON
STAFF
staff member - member of staff
STAKEHOLDER
STEP DOWN
stepped down as chief executive
SUBSIDIARY
TARGET
target audience
TRACK
track record
WORKER
workers at (+ company name)
EMPIRE
business empire
,ACTION industrial action
AGE retirement age
BENEFITS unemployment benefits - pension benefits
COST labour costs - labor costs
DAY … day(s) off
EMPLOY employ (people / staff) - self-employed
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT
EXECUTIVE executive pay
FIRE fire staff / employees / workers
FUND pension fund
HIRE hire staff / employees
HOUR (40)-hour week - working hours
INCOME low-income - net income - an income of
INDUSTRIAL industrial action
JOB a job in - the top job - the job market
JOIN joined (the company)
LABOUR / LABOR labour costs - labor costs
LAY OFF lay off staff / employees / workers
LEAVE left (the company)
LOW low-income
MAKE made redundant
MARKET job market
PACKAGE pay package
PART-TIME part-time work
PAY executive pay - pay package - pay rise
PENSION pension fund
REDUNDANCY
REDUNDANT made redundant
RETIREMENT retirement age - raise the retirement age
, RISE pay rise
SELF-EMPLOYED
SHUT DOWN
STRIKE a strike - to strike - go on strike
TOP the top job
TRADE trade union
UNEMPLOYMENT unemployment rate
UNION trade union
WAGE(S) minimum wage
WEEK (40)-hour week
WORK at work - work for - working hours
WORKFORCE
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