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Business vocabulary
Managing director Directeur Managing director <-> CEO
MD: inside communication,
now
CEO= Chief Executive
Officer : outside
communication, future
oriented
Agent Verkoopagent
Assembly line Lopende band
Export Export
Market Markt
Shareholders Aandeelhouder <-> stakeholder
Is a stakeholder always a
shareholder? no
(omgekeerd wel)
Shop steward Vakbondsafgevaardigde
Profit winst
R&D Onderzoek en ontwikkeling R&D= research &
development
Now it’s called:
R&I= research &
innovation
Quotation offerte
Liquidation to go into In vereffening gaan a situation in which a
liquidation company stops operating and
sells all its assets in order to
pay its debts
Wholesalers Groothandelaars Wholesale= groothandel
Wholesale <-> retail
Wholesale: large quantities
Retail: small quantities
Customer (s) klant
Shares aandelen
Consumer(s) Klant, verbruiker Consumer: uses
Customer: buys
products/services
Client: buys services, a
relation with client, vb.
Travel agency, doctor, …
Assets Bezit, eigendom
Branch Branche, aftakking, onderdeel,
filiaal
Customs Douane, tol Vb. Customs and port
duties= douane en
havenrechten
Enterprise Onderneming, bedrijf
Invoice Rekening, factuur
Merge Fuseren
Overheads Vaste kosten, algemene kosten
, Receipt Ontvangstbewijs
Stake Een belang
Subsidiary Dochterbedrijf A company controlled by a
holding company
Take over Overnemen
Valuation Waardebepaling
Venture Bedrijf, risicovolle onderneming
Tax Taks = customs
Division Bedrijfsonderdeel, (afdeling) = subsidiary
Corporation Onderneming, maatschap, = organization
georganiseerd gezelschap, (georganiseerd gezelschap)
vennootschap,…
Product product = merchandise
(de goederen, de koopwaar,
…)
Bill rekening = receipt
Enterprise Onderneming = venture
Enterprise: it still has to
grow, new, growth
Venture: there is a risk
Earn Verdienen, kostwinnen = take
the amount of money taken
in a shop etc; takings:
“What was the take
today?”
Productive Productief = lucrative
(winstgevend, productief,
voordelig…)
Assess Schatten, ramen = estimate
Schatten, ramen
The estimate= de
kostenraming
Type = line
Company Bedrijf, onderneming Company <-> business
Company: smaller, less risk
Business: bigger
Wall Disney World
Resort Vakantieoord, resort
Comprise Bestaan uit = to consist of, to contain
Indelible onuitwisbaar
Gather Verenigen, verzamelen,
samenkomen
To proclaim Verkondigen
Vacationer Vakantieganger = somebody who goes on
vacation
Vacationer American
Holidaymaker English
Traveler <-> tourist
Traveler: genuine interest in
other countries… (longer