Business English for Professionals: Strategic Topics II

Mr. Cook (United States of America)
The "Business English for Professionals: Strategic Topics II" vocabulary list identifies a large collection of words commonly used by business professionals in their day-to-day business activities. The list was created by Yonsei University's Foreign Language Institute (FLI) as part of its "Business English for Professionals" course series.
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  1. advantage
    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
  2. advertisement
    a public promotion of some product or service
  3. advice
    a proposal for an appropriate course of action
  4. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  5. apology
    an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
  6. authorization
    official permission or approval
  7. bill
    an itemized statement of money owed for goods or services
  8. brand
    a name given to a product or service
  9. budget
    a summary of intended expenditures
  10. commission
    the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
  11. comparison
    the act of examining resemblances
  12. competition
    the act of contending with others for rewards or resources
  13. competitor
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  14. confirmation
    information that verifies
  15. costs
    pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
  16. creditor
    a person to whom money is owed by a debtor
  17. customer
    someone who pays for goods or services
  18. deadline
    the point in time at which something must be completed
  19. debt
    the state of owing something, especially money
  20. debtor
    a person who owes a creditor
  21. decision
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  22. decrease
    a change downward
  23. deficit
    an amount that is less than expected or required
  24. delivery
    voluntary transfer of something from one party to another
  25. department
    a specialized division of a large organization
  26. description
    the act of depicting something
  27. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  28. disadvantage
    the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
  29. distribution
    the act of spreading or apportioning
  30. employee
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
  31. employer
    a person or firm that hires workers
  32. enquiry
    an instance of questioning
  33. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  34. equipment
    an instrumentality needed for an undertaking
  35. estimate
    judge tentatively
  36. experience
    the content of observation or participation in an event
  37. explanation
    making something understandable
  38. facility
    a building or place that provides a particular service
  39. factory
    a plant with facilities for manufacturing
  40. feedback
    the process in which output of a system is returned to input
  41. goal
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve
  42. good
    any merchandise, commodity, or article of commerce
  43. growth
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous
  44. guarantee
    an unconditional commitment that something will happen
  45. improvement
    the act of making something better
  46. increase
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous
  47. industry
    the action of making of goods and services for sale
  48. instructions
    a manual explaining how to install or operate a device
  49. interest
    a sense of concern with and curiosity about something
  50. inventory
    a detailed list of all the items in stock
  51. invoice
    an itemized statement of money owed for goods or services
  52. knowledge
    the result of perception, learning, and reasoning
  53. limit
    as far as something can go
  54. loss
    the act of losing someone or something
  55. margin
    the boundary line or area immediately inside the boundary
  56. market
    the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
  57. message
    a communication that is written or spoken or signaled
  58. mistake
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or inattention
  59. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  60. offer
    present for acceptance or rejection
  61. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  62. option
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  63. order
    logical arrangement of different elements
  64. output
    production of a certain amount
  65. payment
    the act of giving money in exchange for something
  66. penalty
    the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action
  67. permission
    approval to do something
  68. possibility
    capability of existing or happening or being true
  69. product
    a commodity offered for sale
  70. production
    the act or process of making something
  71. profit
    excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time
  72. promotion
    the act of raising in rank or position
  73. purchase
    acquire by means of a financial transaction
  74. reduction
    the act of decreasing something
  75. refund
    pay back
  76. reminder
    a message that helps you remember something
  77. report
    to give an account or representation of in words
  78. responsibility
    the social force that binds you to a course of action
  79. result
    something that follows as a consequence
  80. retailer
    a merchant who sells goods directly to consumers
  81. rise
    move upward
  82. risk
    a source of danger
  83. salary
    fixed payment for services
  84. sales
    income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
  85. schedule
    a list of times at which things are planned to occur
  86. share
    portion into which capital stock of a corporation is divided
  87. signature
    your name written in your own handwriting
  88. stock
    capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares
  89. success
    an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
  90. suggestion
    an idea that is proposed
  91. supply
    offering goods and services for sale
  92. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  93. target
    a reference point to shoot at
  94. transport
    move something or somebody around
  95. turnover
    the rate at which workers have to be replaced
  96. wholesaler
    someone who buys goods and resells them to merchants
  97. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
  98. add
    join or combine or unite with others
  99. admit
    declare to be true or accept the reality of
  100. advertise
    make publicity for; try to sell
  101. advise
    give advice to
  102. afford
    have the financial means to do something or buy something
  103. approve
    judge to be right or commendable; think well of
  104. authorize
    grant permission or clearance for
  105. avoid
    stay away from
  106. borrow
    get temporarily
  107. build
    make by combining materials and parts
  108. buy
    obtain by purchase
  109. calculate
    make a mathematical computation
  110. cancel
    declare null and void
  111. change
    become different in some particular way
  112. charge
    pay with a credit card
  113. check
    a written order directing a bank to pay money
  114. choose
    pick out from a number of alternatives
  115. complain
    express discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  116. complete
    having all necessary qualities
  117. confirm
    strengthen
  118. consider
    think about carefully; weigh
  119. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
  120. count
    determine the number or amount of
  121. decide
    reach, make, or come to a conclusion about something
  122. decrease
    a change downward
  123. deliver
    bring to a destination
  124. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  125. discount
    an amount or percentage deducted
  126. dismiss
    stop associating with
  127. dispatch
    the act of sending off something
  128. distribute
    give to several people
  129. divide
    a serious disagreement between two groups of people
  130. employ
    put into service
  131. encourage
    inspire with confidence
  132. establish
    set up or found
  133. estimate
    judge tentatively
  134. exchange
    the act of changing one thing for another thing
  135. extend
    stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
  136. fix
    restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  137. fund
    a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
  138. improve
    to make better
  139. increase
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous
  140. inform
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
  141. install
    set up for use
  142. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  143. invoice
    an itemized statement of money owed for goods or services
  144. join
    cause to become joined or linked
  145. lend
    give temporarily; let have for a limited time
  146. lengthen
    make longer
  147. lower
    cause to drop or sink
  148. maintain
    keep in a certain state, position, or activity
  149. manage
    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
  150. measure
    determine the dimensions of something or somebody
  151. mention
    make reference to
  152. obtain
    come into possession of
  153. order
    a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
  154. organize
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  155. owe
    be obliged to pay or repay
  156. own
    belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
  157. pack
    a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
  158. participate
    be involved in
  159. pay
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
  160. plan
    a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved
  161. present
    happening or existing now
  162. prevent
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  163. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  164. produce
    bring forth or yield
  165. promise
    a verbal commitment agreeing to do something in the future
  166. promote
    assign to a higher position
  167. provide
    give something useful or necessary to
  168. purchase
    acquire by means of a financial transaction
  169. raise
    the amount a salary is increased
  170. reach
    move forward or upward in order to touch
  171. receive
    get something; come into possession of
  172. recruit
    seek to employ
  173. reduce
    make smaller
  174. refuse
    show unwillingness towards
  175. reject
    refuse to accept or acknowledge
  176. remind
    put in the mind of someone
  177. remove
    take something away as by lifting, pushing, or taking off
  178. reply
    react verbally
  179. resign
    give up or retire from a position
  180. respond
    show a reaction to something
  181. return
    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  182. rise
    move upward
  183. sell
    exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
  184. send
    cause to go somewhere
  185. separate
    standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
  186. shorten
    make short or shorter
  187. split
    separate into parts or portions
  188. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
  189. succeed
    attain success or reach a desired goal
  190. suggest
    make a proposal; declare a plan for something
Created on Thu Nov 28 04:52:45 EST 2013 (updated Thu Nov 28 05:44:01 EST 2013)

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