7. At work: careers

telesales

telesprzedaż

telemarketing (marketing goods and services by phone)

telemarketing (marketing towarów i usług przez telefon)

cold calling (phone calls/visits by sb trying to sell sth)

phoning people who have not requested a call in order to try to sell them something

hard sell

attempt to sell something by being very forceful orpersuasive

part with their money

spend money

TV shopping channel

Kanał zakupów telewizyjnych, a TV channel devoted to selling products

merchandise

towar, products that are bought and sold

hasn’t looked back

nie obejrzał się, has moved forward successfull

purchasing power of (income, salary)

siła nabywcza (dochód, pensja)

shop around for

rozejrzeć się za

keeps it in stock

trzyma go w magazynie

trade something up

wymienić coś na lepsze (np. samochód)

brand loyalty

lojalność wobec marki

loss leader

Supermarkets sometimes sell an item for less than it costs them in order to attract a lot of peopleinto the shop, where they will also buy more profitable items – the item being sold at a low price iscalled a

niche marke

Nisza marke

come/go under the hammer

przyjść / pójść pod młotek (na aukcji)

bid

oferta przetargowa

bidder

oferent

lucrative

dobrze płatna / lukratywna

red tape, bureaucracy

biurokracja, biurokracja

administration

administracja

proposition, offer

propozycja, oferta

takeover

Przejęcie (firmy)

reach a compromise

osiągnąć kompromis

hammer out a deal

wypracować ofertę

swallowed up

taken over by a larger company

capital assets

aktywa trwałe, buildings and machines owned by a company

invest in

inwestowania w

holiday property letting agency

a business organising the rental of holiday housesand flats, agencja wynajmu nieruchomości wakacyjnych