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question		réponse
Beverage commencer à apprendre		FORMAL a drink
Debt commencer à apprendre		an amount of money that you owe
Dividend commencer à apprendre		a share of the profits of a company paid once or twice a year to the people who own the company's shares
equities commencer à apprendre		company shares that can be bought and sold on a stock market
limited company commencer à apprendre		a company whose owners are legally responsible for only a limited amount of its debts
mining commencer à apprendre		the process of getting coal or metal from under the ground
proprietorship commencer à apprendre		a business structure in which an individual and his/her company are considered a single entity for tax and liability purposes
public limited company commencer à apprendre		a company in which people can invest their money. It has plc' at the end of its name.
real estate commencer à apprendre		the business of buying and selling land and property
retail commencer à apprendre		the sale of goods directly to the public for their own use
share commencer à apprendre		one of the equal parts of a company that you can buy as a way of investing money
sole trader commencer à apprendre		a business structure in which an individual and his/her company are considered a single entity for tax and liability purpose
third-party commencer à apprendre		relating to a person or organization that is not one of the two main people or organizations involved in a legal agreement or case
utility commencer à apprendre		a public service such as gas, water or electricity
vendor commencer à apprendre		a company or person that sells a particular product or service
bear market commencer à apprendre		a situation in the stock market in which the prices of shares are falling
bond commencer à apprendre		a document given to someone who invests money in a government or company promising to pay back the money with interest
bottom commencer à apprendre		to reach the lowest point
breakeven commencer à apprendre		the point at which a business operation no longer loses money and can begin to make a profit
bull market commencer à apprendre		a situation in the stock market in which the prices of shares are rising
euphoric commencer à apprendre		feeling extremely happy usually for a short time only
greater fool investor commencer à apprendre		an investor who buys at a high price believing there will always be someone they can sell to at an even higher price
innovator commencer à apprendre		someone who invents or begins using new ideas, methods, equipment
peak commencer à apprendre		the time when something is at its highest or greatest level
plunge commencer à apprendre		to fall quickly from a high position
recession commencer à apprendre		a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment
staple commencer à apprendre		an important product especially a food, that people eat or use regularly
trough commencer à apprendre		a period when something that rises and falls regularly is at a low level, especially economic activity
value investor commencer à apprendre		an investor who buys stocks they believe the market has undervalued
cost of goods sold commencer à apprendre		an income statement figure which reflects the cost of obtaining the raw materials and of producing the finished goods that are sold to consumers
fixed cost commencer à apprendre		costs such as rent that a company has to pay that does not depend on how much it produces
operating profit commencer à apprendre		the profit that a company makes from its normal activities of selling goods or services
plot commencer à apprendre		to mark points on a graph
recommended retail price (RRP) commencer à apprendre		the price at which a manufacturer of a product suggests it should be sold on the retail market
record label commencer à apprendre		a company that produces records
royalty commencer à apprendre		a payment that someone such as a writer or musician gets each time their work is sold or performed
sales revenue commencer à apprendre		income earned from selling products or services
turnover commencer à apprendre		the value of the goods and services that a company sells in a particular period of time
variable cost commencer à apprendre		a cost that changes according to how much of a product is made
wholesaler commencer à apprendre		someone whose job is to sell large quantities of goods to shops or small businesses
achieve commencer à apprendre		to succeed in doing or having what you planned or intended, usually after a lot of effort
budget commencer à apprendre		the amount of money a person or organization has to spend on something
deal with commencer à apprendre		to take action to do something, especially to solve a problem OR to buy goods or services from someone, or to sell them to someone
handle commencer à apprendre		to take action in order to deal with a difficult situation
liaise commencer à apprendre		if one person liaises with another, or if people liaise, they talk to each other and tell each other what they are doing, so that they can work together effectively
manage commencer à apprendre		to organize and control the work of a company, organization, or group of people
objective commencer à apprendre		something that you plan to achieve, especially in business or work
reference commencer à apprendre		a statement from someone who knows you or has worked with you that gives information about you. You often need to provide a reference when you apply for a new job.
set up commencer à apprendre		to start something such as a business, organization, or institution
cap commencer à apprendre		to set a limit on the amount of money that someone can spend or charge
earnings commencer à apprendre		the amount of money that you earn
exacerbate commencer à apprendre		make a problem become worse
extracurricular commencer à apprendre		extracurricular activities are things that you do at school or college that are not part of your course
faculty commencer à apprendre		all the teachers in a school, college or university: a meeting for students, faculty and administrators
fee commencer à apprendre		money that you pay to a professional person or institution for their work
hike commencer à apprendre		a sudden large increase in the amount or level of something
placement commencer à apprendre		a temporary job that is part of a course of study and that gives you experience of the work you hope to do at the end of the course
resources commencer à apprendre		something such as money, workers or equipment that can be used to help an institution or a business
Spiralling commencer à apprendre		a situation that is continuously becoming worse, more, or less
spark or spark off commencer à apprendre		to make something happen, especially Something involving violence or angry feelings
subsidy commencer à apprendre		an amount of money that the government or another organization pays to help to reduce the cost of a product or service
Trend commencer à apprendre		a gradual change or development that produces a particular result
willing commencer à apprendre		if you are willing to do something, you do it when someone asks you, sometimes when you do not want to
bind commencer à apprendre		to limit what someone is allowed to do by making them obey a rule or agreement
boost commencer à apprendre		to help something to increase, improve or become more successful
deep pockets commencer à apprendre		a lot of available money
drop out commencer à apprendre		to leave something such as an activity, school or competition before you have finished what you intended to do
enhance commencer à apprendre		to improve something, or to make it more attractive or more valuable
lay off commencer à apprendre		to end someone's employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them
miss out commencer à apprendre		to lose an opportunity to do or to have something
redundant commencer à apprendre		if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed
start over commencer à apprendre		to begin doing something again from the beginning
thoroughly commencer à apprendre		very carefully, so that nothing is missed: The case will be studied thoroughly before any decision is made
working party commencer à apprendre		a group of people who examine a problem or situation and suggest a way of dealing with it
come along commencer à apprendre		arrive or become available
downsize commencer à apprendre		to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number
fancy commencer à apprendre		used when you are very surprised about something
put on weight commencer à apprendre		to become fatter
sabbatical commencer à apprendre		a period away from work when people such as college or university teachers can study, rest or travel
streamline commencer à apprendre		to improve a business, organization, process, etc. by making it more modern or simple
tutoring commencer à apprendre		the act of teaching someone in a particular subject
benchmark commencer à apprendre		an amount, level, standard, etc. that you can use for judging how good or bad other things are
feedback commencer à apprendre		comments about how or how badly someone is doing something, which are intended to help them do it better
personality clash commencer à apprendre		a situation in which two people are very different from each other so that they cannot work together
accomplishment commencer à apprendre		something difficult that you succeed in doing, especially after working hard over a period of time
bartending commencer à apprendre		work serving drinks in a bar
brokering commencer à apprendre		the activity of organizing business deals for other people
debating society commencer à apprendre		a group of people who debate a subject by discussing it formally before making a decision, usually by voting
embark on commencer à apprendre		to start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult and will take time
lead commencer à apprendre		a piece of information or a contact that may bring new business
outgoing commencer à apprendre		someone who is outgoing is friendly and enjoys meeting and talking to people
tender commencer à apprendre		offer to provide goods or services for a particular price
venue commencer à apprendre		the place where an activity or event happens: a popular venue for corporate events
campus commencer à apprendre		an area of land containing all the main buildings of a school or university
draw up commencer à apprendre		to prepare and write something such as a document or a plan
heritage commencer à apprendre		the art, buildings, traditions and beliefs that a society considers important to its history and culture
metropolis commencer à apprendre		a big, exciting city
pour millions into commencer à apprendre		spend or invest a lot of money in something
procurement commencer à apprendre		the process of buying supplies or equipment for a government department or company
sit back commencer à apprendre		to relax and stop making the effort to do something
tailor commencer à apprendre		tailor something, to/for: to make or change something especially for a particular person or purpose
better off commencer à apprendre		in a better situation or having more money
bury commencer à apprendre		to cover or hide something
cope commencer à apprendre		to deal successfully with a difficult situation or job
cram commencer à apprendre		to put too much in to a space that is too small
errand commencer à apprendre		a small job that involve going to collect or deliver something
fierce commencer à apprendre		involving a lot of force or energy
headcount commencer à apprendre		a count of all the people in a company
hesitate commencer à apprendre		to pause before doing something, or to do something very slowly, usually because you are nervous, embarrassed or worried
mad dash commencer à apprendre		an act of going somewhere very quickly in an extremely uncontrolled way
mess up commencer à apprendre		to do something wrong or spoil something, especially by making mistakes
oddly commencer à apprendre		used for saying that something is not what you would expect in a particular situation
overhaul commencer à apprendre		to completely change a system to make it work more effectively
polish up commencer à apprendre		to improve a skill by practising
pressure cooker commencer à apprendre		a difficult situation in which people have to work very hard or experience a lot of strong emotions
quest commencer à apprendre		a long difficult search
slick commencer à apprendre		done in a very impressive way that seems to need very little effort
take a breather commencer à apprendre		to have a rest
untold commencer à apprendre		existing or present in an amount that is too large to be measured
asap commencer à apprendre		as soon as possible
biscuit commencer à apprendre		a type of small flat dry cake that is usually sweet and round. The usual American word is cookie
crash commencer à apprendre		an occasion when a computer or a computer program suddenly stops working
give someone a hand commencer à apprendre		to help someone
hassle commencer à apprendre		to annoy someone, or to cause problems for them
in the know commencer à apprendre		people in the know have more information about something than other people
in the loop commencer à apprendre		belonging or not belonging to a group that has information and makes decisions about something
patch commencer à apprendre		a piece of software that you add to a computer program in order to improve it or remove a fault
plug-in commencer à apprendre		a piece of software or hardware that you add to a computer to increase range of things it can do
snail mail commencer à apprendre		letters that are sent by post
stretched commencer à apprendre		having difficulty doingeverything that you should because you lack the necessary time, money, people or equipment
bulky commencer à apprendre		too big to be carried or stored easly
carbon footprint commencer à apprendre		the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of an individual, organization or community
acquaintance commencer à apprendre		someone you know a little, who is not a close friend
IP address commencer à apprendre		Internet Protocol address: a code that represents a particular computer and is used to send messages to it on a network or the Internet
mustn't grumble commencer à apprendre		used as a reply to someone who asks you whether you are well, for saying that you feel all right
small talk commencer à apprendre		conversation about things that are not important
trivial commencer à apprendre		not very interesting, serious or valuable
alleviate commencer à apprendre		to make something less painful, severe or serious
fine commencer à apprendre		an amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law
forethought commencer à apprendre		careful thought and planning that prepares you well for a future event
forthwith commencer à apprendre		immediately
imperative commencer à apprendre		extremely important and urgent
officialese commencer à apprendre		the way speaking or writing used by people who work in government offices, especially when ordinary people of cannot understand it
solicit commencer à apprendre		to ask someone for something such as money or support
time frame commencer à apprendre		the period of time during which something happens or must happen
unambiguous commencer à apprendre		clear and with only one possible meaning
down time commencer à apprendre		time when a computer or other machine is not working
drag someone kicking and screaming commencer à apprendre		to make someone do something that they do not want to do
malicious commencer à apprendre		deliberately wanting to hurt someone or cause damage
morale commencer à apprendre		the amount of enthusiasm that a person or group of people feel about their situation at a particular time
outsource commencer à apprendre		to arrange for work to be done by people from outside your company, usually by a company that is expert in that type of work
recruit commencer à apprendre		to get someone to work in a company or join an organization
subsidiary commencer à apprendre		a company that is owned by a larger company
turnover commencer à apprendre		the value of the goods and services that a company sells in a particular period of time
partnership commencer à apprendre		two or more people run business together. all partners share profits and losses

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