Eunice C.

Infante
AB LLT 3
ENG 325a Business Correspondence
MWF 1-2pm CSS-LRC

BUSINESS REGISTER WORDS

A
application form- noun
- A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.

address- noun (plural addresses)

- Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of
the person addressed.
- Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
- Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
a man of pleasing or insinuating address
- A description of the location of a property.

activity- noun (plural activities)

- The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or
operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
- Something done as an action or a movement.
- Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement
or an excursion.

administration- noun (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public

affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the
conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons
collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of
public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or
ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

attention- noun (uncountable)

- (uncountable) Mental focus.

- (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or

something, especially romantic interest.
- (uncountable) A state of alertness in the standing position.

arrangement- noun (plural arrangements)

- The act of arranging.
- The manner of being arranged.
- A collection of things that have been arranged.
- A particular way in which items are organized.
- (in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.
- An agreement.

available- adjective
- Such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment
of a purpose.
- Readily obtainable.
- (archaic) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy to achieve the purpose;
availing, effective.

amenities- noun
- plural form of amenity
- (pluralonly) The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to
situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.

accommodation- noun
- (chiefly) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in
hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
- (physical) Adaptation or adjustment.
- (countable) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted;
adaptation; adjustment.

- (countable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.

- (countable) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an
observed object.

assistant- adjective (not comparable)

- Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

noun (plural assistants)

- (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
- A person who assists or helps someone else.

agenda- noun
a list of the subjects to be discussed at ameeting
the things that someone considers important or that theyare planning to do
something about
B
background-noun
someone’s past, for example their education, qualifications, and the jobs they have
had

bankrupt-noun
someone judged to be unable to pay theirdebts by a court of law, and whose
financial affairs arehandled by a court official until the debts are settled

bid-noun
an offer to buy something, for example acompany in a takeover, or the price offered
an offer to do work or provide services for a fixed price,in competition with other
offers

board of directors-noun
the group of people who have been elected byshareholders to manage a company

bonus-noun
an extra amount of money added to anemployee’s wages, usually as a reward for
doing difficultwork or for doing their work well

brand-noun
a name given to a product or group ofproducts by a company for easy recognition

brand-verb
to give a name to a product or group ofproductsbrandedadjbranded goods or
products have brandnames

Budget- verb
to budget means to make a plan for the amount of money to spend on something.
The word budget can also be used as a noun to mean the amount of money that’s
made available for spending.

beneficial-adjective
- Helpful or good to something or someone.

- maleficial, nocuous, damaging, harmful (doing harm to someone)

- innocuous, undamaging, harmless (doing no harm; doing neither harm nor good)

buy-verb
(buys, buying; past bought, past participle bought)
- (transitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

- (transitive) To obtain by some sacrifice.

C
chair-noun
the position of being the chairman of acompany or organization or the person who is
chairman
the position of being in charge of a meeting or theperson who is in charge of it

Chief Executive Officer(CEO) -noun

the manager with the most authority in the day to daymanagement of a company,
especially in the US. The jobof CEO is sometimes combined with others, such as
thatof presidentclockvclock in/on

compensation-noun
an amount paid to someonebecause they have been hurt or harmed in some way
the total of pay and benefits for an employee, especiallya high-level
managercompetitive

Communicate-verb
means to pass on information to someone. The noun
communication refers to the act of expressing or exchanging information.

Coordinate-verb
means to arrange for two or more parties (people or groups) to work together. The
person who
coordinates tasks or activities is known as a coordinator.

Collaborate -verb
to collaborate means to work together with another person or group to achieve a
common goal.

customs-noun
the government department responsiblefor collecting the tax on goods that have
been brought intothe country and making sure that illegal goods are not imported or
exported

customer-noun
(plural customers)
- A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or
merchant, or intends to do so.

- (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.

commercial-noun
(plural commercials)
- An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
catalogue-noun
(plural catalogues)
- A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.

D
decision-noun
the act of giving information about someone by anorganization or person who would
normally have to keepthat information secret,
a fact which is made known after being kept secret

Distribution-noun
refers to the delivery of products or merchandise to your store or business

dismissal-noun
when someone is removed from theirjob by their employer

disposal-noun
the act of getting rid of something

Document-noun
refers to a paper or computer file. The noun documentation refers to the creation of
records or files.

discount-verb
(discounts, discounting; past and past participle discounted)
- To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of.

deadline- noun (plural deadlines)

- A date on or before which something must be completed.

deliver-verb
- To bring or transport something to its destination.

dean- noun
(plural deans)
- A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or
faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary
function (for example, the dean of students).

distributor-noun
(plural distributors)
- One who distributes, a thing that distributes.
E
expense-noun
(plural expenses)
- A spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds.

- That which is expended, laid out, or consumed. Sometimes with the notion of loss
or damage to those on whom the expense falls.

experience-noun
(plural experiences)
- (countable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.

- (countable) An activity which one has performed.

- (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group
may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.

executive-adjective
- Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
- Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an
organisation, business, country, etc.; as, an executive act, an executive officer,
executive government.

noun (plural executives)

- A title of a chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant
decisions on her/his own authority.
- That branch of government which is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial
decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.

extra-adjective
(not comparable)
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional;
supernumerary.
extra work; extra pay

e-mail-noun
- (uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another,
usually via a network.

- (countable) A message sent via an e-mail system.

establishment-noun
(plural establishments)
- The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.

- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization,
business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.

expert-adjective
- Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.

noun (plural experts)

- A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.

employee-noun
(plural employees)
- An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.

election-noun
(plural elections)
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other
representatives by popular vote.

- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.

effective-adjective
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

- Producing a decided or decisive effect.

- Actually in effect.

F
Facilitate-verb
To facilitate means to make things easier and help them run more smoothly. A
facilitator is the person whose job is to facilitate.

franchise-noun
an arrangement in which a companygives a business the right to sell its goods or
services inreturn for payment or a share of the profits
a particular shop, restaurant etc that is run under afranchise, or a company that
owns a number of these

faculty-noun
(plural faculties)
- The scholarly staff at schools, colleges or universities, as opposed to the students
or support staff.
- A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).

fax-noun
(plural faxes)
- A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.
fund-noun
(plural funds)
- A sum or source of money.
the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

furnished-verb
- Simple past tense and past participle of furnish

adjective (not comparable)

- equipped with whatever is needed
- supplied with furniture

finish-noun
(plural finishes)
- an end: the end of anything

fee-noun
(plural fees)
- (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.

free enterprise-noun
- An economic system of business governed by the laws of supply and demand with
minimal goverment interference, regulation, or subsidy

franchising-noun (uncountable)
- The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.

G
guideline-noun
(plural guidelines)
- A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.

- A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of

action.

guardian-noun
(plural guardians)
- Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- (legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- (legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.

guarantee-noun
(plural guarantees)
- Anything that assures a certain outcome.

- A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation; a

guaranty
- More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose
and work correctly; a warranty

greeting-noun
- A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to
acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

great-interjection
- Expression of gladness and content about something.

global-noun
- (not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.
- Concerning all parts of the world.
Pollution is a global problem.

- (not comparable) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.

goods-noun
- (business) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally
consumed.

government-noun
- The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land
area, people or organization

genuine-adjective
- Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit,
spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

granary-noun
(plural granaries)
- (agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

H
hereby-adverb
(not comparable)
- (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
- (formal) By this means, action or process.

honorable-adjective
- (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.

hopefully-adverb
- In a hopeful manner.
homestead-noun
(plural homesteads)
- a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm
- the place that is one's home

housekeeper-noun
(plural housekeepers)
- One who looks after the home by herself; either as a wife or a hired servant.

household-noun
(plural households)
- Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including
attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

hindrance-noun
(plural hindrances)
- Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with
something else.

hour-noun
(plural hours)
- A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.

hospitality-noun
- The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests.

hesitation-noun
(plural hesitations)
- An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

I
incentive-noun
something which is used to encouragepeople, especially to make them work harder,
producemore or spend more more

Implement-verb
to implement means to effectively start using or enforcing an action or plan. You
might implement a set of measures or rules, for instance.

interest- noun
an amount paid by a borrower to a lender,for example to a bank by someone
borrowing money for aloan, or by a bank to a depositor (=someone keepingmoney in
an account there)
the interest rate at which a particular sum of moneyis borrowed and lent
the part of a company that someone owns

information-noun (uncountable)
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of
something.

institution-noun
(plural institutions)
- An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service,
culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc.
- The building which houses such an organisation.

invitation-noun
(plural invitations)
- The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

interview-noun
(plural interviews)
- (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
[16th-19th c.]
- Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
- A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.)
between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to
record for publication, broadcast etc.

issuance-noun
- The act of issuing, or giving out.

inquiry-noun
(plural inquiries)
- The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a
question or questioning.
- Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles;
research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

instructor-noun
(plural instructors)
- One who instructs; a teacher

J
jet lag-noun
the tired and confused feeling you can getafter flying a very long distance.

jingle-noun
a short song or tune used in advertisements.
joint venture-noun
a business activity in which two ormore companies have invested together.

job center-noun
(plural job centers)
- (business) an agency, often a government agency, that tries to find a job for
working-age people.

job action-noun
- (chiefly) A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt
the business of the employer, especially one which is limited in duration or severity.

job description-noun
- An outline of the description of the tasks and responsibilities in a post within an
organization.

job fair-noun
- An event organised for employers, recruiters and schools to meet with prospective
job seekers.

joint account-noun
- A bank account owned jointly by two or more persons.

joint venture-noun
- A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits
and risks are shared.

junction-noun
(plural junctions)
- The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

K
kickback-noun
informala bribe (=money that is paidsecretly and dishonestly to obtain someone’s
help)

KISS-acronym informal
keep it simple, stupid; keep it short and simple. Used to say that a method for doing
somethingshould be kept simple, in order to avoid mistakes.

knowledge worker-noun someone whose job involvesdealing with information, rather

than making things.

knowledge base-noun
- A database designed to meet the complex storage and retrieval requirements of
computerized knowledge management, especially in support of artificial intelligence
or expert systems.

kind regards-noun
- (idiomatic) Used as a polite closing of a letter.

kiss and ride-noun

- (informal) A car park at a railway station, airport, etc. for the dropping off and
picking up of passengers.

know the score-verb

- (idiomatic) To be aware of a situation, especially of the consequences of
misconduct.

kneadingly-adverb
(not comparable)
- (rare) In the manner of one who is kneading.

kindred-noun
(plural kindreds)
- (often) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
- (often) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
- (countable) A grouping of relatives.
adjective (not comparable)
- Of the same nature.

Kodak moment-noun
- (informal) A sentimental or charming moment worthy of capturing in a photograph.
- (informal) The situation in which a business fails to foresee changes within its
industry and drops from a market-dominant position to being a minor player or
declares bankruptcy.

L
labor union-noun
an organization representing people working in a particular industry or
profession,especially in meetings with their employers. Labor unions are called trade
unions in British English.

launch-noun
an occasion at which a new product isshown or made available for sale or use for
the first time
-the start of a new activity or plan.

letter of credit-noun
in foreign trade, a written promise by an importer’s bank topay the exporter’s bank on
a particular date or after a particular event, for example when the goods are sent
bythe exporter.

level-noun
the measured amount of something thatexists at a particular time or in a particular
place
-all the people or jobs within an organization, industry etc. that have similar
importance and responsibility.

liability-noun
the amounts of money owed by a business considered together, as shown in its
balancesheet.
-a person’s or organization’s responsibility for loss,damage, or injury caused to
others or their property, or for payment of debts.

Labor Day-noun
(plural Labor Days)
- (US) The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in
September.
- Annual holiday held May 1 to celebrate the economic and social achievements of
workers.

labour force-noun
- The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently
employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who
are seeking work are included).

location-noun
(plural locations)
- A particular point or place in physical space.

leave of absence-noun
- A period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a
reason other than normal holidays / vacation; may be paid or unpaid.

lyceum-noun
(plural lyceums)
- A public hall designed for lectures or concerts.
- (US) A school at a stage between elementary school and college.

M
minutes-noun
- plural form of minute
- (uncountable) The official notes kept during a meeting.

meeting-noun
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.
- A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

memorandum-noun
(plural memorandums)
- a short note serving as a reminder
- a written business communication
- a brief diplomatic communication
- a page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during
the past year.

matter-noun
- Written material (especially in books or magazines).
printed matter; He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.

- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and

development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

- A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

- An approximate amount or extent.

- (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

- (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or
distressing.

member-noun
(plural members)
- One who officially belongs to a group.

maintenance-noun (uncountable)
- Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
- (legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest
in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.

membership-noun
(plural memberships)
- The state of being a member of a group or organization

- The body of members of an organization.

mail order-noun
- A system of commerce in which one orders goods from a remote store which are
then shipped by mail.

midterm-adjective
- Halfway through a term, or roughly so.

merchandise-noun
- (uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.

- (countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of

merchandise.
- (uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

N
note payable-noun
- synonym of promissory note

national holiday-noun
- A statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself.
- A public holiday.

nationwide-adjective
(not comparable)
- Extending throughout an entire nation.

adverb (not comparable)

- Throughout a nation.

notary public-noun
- An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and
authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to
jurisdiction.

necessary-adjective
- needed, required
- Such as must be; not to be avoided; inevitable.
- Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary.

Negotiate -verb to negotiate means to formally discuss something and come to an

agreement. The noun
negotiation refers to the formal discussion to arrive at a decision that all parties
agree to.

notion-noun
(plural notions)
- Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea,
concept.
- A sentiment; an opinion.

nuisance tax-noun
- A tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by
the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority.
nepotism-noun
the practice of giving jobs to members ofyour family when you are in a position of
power

niche market-noun
a market for a product or service,perhaps an expensive or unusual one that does not
havemany buyers but that may be profitable for companieswho sell it.

O
overtime-noun
time that you spend working in your jobin addition to your normal working hours

-time that a factory, office etc is operating in addition toits normal hours

-the money that you are paid for working more hoursthan usual.

opinion-noun
(plural opinions)
- A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue.

original-adjective
- (not comparable) First in a series or copies/versions.

noun (plural originals)

- An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and
variations are derived

official-adjective
- Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
official duties

noun (plural officials)

- An office holder invested with powers and authorities.

order of business-noun
- A task which needs to be completed.
- The sequence in which tasks need to be completed in order of importance or
priority; an agenda.

operate-verb
- (transitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or
mechanical; to act.

organization-noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being organized.
- (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and
written rules.

- (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.

occasion-noun
(plural occasions)
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]
- The time when something happens.

- (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]

- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th
c.]

- A special event or function. [from 19th c.]

- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

objective-adjective
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts.

noun (plural objectives)

- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.

officer-noun
(plural officers)
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in
military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.

P
partner-noun
a company that works with another company in a particular activity, or invests in the
same activity
-someone who starts a new business with someone elseby investing in it
-a member of certain types of business or professional groups, for example
partnerships of lawyers, architects etc
alsoeconomic partner

partnership-noun
a relationship between two people,organizations, or countries that work together
-the situation of working together in business
a business organization made up of a group ofaccountants, lawyers etc who work
together, or of a groupof investors

Prioritize-verb
means to deal with things in their order of importance or urgency. -Things that are
more important are given a higher priority so they get done before the less important
things.

Process-verb
to process means to put something through a series of actions to achieve a certain
result. The noun processing describes the series of actions and steps needed to
produce a certain result.

promotion-noun
a move to a more important job or rank in a company or organization
also sales promotion
-an activity such as specialadvertisements or free gifts intended to sell a product or
service.

photocopy-noun
(plural photocopies)
- A copy made using a photocopier.

partial-adjective
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.

printed-adjective
(not comparable)
- Pertaining to something written or published.

prohibited-adjective
- Forbidden; unallowed

permission-noun
- authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

permittance-noun
(plural permittances)
- The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.

Q
qualification-noun
an examination that you have passed at school, university, or in your profession
-a skill, personal quality, or type of experience thatmakes you suitable for a particular
job

quality circle-noun
a small group of employees who meet regularly to discuss ways to improve working
methods and to solve problems

quota-noun
an official limit on the number or amount of something that is allowed in a particular
period.

query-noun
(plural queries)
- A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).

Question Time-noun
- (government) a time during a sitting of parliament wherein Members of Parliament
ask questions of Government Ministers (including the Prime Minister) which they are
obliged to answer.

quit-verb
- (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve;
to clear; to liberate.
- (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to
acquit.
- (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- (transitive) To leave (a place).
- (transitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).

queue-noun
a waiting list or other means of organizingpeople or objects into a first-come-first-
served order.

quotum-noun
- A part or proportion; a fraction

QCD-acronym
- (lean manufacturing) Initialism of Quality, Cost, Delivery

QED-interjection
- Quod erat demonstrandum (Latin what had to be proved or what was to be
demonstrated).

R
rationalize-verb
to make a business ororganization more effective by getting rid of unnecessarystaff,
equipment etc, or reorganizing its structure
recall-verb
if a company recalls one of its products, it asks customers to return it because there
may besomething wrong with it

receipt-noun
the act of receiving something
- a document given by someone, showing that theyhave received money, goods, or
services

recruit-verb
to find new people to work for an organization, do a job etc.

reference-noun
a letter written by someone who knowsyou well, usually to a new employer, giving
informationabout your character, abilities, or qualifications
-a person who provides information about yourcharacter, abilities, or qualifications
when you are tryingto get a job

resign-verb
to officially leave a job, position etc usuallythrough your own choice, rather than
being told to leave

resource-noun
such as oil, land, or natural energy that existsin a country and can be used to
increase its wealth.

registrar-noun
(plural registrars)
- An official keeper, or recorder of records.
- An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
- An officer in a hospital who records admissions.

request-noun
(plural requests)
- Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in
their absence).

rating- noun
(plural ratings)
- A position on a scale
- An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.
S
Schedule-verb
means to plan an event (such as meetings, conference calls and deliveries) to take
place at a certain time and place.

Supervise-verb
to supervise means to direct and be in charge of someone or something. The
adjective
supervisory is used to describe the quality of someone who’s in charge.

student body-noun
- A united group of persons who study at an educational institution.

staff officer-noun
- (military) An officer that fulfills a non-combat support function, often in a
headquarters or planning office.

suggestion-noun
- (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

social contract- noun

- (philosophy) An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society
governing such matters as submission of individuals to rule of law and acceptable
conduct.

scholarship-noun
(plural scholarships)
- A grant-in-aid to a student.
- The character or qualities of a scholar.
- The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
- (uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined
learning.

stakeholder-noun
(plural stakeholders)
- A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to
the winner of the bet.
- An escrow agent or custodian.
- (legal) A person filing an interpleader action, such as a garnishee or trustee, who
acknowledges possession of property that is owed to one or more of several other
claimants.
- A person or organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or
enterprise.

stock certificate-noun
- A paper certifying its bearer's ownership of shares (in a certain quantity) in a
corporation.

subordinate-adjective
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.

T
target-verb
to make something have an effect on aparticular limited group or area
-to choose someone or something as your target

tariff-noun
a tax on goods coming into acountry or going out of it

teaser-noun
an advertisement intended to get people’sattention for advertisments that will come
later orproducts that will be available later

transaction-noun
a business deal, especially oneinvolving the exchange of money
-the act of paying or receiving money

teacher-noun
(plural teachers)
- A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

trust fund-noun
- (legal) Property held by a trustee in a trust established by a grantor for a
beneficiary.
- Loosely, a substantial inheritance of money.

term limit-noun
- A legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular
elected office.
- The maximum number of terms one may legally serve in a particular elected office.

tomorrow- adverb
(not comparable)
- On the day after the present day.

noun (plural tomorrows)

- The day after the present day.

technology-noun
- (uncountable) The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.

trend-noun
the general way in which a particular situationis changing or developing.

U
upgrade-noun
the act of improving a product orservice, or one that has been improved
-an occasion when someone is given a better seat on aplane, a better rented car etc,
than the one they paid for

upmarket-adjective
involving goods and services that are expensive when compared to others ofthe
same type, or the people that buy them.

university-noun
(plural universities)
- Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about
17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger
students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are
offered.

urgent-adjective
- Requiring immediate attention.

upholder-noun
(plural upholders)
- someone who upholds something
- (obsolete) a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster

unauthorized-adjective
(not comparable)
- not having any authority
- without official authorization

unanimous-adjective
(not comparable)
- Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

- Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord.

union-noun
(plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination
or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.

unless-conjunction
- Except on a specified condition; if not.

unique selling propositionals-noun

the thing that makes a particular product different from all other similar products.

V
Voice mail-noun
a system for leaving messages forpeople by telephone, or the messages
themselves.

venue-noun
(plural venues)
- A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment
events.
- (legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is
alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

violation-noun
(plural violations)
- The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.

visitorial-adjective
(not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an official visitation

variety-noun
(plural varieties)
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
Variety is the spice of life.

- A specific variation of something.

- A number of different things.
- A state of constant change.
- (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.

validation-noun
- The act of validating something.
- Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation,
authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.
- The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.

verifiable-adjective
- Able to be verified or confirmed.

venture capital-noun
- (business) money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential
for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.

vatable-adjective
(not comparable)
- On which VAT must be paid.

valuator- noun
(plural valuators)
- A person who estimates the value of something; an appraiser.

W
warranty-noun
a written promise that a company gives to a customer, stating that it willrepair or
replace a product they have bought if it breaksduring a certain period of time.
Warranty is another wordfor guarantee

welfare-noun
help that is given by government to peoplewith social or financial problems because
they areunemployed, ill etc

whistleblower-noun
someone working for an organization who tells the authorities that people in the
organization are doing something illegal, dishonest, or wrong

wholesaler-noun
a person or company that sells goods inlarge quanitities to other businesses, who
may then sellthem to the general publicwithdrawvpast tensewithdrewpast participle

withdraw-noun
to take money out of a bank account
-to remove something or take it back, often because of anofficial decision
-if a company withdraws a product or service, it stopsmaking it available, either for a
period or permanently

withdrawal-noun
the act of taking money out of abank account, or the amount you take out
-the removal or stopping of something such assupport, an offer, or a service.

workforce-noun
all the people who work in a particularcountry, area, industry, company, or place of
work.

workshop-noun
- A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or
other light industrial work.
- A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction
and practical problem solving.
- An academic conference.

warning-noun
(plural warnings)
- The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
- Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

working capital-noun
- (business) A financial metric that is a measure of current assets of a business that
exceeds its liabilities and can be applied to its operation.

X
xerox copy-noun
- (slang) A xerox; a photocopy.

xerography-noun (uncountable)
- a photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically
charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.

X-country-noun (uncountable)
- (informal) cross-country
- (informal) cross-country skiing

adverb (not comparable)

- Across the country.

X-ray radiation-noun
- electromagnetic radiation consisting of X-rays, radiation in the X-ray spectrum, of
shorter wavelength and higher frequency than ultraviolet and longer wavelength and
lower frequency than gamma rays.

X-ray therapy-noun
- The therapeutic use of controlled doses of X-rays

X's and O's-noun

- tic-tac-toe
- (idiomatic) The fundamental elements of a play.
- (idiomatic) The basic delineation of roles in a project.
xebec-noun
(plural xebecs)
- A small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship.

xenagogue-noun
(plural xenagogues)
- (rare) A tour guide.

xenagogy-noun
(plural xenagogies)
- (very rare) A guidebook for tourists or visitors.

xenial-adjective
- Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
- Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly.

Y
youth center-noun
(plural youth centers)
- A building operated as a place for young people to meet and take part in
recreational activities.

youth detention centre-noun

- A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents,
awaiting court hearings and/or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.

youth hostel-noun
- a supervised, inexpensive lodging place, primarily for young people.

Yuletide-noun
(plural yuletides)
- (dated) The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the
(northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas.
- (dated) Christmas season, the period around Christmas, Christmastime.
- (Australia) The period of southern winter, sometimes celebrated in the colder,
snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas and snow, originally a
marketing gimmick.

yesterday-noun
(plural yesterdays)
- The day immediately before today; one day ago.

- The (recent) past, often disparaging.

adverb (not comparable)
- On the day before today.

yes man-noun
- (idiomatic) A person who always agrees with his employer or superior.

yearbook-noun
(plural yearbooks)
- a reference book, published annually
- (US) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college,
recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty
- (US) The school club responsible for the production of such a book.

year-end-adjective
- On or happening at the end of the year (e.g., late December).

year-round-adjective
- Operating or continuing throughout the year.
This is a year-round business, so we can't afford holidays.

adverb
- Continuing throughout the year.

yearday-noun
(plural yeardays)
- A day or time occurring in a yearly cycle; an annual day, season, or event.
- (mathematics) A day of the year.
- (dated) An annual remembrance day, the anniversary of a death; a day on which
prayers are said for the dead.

Z
zone out-verb
- (intransitive) To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think
about nothing

zonetime-noun
(plural zonetimes)
- (rare) The time in a particular timezone, as opposed to standard time.

zoning-noun
(plural zonings)
- (legal) Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the
construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body
concerned.
ZIP code-noun
- (chiefly) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service,
consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.
- (US) A region within which all addresses share a certain five-digit postal code.

zipline-noun
(plural ziplines)
- A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to
travel from one point to another by means of gravity.

zonal-adjective
- Divided into zones.
- Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
- Roughly longitudinal movement of air or ocean currents (east to west, or west to
east).

zoo-noun
(plural zoos)
- A park where live animals are exhibited.
- (figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

zookeeper-noun
(plural zookeepers)
- a person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

ZIF-acronym
- Zero insertion force
- Zero intermediate frequency

zeal-noun
- The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its
furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
- (obsolete) A zealot.

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20 Top Business Administration Vocabulary Words for English Learners. FluentU.

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