Common Terms

  • aims and objectives
  • balance sheet
  • breach copyright
  • business unit
  • cash flow projection
  • cost savings
  • develop your skills
  • draw up an action plan
  • economic issues
  • economic policy
  • financial indicators
  • financial management
  • financial modelling
  • financial planning
  • financial reporting
  • fixed/variable rate
  • Gantt chart
  • hedge fund

  • income statement
  • interest payment
  • marketing mix
  • market research
  • market segmentation
  • mass marketing
  • meet/miss deadlines
  • negative net worth
  • pie chart
  • plan agenda
  • pre-IPO

  • product positioning
  • profit and loss accounts
  • profit from
  • put option
  • risk management
  • sales promotion
  • shelf life
  • sort out
  • super profits
  • take risks
  • target audience
Business English Common Terms And Phrases
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Useful Phrases

  • Any questions?
  • Any other points anyone wants to make?
  • Are we in agreement?

  • Before the meeting
  • Can you tell me when
  • Come to a decision
  • Do you mean …?
  • Have we got a deal?
  • Here you can see a

  • I’d really prefer to …
  • I’ll send a summary by email.
  • I’m glad that you accept my point.
  • In conclusion then, ...
  • In summary …
  • It would be a real pity to …

  • Now we plan to …
  • OK, then we’ll …
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  • So what you mean is …
  • So is that …?
  • So, in other words …
  • So we’ve agreed …
  • Take your time

  • The background is …
  • The largest segment on the chart is …
  • The main point is …
  • The next step will be …
  • The underlying trend suggests ...
  • Time’s running out..
  • To close ....
  • To sum up the discussion …
  • The window of opportunity ....

  • We accept that …
  • We are in the middle of …
  • We can compare …
  • We can see that …
  • We decided …
  • We have already completed …
  • We introduced …
  • We need to continue …
  • We would like to suggest …
  • What we’ve done so far is …

Vocabulary

  • agreement
  • analyst
  • assess
  • borrow
  • break even
  • budget
  • currency
  • debt
  • efficiencies
  • efficient
  • earnings
  • expenditure
  • forecast
  • franchise
  • income
  • indices
  • inflation 
  • invest

  • lend
  • leveraged
  • loan
  • management
  • market
  • marketplace
  • merger
  • monitor
  • profits
  • progress
  • projection
  • reduce
  • refund
  • risk

  • schedule
  • settlement
  • stakeholder
  • stock
  • succession
  • succeed
  • target
  • total
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