Business Vocabulary — Set 3: Meanings flashcards
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100 more everyday business words, from disclosure and freight to due diligence and buyout: pronunciation, a plain definition in the business sense and three example sentences, the most common use first.
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viable (adj.) · VIGH-uh-buhlworkable enough in real life to have a future, especially by earning the money to keep goingStrategy & Planning
The board wants proof that the new store format is commercially viable.
Leasing the trucks turned out to be the only viable option.
Investors asked whether the startup had a viable path to profit.
Root: French, formed in Middle French on vie, "life," a descendant of Latin vita. -
quarterly (adj.) · KWOR-tur-leehappening, reported or paid every three months, often for one quarter of a company's financial yearFinance & Accounting
Analysts expect the toy maker to post its quarterly earnings on Thursday.
Our quarterly sales review is on the calendar for Friday.
The bank sends customers a quarterly statement of fees and interest.
Watch out: a quarter is three months of the fiscal year, which may not start in January. -
demographic (n.) · dem-uh-GRAF-ika group of people defined by traits like age, income or location, especially as a marketMarketing & Sales
Advertisers prize the 18-to-34 demographic.
The cruise line's core demographic is retirees with time to travel.
The survey breaks down responses by demographic and region.
Watch out: demographics, in the plural, usually means the statistics that describe a population. -
freight (n.) · FRAYTlarge loads of cargo moved by road, rail, sea or air; the price paid to move themOperations & Supply
The rail line carries freight between the port and inland distribution hubs.
Air freight is faster but costs far more than shipping by sea.
The supplier quoted a price that already included freight. -
workplace culture (n.) · WURK-plays KUHL-churthe shared values, habits and attitudes that shape how people at an organization work togetherPeople & Management
Candidates often ask about workplace culture in their final interview.
A toxic workplace culture drove several top engineers to quit.
The new CEO wants a workplace culture that rewards honest feedback. -
merger (n.) · MUR-jurthe joining of two companies into one, usually agreed by both sidesDeals & Negotiation
The two grocery chains announced their merger in a joint statement.
After the merger, the combined company will have twelve thousand employees.
Talks on a merger collapsed over who would serve as chief executive.
Watch out: a merger ends with one combined company; after an acquisition, the bought firm can stay separate. -
entrepreneur (n.) · ahn-truh-pruh-NURthe founder and manager of a new business, who stands to lose money if it failsEconomics & Markets
The city offers low-cost office space to young entrepreneurs.
Like many first-time entrepreneurs, he funded the shop with his savings.
The podcast interviews entrepreneurs about their biggest early mistakes.
Origin: French, from Old French, from entreprendre, "to undertake." -
disclosure (n.) · dis-KLOH-zhurmaking information known to others, especially facts a company is required to revealLaw & Compliance
Public companies must make regular financial disclosures to shareholders.
The disclosure of the data breach came three weeks too late.
The form requires disclosure of any gifts from suppliers. -
networking (n.) · NET-wur-kingmeeting and keeping in touch with people who could help your career or businessMeetings & Communication
Most of her clients came from networking at industry events.
The conference ends with an evening networking reception.
He finds networking awkward but knows it opens doors. -
cloud computing (n.) · KLOWD kuhm-PYOO-tingrelying on remote servers reached over the internet for storage, software and processing power, not on your own machinesTechnology & Data
Cloud computing lets small firms rent servers instead of buying them.
The bank's move to cloud computing cut its IT costs by a fifth.
Demand for cloud computing has made data centers a booming business.
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- Senses, parts of speech and pronunciations checked against Merriam-Webster.com, the American Heritage Dictionary, Dictionary.com and the Oxford Learner's, Longman and Cambridge learner's dictionaries, and runway's cash sense against peer-reviewed small-business research; all definitions, notes and example sentences are original.
- Word selection is our own, by frequency (wordfreq, CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial judgment; no publisher's business glossary is reproduced.
- Value proposition, legally binding and several Watch out notes also checked against the BCcampus open textbook Principles of Marketing, eCornell, Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute (Wex), the SEC's Investor.gov glossary, IRS Publication 463, the NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee and the USPTO (reference only; no text copied).
- OpenStax Principles of Accounting, Volume 1, consulted as a reference; no text copied.
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