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Business Word/Phrase of the Day

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OUTSOURCE (SOMETHING)  

04 Feb 2023

Phrase

  • to use outside sources rather than those within a company.
Example Sentence: The manufacturing company outsourced many of their products.
 

CARRY A MOTION  

04 Dec 2022

Phrase

  • to support or win acceptance for a motion/proposal.
Example Sentence: I was able to carry a motion to cancel the activities for next week.
 

AXE æksɪz

04 Nov 2022

Verb

  • to suddenly reduce or stop providing something.
Example Sentence: The product was axed a mere five weeks after it was launched.
 

TO REAP rip

04 Oct 2022

Verb

  • to get something as a result of an activity.
Example Sentence: The German car maker expects to reap 56% of its profits in Asia next year.
 

CONSIDERABLE kənˈsɪdərəbəl

04 Sep 2022

Adjective

  • significant, large.
Example Sentence: The earthquake last week was devastating. The damage to our business operations was considerable.
 

BRICKS AND MORTAR brɪkənˈmɔrtər

04 Aug 2022

Adjective

  • describing a business where customers can go when they want to buy something, as opposed to purely internet-based businesses.
Example Sentence: Operating a purely bricks-and-mortar business has several advantages, e.g. you don't have to pay the usual overheads like gas and heating.
 

COMMODITIES kəˈmɒdɪti

04 Jun 2022

Noun

  • Products such as agricultural products and natural resources (wood, oil and metals) that are traded on a separate, authorized commodities exchange.
Example Sentence: The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds.
 

LEGAL TENDER /ligəl tɛndər/

04 May 2022

Noun

  • Legal tender is the money which can be officially used in a country.
Example Sentences: A French person tried to pay using old British pound notes. I told him they weren't legal tender any more.
 

TO ENDORSE A CHEQUE  

04 Apr 2022

Verb

  • to sign the cheque on the back.
Example Sentence: She endorsed the back of the cheque in order to cash it.
 

WHITE-COLLAR WORKER  

04 Sep 2012

phrase

  • someone who works in offices, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort
Example Sentences:Cambridge has a lot of high-tech industries employing mostly white-collar workers.
White-collar workers tend to earn considerably more than blue-collar workers.
 
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