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Business Word/Phrase of the Day

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RELIABLE rɪˈlaɪəbəl

12 Aug 2022

Adjective

  • something or somebody that can be relied on and trusted.
Example Sentence: What we would like to do next is to design a highly reliable network and to gain competitive advantage over our rivals at last.
 

CREDIT LIMIT krɛdɪt lɪmɪt

11 Aug 2022

Noun

  • the maximum amount of money a financial institution e.g. a bank is willing to give someone.
Example Sentence: If your credit limit with your bank is too low, it's not the best solution to acquire credit cards from several different banks.
 

TO DISCONTINUE dɪskənˈtɪnyu

09 Aug 2022

Verb

  • to stop doing something e.g. production of a product.
Example Sentence: The company decided to discontinue operations last month because the factory was making losses.
 

RETAIL CHAIN riteɪl tʃeɪn

08 Aug 2022

Noun

  • a number of similar shops or stores that sell products to the public.
Example Sentence: We have only one retail chain in our town. I've never liked them – the choice of dairy products on offer is really poor. I think some competition would do them good.
 

TO FACILITATE fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt

07 Aug 2022

Verb

  • to make an activity, a process etc easier to happen.
Example Sentence: Do you think a new marketing campaign would facilitate increasing sales?
 

TO INFRINGE ɪnˈfrɪndʒ

06 Aug 2022

Verb

  • to violate/break a law, rule or regulation.
Example Sentence: If you infringe copyright regulations, you can expect a heavy fine.
 

FRAUD frɔd

05 Aug 2022

Noun

  • the act cheating somebody with the purpose of getting something (products, money etc) illegally.
Example Sentence: He was involved in a one billion dollar fraud.
 

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.
 

FIERCE fɪərs

03 Aug 2022

Adjective

  • aggressive, violent OR extremely active.
Example Sentences: He became unexpectedly fierce when he was informed he was going to be dismissed.
There has always been fierce competition between our companies, but in our private lives we are best of friends.
 

BRAINSTORM breɪnˌstɔrm

02 Aug 2022

Verb

  • to think together as a team, often in order to come up with a solution to a particular problem.
Example Sentence: Although we have been brainstorming for weeks, we haven't been able to find a good way of getting ahead of our competitors so far – we might need to invite an expert to help.
 

LAW-ABIDING lɔəˌbaɪdɪŋ

01 Aug 2022

Adjective

  • respecting the law.
Example Sentence: We are all law-abiding citizens. However, in business sometimes we have to interpret certain regulations in a bit more flexible way in order to remain profitable in the current crisis
 

ESPIONAGE ɛspiəˌnɑʒ

31 Jul 2022

Noun

  • the activity of secretly acquiring information about another company/competitor/country etc in order to gain an unfair advantage.
Example Sentence: Industrial espionage has always been a real threat in this country, and things don't seem to be improving under the new regulations either.
 

TO STIFLE staɪfəl

30 Jul 2022

Verb

  • To prevent something from happening.
Example Sentence: The strong yen stifles economic growth.
 

TO SATURATE (a market) sætʃəˌreɪt

29 Jul 2022

Verb

  • to fill a market with a certain product to such an extent that no new customer can be found.
Example Sentence: I'm afraid we've saturated the market of event organizers. Next year we'll have to diversify in order to retain the potential for growth.
 

TO SKYROCKET skaɪˌrɒkɪt

28 Jul 2022

Verb

  • if share prices, market prices, wages etc SKYROCKET, they rise really quickly and to a high level.
Example Sentence: We only managed to survive last year because share prices in this sector unexpectedly skyrocketed and it saved us from going bust.
 
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