💼 Business
Learn the vocabulary of companies, money, growth, and strategy. Make business news easier to follow and easier to understand in real context.
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Mature
C1Fully developed, grown, or advanced in character or behavior.
Bond
B2something that forms a connection between people or groups, such as a feeling of friendship or shared ideas and experiences
Equity
B1The quality of being fair and impartial.
Leverage
B1To use something to achieve maximum advantage or benefit.
Margin
B2the empty space at the side of a written or printed page
Administration
B2the activities that are done in order to plan, organize and run a business, school or other institution
Board
A2a long thin piece of strong hard material, especially wood, used, for example, for making floors, building walls and roofs and making boats
Credit
A2an arrangement that you make, with a shop for example, to pay later for something you buy
Debt
B2a sum of money that somebody owes
Loan
B2money that an organization such as a bank lends and somebody borrows
Loss
B1the state of no longer having something or as much of something; the process that leads to this
Profit
B1the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved
Strike
B2to hit somebody/something hard or with force
Union
B1an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc.
Acquisition
C1the act of getting something, especially knowledge, a skill, etc.
Audit
C1an official examination of business and financial records to see that they are true and correct
Bankruptcy
B1the state of being bankrupt
Bid
B2an offer by a person or a company to pay a particular amount of money for something
Bonus
C1an extra amount of money that is added to a payment, especially to somebody’s wages or salary as a reward
Compliance
C1the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority
Default
C1what happens or appears if you do not make any other choice or change, especially in a computer program
Disclosure
C1the act of making something known or public that was previously secret or private
Earnings
C1the money that you earn for the work that you do
Fiscal
B1connected with government or public money, especially taxes
Forecast
B2a statement about what will happen in the future, based on information that is available now
Fraud
B2the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money or goods illegally
Fundraising
C1the activity of collecting money for a charity or organization, often by organizing social events or entertainments
Guidance
C1help or advice that is given to somebody, especially by somebody older or with more experience
Inflation
B2a fall in the value of money and a general increase in prices; the rate at which this happens
Inventory
B1a written list of all the objects, furniture, etc. in a particular building
Investor
B2a person or an organization that invests money in something
Listing
C1a list, especially an official or published list of people or things, often arranged in alphabetical order
Merger
C1the act of joining two or more organizations or businesses into one
Placement
B2the act of finding somebody a suitable job or place to live
Provision
C1the act of supplying somebody with something that they need or want; something that is supplied
Recession
B2a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed
Revenue
B2the money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization, etc. receives from its business
Settlement
C1an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups
Shareholder
C1an owner of shares in a company or business
Stake
C1money that somebody invests in a company
Upgrade
C1to make a machine, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient; to start using a new and better version of a machine, system, etc.
Yield
C1the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced
Dividend
A sum of money paid regularly by a company to its shareholders out of its profits.
Buyback
A corporate action where a company repurchases its own shares from the marketplace.
Shares
Parts of a company's equity that can be bought or sold.
Valuation
The process of determining the monetary worth of an asset or company.
Quarterly
Occurring every three months.
Interest rates
The percentage charged on borrowed money or earned on savings.
Forex
The market for trading currencies.
Downgrade
To lower the status, quality, or importance of something.
Liquidity
The availability of liquid assets to a market or company.
Cash flow
The total amount of money moving in and out of a business over time.
Balance sheet
A financial statement that summarizes a company's assets, liabilities, and equity at a specific point in time.
Refinancing
The process of obtaining a new loan to pay off an existing loan.
Lending
The act of giving money or items to someone with the expectation of return.
Borrowing
Taking and using something belonging to someone else with the intention of returning it.
Overdraft
An agreement allowing a bank account holder to withdraw more money than is available.
Collateral
Something pledged as security against a loan or obligation.
Takeover
An act of gaining control of a company or organization.
Spin-off
A product, show, or derivative created from an original source.