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Definition words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Launch (noun): | An event to celebrate or introduce something new. EX: Illness prevented her attending the launch of her latest novel. |
| 2. Trends (noun): | A general direction in which a situation is changing or developing. EX: I’m not familiar with the latest trends in teaching. |
| 3. Embracing (noun): | To accept an idea, a proposal, a set of beliefs, etc., especially when it is done with enthusiasm. EX: It is unlikely that such countries will embrace capitalist ideas. |
| 4. Switching (verb): | A change from one thing to another, especially when this is sudden and complete. EX: We're in the process of switching over to a new system of invoicing. |
| 5. Stand out (phrasal verb): | To be much better or more important than somebody/something. EX: Four points stand out as being more important than the rest. |
| 6. Market share (noun): | The amount that a company sells of its products or services compared with other companies selling the same things. EX: They claim to have a 40 per cent worldwide market share. |
| 7. Rate (noun): | A measurement of the speed at which something happens. EX: Figures published today show another fall in the rate of inflation. |
| 8. Willingness (noun): | The quality of being happy and ready to do something. EX: Success in studying depends on a willingness to learn. |
| 9. Undifferentiated (adjective): | Having parts that you cannot see a difference between; not split into different parts or sections. EX: A view of society as an undifferentiated whole |
| 10. Purchase (verb): | To buy something. EX: Please ensure that you purchase your ticket in advance. |
| 11. Encourage (verb): | To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen. EX: She encouraged many young writers and artists. |
| 12. Resonates with (verb): | To produce, increase, or fill with sound, by vibrating (= shaking) objects that are near. |
| 13. Fail-safe (adjective): | Very unlikely to fail. EX: All jets have an immediate fail-safe switch that retracts a failed thrust-reverser. |
| 14. Revoked (verb): | To say officially that an agreement, permission, a law, etc. is no longer in effect. EX: Your licence may be revoked at any time. |
| 15. Helm (noun): | The handle or wheel which controls the direction in which a ship or boat travels. EX:The skipper remained at the helm all night. |
| 16. Bankrupt (adjective): | Unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts. EX: The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court. |
| 17. Instigate (verb): | To cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin. EX: The government has instigated a programme of economic reform. |
| 18. Profits (noun): | Money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services. EX: Profits before tax grew from £615m to £1 168m. |
| 19. Issue (noun): | A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about. EX: This is a big issue; we need more time to think about it. |
| 20. Hammer out (verb): | To reach an agreement or solution after a lot of argument or discussion. EX: To hammer out a compromise |
| 21. Initial bid (verb): | First offer. EX: My initial bid is of 10 dollars, in any time will change the price. |
| 22. Revenue (noun): | The income that a government or company receives regularly. EX: The government is currently facing a shortfall in tax revenue. |
| 23. Spokesperson (noun): | A person who is chosen to speak officially for a group or organization. EX: A spokesperson for the local council. |
| 24. Scheme (noun): | An organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result for you. EX: The houses have been demolished as part of a major regeneration scheme. |
| 25. Outside the scope (noun): | Outside of the range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc. EX: Something outside the scope of their experience. |
| 26. Touch base: | To talk to someone for a short time to find out how they are or what they think about something. EX: If you touch base with someone, you contact them. |
| 27. Coming up with (phrasal verb): | To suggest or think of an idea or plan. EX: She came up with a new idea for increasing sales. |
| 28. Lose sight: | To not consider something, esp. because you have forgotten about it. EX: He's lost the sight of one eye. |
| 29. Stakeholders (noun): | A person or group of people who own a share in a business. EX: All our employees are stakeholders in the company. |
| 30. Outsource (noun): | If a company outsources, it pays to have part of its work done by another company. EX: We outsource all our computing work. |
| 31. Developing (adjective): | A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries. EX: A developing country can be especially in Africa, Latin America, or Asia. |
| 32. Global sourcing (noun): | Global sourcing is a procurement strategy aimed at exploiting global efficiencies in production. In plain English, it refers to how some companies search the whole world for the cheapest possible price for a product. |
| 33. Allotted (adjective): | Given or made available for a particular purpose. EX: I completed the test within the time allotted. |
| 34. Procurement (noun): | The acquisition of goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership, in the right quantity and quality, at the right time, in the right place for the direct benefit or use of governments, corporations. |
| 35. Legal tender (noun): | The money that can be officially used in a country. EX: These coins are no longer legal tender. |
| 36. Timing (noun): | The time when something happens. EX: The timing of the decision was a complete surprise. |
| 37. Accomplishments (noun): | Something that is successful, or that is achieved after a lot of work or effort. EX: It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. |
| 38. Hire (verb): | To pay to use something for a short period. EX: The government is encouraging employers to hire disabled people. |
| 39. Duty (noun): | Something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing to do. EX: Local councillors have a duty to serve the community. |
| 40. Achievement (noun): | Something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing. EX: The greatest scientific achievement of the decade. |
| 41. Deadlines (noun): | A time or day by which something must be done. EX: I prefer to work to a deadline. |
| 42. Gap (noun): | An empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things EX: Extra funding is needed to plug the gap. |
| 43. Lag (verb): | To move or make progress so slowly that you are behind other people or things. EX: The little boy lagged behind his parents. |
| 44. Constraints (verb): | To control and limit something. EX: The company said that it was constrained to raise prices. |
| 45. Supplier (noun): | A company, person, etc. that provides things that people want or need, especially over a long period of time. EX: A leading supplier of computers in the UK. |
| 46. Life term (noun): | A life insurance agreement in which the amount paid over a fixed period of time is low and remains the same, while the amount received on death becomes less each year. EX: He will serve a life term instead. |
| 47. Allotted (adjective): | Given or made available for a particular purpose. EX: How much money has been allotted to us? |
| 48. Crunch time (noun): | A point at which something difficult must be done. EX: The team relies on you to deliver at crunch time. |
| 49. Effort-driven: | When you assign or remove people from a task, Project lengthens or shortens the duration of the task based on the amount of resource units assigned to it, but it doesn't change the total amount of work for the task. |
| 50. Scope (noun): | The range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, class. EX: Her job offers very little scope for promotion. |
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