Business & Commerce

Companies, markets, trade, and getting deals done.

186 words

# Business & Commerce

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 186

## About
Companies, markets, trade, and getting deals done.

## Words by Level

### A1
- business - The activity of buying and selling goods and services to make money.
- desk - A table where you sit to write, read or work, often with drawers.

### A2
- fishing - The activity or sport of catching fish.
- company - A business that makes or sells goods, or provides services.
- agent - A person who arranges business or deals on behalf of someone else.
- opportunity - A chance to do something, especially something useful or good.
- market - A place where people buy and sell goods, often outdoors with stalls.
- trade - The activity of buying and selling goods and services.
- concern - a worried feeling that something may be wrong
- chain - A row of connected metal rings, used for pulling, holding, or as jewellery.
- agency - A business that provides a particular service for people.
- customer - A person or company that buys goods or services from a shop or business.
- brand - A name or logo that identifies a company's products or services.
- product - Something that is made or grown to be sold.
- strategy - A plan of action made to reach a particular goal.
- budget - A plan of how much money you have and how you will spend it
- advertising - The activity of creating and showing messages that persuade people to buy products or services.
- maker - A person or thing that makes or produces something.
- advertisement - A paid notice or message that promotes a product, service, or event.
- salary - A fixed amount of money that an employee is paid regularly, usually each month, for their work.
- employee - A person who is paid to work for a company or another person
- user - A person who uses a computer, app, website, or service.

### B1
- insurance - An agreement in which you pay a company money so that they will pay you if something bad happens, such as an accident or illness.
- demand - A strong and firm request for something.
- industry - The making of goods in factories on a large scale.
- dealer - A person or business that buys and sells a particular product.
- commercial - Connected with buying and selling or with business.
- management - The act of running or controlling a business or organization.
- negotiate - To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement.
- invest - To put money into something, such as a business or shares, in order to make a profit.
- finance - The management of money, especially of large amounts.
- airline - A company that provides flights to carry passengers and goods.
- strategic - Done as part of a careful plan to reach a goal.
- logo - A symbol or design that a company uses to identify itself.
- competitor - A person or company that competes against another, especially in business.
- agricultural - Relating to farming or the growing of crops and raising of animals.
- advertise - To tell the public about a product or service in order to encourage them to buy it.
- specialize - To focus on and become an expert in one particular area of work or study.
- advert - A notice or short film that promotes a product, service, or event.
- client - A person or company that pays for the services of a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- profit - The money you gain after subtracting your costs, especially in business.
- quote - To repeat the exact words that someone has written or said.
- tariff - a tax imposed by a government on goods imported from or exported to another country

### B2
- contract - A formal written agreement between people or companies that the law can enforce.
- executive - A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions.
- interfere - to get involved in something that is not your business, causing trouble.
- investment - Money put into a business or shares with the hope of making a profit.
- operator - A person who controls a machine or piece of equipment.
- reporting - The activity of gathering and presenting news.
- corporate - Relating to a large company or business.
- enterprise - A company or business.
- trading - The activity of buying and selling goods, shares, or currencies.
- corporation - A large company, especially one made up of several businesses.
- asset - Something valuable that a person or company owns, such as money, property, or investments.
- merchandise - Goods that are offered for sale.
- yield - To produce something as a result.
- publishing - The business of producing and selling books, magazines, and other written material.
- patron - A customer of a shop, restaurant, or other business, especially a regular one.
- revenue - The money a business or organization earns from its activities.
- commerce - The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale.
- seller - a person or business that sells something
- profitable - Producing a profit; making money.
- segment - one of the parts that something is divided into
- investor - A person who puts money into a business or shares in order to make a profit.
- compatible - Able to be used together with something else without problems.
- disrupt - To interrupt an activity or process so that it cannot continue normally.
- entrepreneur - A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risks.
- earnings - The money that a person earns from work.
- equity - Fairness and equal treatment for everyone.
- endorse - To publicly say you support or approve of someone or something.
- incorporate - To include something as a part of a larger whole.
- reorganize - To organize something again or in a different, usually better, way.
- stock market
- overhead - regular business costs that are not tied to making one specific product or service
- importer - a person or company that brings goods or services into a country for sale
- profiteering - the practice of exploiting scarcity, crisis, or another person's need in order to make an excessive or unfair profit
- overstock - to supply or keep more goods, animals, money, or other stock than is needed or can be used
- prospectus - a document describing a proposed project, publication, institution, or business and inviting interest or participation
- profiteer - a person who makes excessive or unfair profit, especially from scarcity or an emergency

### C1
- merger - The joining of two or more companies into a single one.
- offering - Something that is offered or made available, such as a product or service.
- premises - A building or piece of land used by a business or organization.
- contractor - A person or company hired to do a particular job under a contract, rather than as a regular employee.
- transaction - An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal.
- capitalism - An economic system in which businesses and property are privately owned and run for profit.
- monopoly - Complete control of a market by a single company, with no competition.
- franchise - The right to sell a company's products or services in a particular area, or a business run under such a right.
- capitalist - A person who invests money in business in order to make a profit.
- speculate - To form a guess or opinion about something without having all the facts.
- trademark - A name, symbol, or phrase legally registered to identify a company's product.
- turnover - The total amount of money a business takes in sales over a period.
- generic - Shared by a whole group or class rather than specific to one thing.
- shareholder - A person or organization that owns shares in a company.
- commendation - Praise or formal approval given to someone.
- churn - To move or stir something, especially liquid, with great force and motion.
- non-profit - Not run in order to make a profit; using any money earned to support its aims.
- commercially - In a way relating to buying, selling, or making a profit.
- organizational - Relating to how a company or group is structured and run.
- privatization - The transfer of a company or service from government to private ownership.
- consultancy - A company that gives expert advice in a particular field.
- contraband - goods that are imported or exported illegally
- indentured - bound by a formal contract to work for another for a specified time, often without pay in exchange for passage to a new country
- incorporation - the act of including something as part of a larger whole, or the state of being included
- commercialize - to develop an idea, product, or service so that it can be sold commercially
- undersell - to sell at a lower price than a competitor
- mismanage - to organize, control, or use something badly or incompetently
- promoter - a person or organization that actively supports or encourages a cause, activity, or development
- leverage - power, influence, or an advantage that can be used to obtain a desired result
- clientele - the clients or regular customers of a business, professional, or organization considered as a group

### C2
- tactical - Done carefully to gain a particular advantage; relating to tactics.
- patronize - To talk to someone as if they were less intelligent or important than you.
- conglomerate - A large company made up of several smaller companies in different kinds of business.
- proprietary - Owned by a particular company and protected by patents, trademarks, or copyright.
- subsidy - Money given by a government or organization to help support a business or activity.
- testimonial - A written or spoken statement praising someone's worth, character, or a product.
- mercantile - Connected with trade and the buying and selling of goods for profit.
- additive - A substance added to food, fuel, or another product to give it certain qualities.
- profitability - The ability of a business to make a profit; the degree to which it is profitable.
- contractually - By the terms of a contract; as required by a legal agreement.
- convivial - occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
- duplo - a brand of construction toys made by LEGO, designed for younger children with larger, easier-to-handle pieces
- higgling - present participle and gerund of higgle
- lastage - A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
- stallage - The erection and use of a stall at a fair or market.
- joint-stock - owned by shareholders who hold stock jointly in a company
- copartnership - the state or right of being a copartner in a joint enterprise
- syndicate - a group of people or organizations that combine resources to carry out a business, project, or shared purpose
- salable - suitable or sufficiently desirable to be sold
- laissez-faire - an economic doctrine or policy favoring minimal government intervention in trade, industry, and markets
- cartel - an association of independent businesses or producers that coordinate prices, output, or markets in order to limit competition
- vendible - capable of being sold or suitable for sale; marketable
- emporium - a large store or marketplace offering a wide variety of goods
- merchant exporter - a trader or trading business that buys goods from producers and exports them, rather than manufacturing the goods itself
- entrepôt - a trading port or commercial center where goods are imported, stored, and re-exported
- engrosser - historical commerce: a person who buys up a commodity in bulk in order to control its supply or raise its price
- tret - historical commerce: an allowance in weight made to a buyer for waste, dust, or deterioration after tare had been deducted
- trafficker - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

### C2+
- hereamong - among these things or persons; in this company (archaic)
- recompense - compensation or reward for loss, effort, or service
- proprietor - the owner of a business or property
- speciality - a pursuit, product, or skill in which one specializes
- adulterator - one who debases a product by adding inferior substances
- gainless - bringing no profit or advantage; unprofitable
- biologic - relating to biology; a medical product derived from living organisms
- butchery - brutal and indiscriminate killing; the trade of a butcher
- disinvest - to withdraw or reduce an investment in a company or sector
- gainful - providing money or profit; remunerative
- officiate - to perform official duties, especially at a ceremony or religious service
- phantasy - imagination or a product of it; fantasy (archaic spelling)
- solitarily - in a solitary manner; alone and without company
- strategical - relating to strategy; strategic
- strategically - in a way that relates to or shows strategy
- subsidiary - a company controlled by another; of secondary importance
- tryout - a test of the suitability of a performer, athlete, or product
- biz - informal term for business or a particular trade or industry
- caravanserai - an inn with a central court for caravans along Eastern trade routes
- commercialism - emphasis on profit or marketing, often at the expense of other values
- dealing - conduct or transactions in business or relations
- declarer - one who declares; in bridge, the player who plays the contract
- embargo - an official ban on trade or commerce with a country
- enterpriser - one who undertakes bold ventures; an entrepreneur
- evensong - the Anglican service of evening prayer; vespers
- generically - in a general way; without a brand or specific name
- guerdon - a reward or recompense for service
- knight - a man granted honorary rank for service, historically a mounted warrior
- knockoff - a cheap imitation of a popular branded product
- livestock - farm animals raised for use or profit
- logotype - a distinctive symbol or design representing a company or brand
- ministration - the act of giving aid, care, or religious service
- nationalize - to transfer an industry or asset from private to state ownership
- offertory - the part of a church service when offerings are collected, or the music sung then
- profitably - in a way that produces profit or advantage
- pulsate - to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb
- racketeering - the running of an illegal business or fraudulent scheme for profit
- recessional - a hymn or music played as clergy and choir withdraw at a service's end
- requital - a return or repayment for a favor, service, or wrong
- secretion - the process or product of releasing a substance from a cell or gland
- seniority - the state of being older or higher in rank or length of service
- stockholder - an owner of shares in a company; a shareholder
- strategetic - relating to strategy; strategic (archaic variant)
- unincorporate - to deprive of corporate status; not formed into a corporation
- unprofitable - not yielding profit or benefit
- unsocial - avoiding the company of others; not sociable
- payable - a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
- forestaller - historical: a trader who bought or intercepted goods before they reached an open market, especially to resell them at a higher price
- regrater - historical British law: a trader who bought food or other necessities at a market and resold them in or near the same market for a profit

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