Business & Commerce

Companies, markets, trade, and getting deals done.

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/ˈkɑntɹækt/ A formal written agreement between people or companies that the law can enforce. M S

/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/ A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions. M S

/ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ to get involved in something that is not your business, causing trouble. M S

/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/ Money put into a business or shares with the hope of making a profit. M S

/ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/ A person who controls a machine or piece of equipment. M S

/ɹəˈpɔɹtɪŋ/ The activity of gathering and presenting news. M S

/ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.ət/ Relating to a large company or business. M S

/ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪz/ A company or business. M S

/ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/ The activity of buying and selling goods, shares, or currencies. M S

/ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ A large company, especially one made up of several businesses. M S

/ˈæsɛt/ Something valuable that a person or company owns, such as money, property, or investments. M S

/ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ Goods that are offered for sale. M S

/jiːld/ To produce something as a result. M S

/ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/ The business of producing and selling books, magazines, and other written material. M S

/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ regular business costs that are not tied to making one specific product or service M S

/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ A customer of a shop, restaurant, or other business, especially a regular one. M S

/ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/ The money a business or organization earns from its activities. M S

/ˈkɑ.mɚs/ The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale. M S

/ˈsɛlɚ/ a person or business that sells something M S

/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ Producing a profit; making money. M S

/ˈsɛɡmɛnt/ one of the parts that something is divided into M S

/ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ/ A person who puts money into a business or shares in order to make a profit. M S

/kəmˈpætəbəl/ Able to be used together with something else without problems. M S

/dɪsˈrʌpt/ To interrupt an activity or process so that it cannot continue normally. M S

entrepreneur B2

/ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risks. M S

/ˈɝːnɪŋz/ The money that a person earns from work. M S

/ˈɛk.wɪ.ti/ Fairness and equal treatment for everyone. M S

/ɪnˈdoɹs/ To publicly say you support or approve of someone or something. M S

/ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/ To include something as a part of a larger whole. M S

/pɹəˈspɛktəs/ a document describing a proposed project, publication, institution, or business and inviting interest or participation M S

/riːˈɔrgəˌnaɪz/ To organize something again or in a different, usually better, way. M S

/ɪmˈpɔrtər/ a person or company that brings goods or services into a country for sale M S

profiteering B2

/ˌprɑː.fəˈtɪr.ɪŋ/ the practice of exploiting scarcity, crisis, or another person's need in order to make an excessive or unfair profit M S

/ˌprɑfəˈtɪr/ a person who makes excessive or unfair profit, especially from scarcity or an emergency M S

/ˌoʊvɚˈstɑk/ to supply or keep more goods, animals, money, or other stock than is needed or can be used M S

stock market B2

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