Business words
Some common words used to talk about business
A
account
accountant
accounting
acquisition
advertisement
advertiser
advertising
affordability
agent
analyst
annuity
applicant
arbitration
asset
auction
auditor
B
balance sheet
bankruptcy
bargain
bear market
blue-chip
board
bond
bonus
boom
borrower
brand
breach
break-even
broker
budget
bull market
buyout
C
cash
cash flow
clause
client
co-worker
collateral
commerce
commodity
company
competition
competitor
compliance
conglomerate
consultant
consumer
contract
contractor
corporate
corporation
cost
credit
creditor
currency
customer
D
debit
debt
debtor
deed
deposit
depreciation
derivative
director
discount
distributor
diversify
dividend
downturn
E
earnings
employee
employer
employment
enterprise
entrepreneur
equity
exchange
expenses
export
exporter
F
factoring
fee
financing
firm
franchise
freight
fund
G
goods
gross
growth
H
holding
human resources
I
import
importer
incentive
income
innovation
insurance
interest rate
intermediary
invest
investment
investor
invoice
L
launch
layoff
lease
lender
liability
licence
liquidate
loan
loss
M
management
manufacturer
manufacturing
margin
market
marketing
marketplace
merchandise
merger
monopoly
N
net
niche
O
outlet
output
outsource
overheads
overpriced
P
parent company
partnership
payroll
perk
portfolio
pricing
private sector
product
profit
profitability
profitable
promotion
public sector
purchase
R
receipt
recession
recruit
redundancy
refund
regulation
regulator
remuneration
rental
repayment
resale
results
retail
retailer
return
revenue
rival
S
salary
sales
sector
segmentation
service industry
share
shareholder
shipment
slowdown
slump
stakeholder
start-up
stock
stock market
strategy
subsidiary
supplier
surplus
T
takeover
tax
taxation
trade
trader
transaction
turnover
U
undervalued
underwriter
unprofitable
V
valuation
vendor
venture
volatility
W
wage
warehouse
warranty
wholesaler
workplace
Y
yield