accountancy

accountant

acquisition, verb: acquire

administrative, noun: administration

advert, ad

advertise (v)

advertisement

advertising, advertising agency

advertising agency

aerospace

affiliate

appliance - household appliance

appoint (v) noun: appointment

approximately (approx.)

automotive

be
accountable to s.o.

be concerned with

be liable for

be responsible to s.o.

be subordinate to s.o.

beverage

board (of directors)

brand - brand name

bureaucracy

catering

chain of command

chairperson - chairperson of the
(supervirory) board

chemicals

civil service

clerk - clerical work

- competitor -
verb: compete;
noun: competition;
adj: competitive

component

consulting - verb: consult

- consumer -
verb: to consume;
noun: consumption

consumer electronics

contract - adj: contractual

convenience store

cooperative

core business

customer relations

CV (Curriculum Vitae) (BE) - (AE) résumé

debt - get into debt

decade

delivery service

discount - discount price

distribution - verb: distribute

division

employ (v) - noun: employment

employee

employer

engineering

entrepreneur - adj: entrepreneurial

environmentally-friendly

establish (v)

establishment

evaluate (v) - noun: evaluation

executive board - also: management
board

expand (v) (sich) - noun: expansion

extraction - verb: extract

fisheries

flotation - verb: float

flourish (v)

franchisee

franchising company

franchisor

freelancer

furniture

go bankrupt -
noun: bankruptcy

go bust (coll.)

healthcare

hierarchical - noun: hierarchy

holding company Holdinggesellschaft,

household goods

in charge of

incorporate (v)

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

insolvency -
adj: insolvent

insurance - verb: insure

invest (in sth) (v) - nouns: investment, investor

investment bank

joint-stock company

labour force

lawyer

lecture

legal department

liability

liaise with (v)

life insurance

limited liability

limited partnership

listing of shares

location

logistics

machinery

mail-order business

maintenance

major

manufacturing
- verb: manufacture;
noun: manufacturer

market research

media

mining - verb: mine

multinational company (MNC)

online business - online store; online
retailer, online trader

operate (v) - noun: operation

option - verb: opt (for)

organisation chart

outlet

oversee (v)

own (v) - nouns: owner,
ownership

packaging

parent company

partnership
(limited partnership)

part-time (P/T)

payroll

pension - noun: pensioner

persuade (v) - noun: persuasion

pharmaceuticals

premises (pl)

primary sector

private limited company (Ltd)

procedure

processing -
verb: process

procurement

profit margin

promote (v)

promotion

provision - verb: provide

public limited company (plc)

publishing - verb: publish

purchase

quality assurance

questionnaire

raise capital

range - range of products

range from … to … - noun: range

raw materials

recommendation - verb: recommend

relocation - verb: relocate

report to s.o. (v) - report directly to

represent (v) - noun: representation

requirement - verb: require

responsible for - noun: responsibility

retailer

retailing - adj: retail;
retail chain, retail
oulet

reward - verb: reward

rock-bottom prices

run (a company, business etc.) (v)

sales
verb: sell (sold, sold)

sales director

sales pitch

sample

seasonal worker

secondary sector

self-employed

service

share

shareholder

shipping - verb: ship

sleeping partner

small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs)

sole proprietorship (US)

sole trader (UK)

stock

stock corporation

stock exchange - stock market

subordinate

supervisory board

template

tertiary sector

turnover

unprofitable unrentabel,

upmarket exklusiv, upmarket exklusiv,

upmarket

utilities

value (v) (den Wert) - noun: value

waste - verb: waste

wholesaling - noun: wholesaler;
adj: wholesale