Business Language Lessons

Business Language Vocabularies

Primary Business Words

active partner
association
business person
business related
charity
commercial law
company
consortium
cooperative
corporation
entrepreneur
family
finance company
foundation
general partner
general partnership
holdings
institution
investor
joint venture
leader
limited liability corporation
limited partnership
major
manager
managing partner
mutual insurance company
non-profit
non-taxable/
parent company
partner
partnership limited by shares
private
real estate company
savings and loan institution
small
sole propietorship
state corporation
state owned
subsidiary
trading company

Advertising

ad
advertising
aesthetics
agency
aggressive
animated
audience
baby
behavior
billboard
boomerang effect
brochure
classified ads
to change
cheap
cheery
child
commercial
to conceal
coupon
to create
creativity
deceptive
to desensitize
to direct
drawing
effective
expensive
front page
gift
headlines
households
indirect
to influence
informative
to invent
jingle
last page
launching
low budget
loyalty
mail
man
media: TV, radio, newspaper and magazine
message
to modify
needs
negative
new
new born
per minute
oral
to persuade
printed
prize
production
to propagate
reach
recognition
resistance
selective
slogan
to spend
spot
static
strategic
subliminal
target
truthfulness
truthful
unequivocal
vibrant
woman

Accounting

account balance/
to accrue/
annual/
annual report/
auditing/
automated/
to balance/
bookkeeping/
balanced/
to cancel/
to carry-over/
charge/
to classify/
to close/
credit/
debit/
debit entry/
double entry/
engagement
entering in the books/
to falsify/
fiscal/
funds statement/
income statement/
internal controls/
journal
journal entry/
to keep up to date/
ledger/
omission/
to open/
opening/
to post/
principle/
quarter/
to reverse/
segregation of duties/
semester/
standardization
to transfer/
valuation techniques/

Banking

account /
account balance
auditor
bad check
balance
bank /
banker /
bearer /
bill /
bounced /
branch /
business day /
to cancel
to cash /
cash ratio , liquidity ratio/
check /
checking account /
clearinghouse /
code /
correspondence /
counterfeited /
credit /
customer /
debit /
to deposit
deposit
devaluation /
due date /
electronic transfer of funds (ETF) /
to endorse
entity /
exchange rate /
to fix /
foreign currency /
funds /
to guarantee /
holiday /
hours /
to issue /
legal representative
to loan /
loan /
maintenance /
manager /
maximum /
minimum /
monetary /
mortgage /
mortgage related /
number /
operations /
overstatement/
password /
payable /
portfolio /
private /
reserve /
safety box /
savings account /
signature /
teller /
teller machine /
time deposit /
title /
transaction /
transfer /
to transfer /
window /
to withdraw /

Clothing and Accesories

accessory /
belt /
blazer /
blouse /
boots /
bow tie /
bracelet /
brassier /
brooch /
button /
buttonhole /
camel hair /
cashmere /
chalk/
coat /
collar /
cotton/
crown /
cuff link /
to cut /
to design /
designer /
diaper/
dress /
earring /
fabric /
factory /
fashion /
fashionable /
footage /

Costumer Service

adequate/
always/
annoyance/
attention/
bad service/
broken/
to claim/
complaint/
courteous/
courtesy/
customer/
damaged/
defective/
delay/
to detect/
dissatisfied/
to exchange/
expired/
fast/
to fix/
for your service/
free of charge/
good service/
helpful/
impolite/
lost and found/
pleasurable/
to repair/
return/
rude/
to send/
service/
stained/
to take measure/
to please/
waiting/
warranted/
without reason/

Corporation

active partner/
association/
business person/
business related/
charity/
commercial law/
company/
consortium/
cooperative/
corporation/
entrepreneur/
family/
finance company/
foundation/
general partner/
general partnership/
holdings /
institution/
investor /
joint venture/
leader/
limited liability corporation/
limited partnership/
major/
manager/
managing partner/
mutual insurance company/
non-profit/
non-taxable/
parent company/
partner/
partnership limited by shares/
private/
real estate company/
savings and loan institution/
small/
sole propietorship/
state corporation/
state owned
subsidiary/
trading company/

Contracts

address/
to annul/
approved/
completion/
date/
duration /
employment contract/
expiration/
extension/
line/
notary/
notice/
page/
partial/
passage/
rejected/
to renew/
review/
signature/
suspension/
termination/
terms/
time/
title/
trial/
uncertain

Computers

back space/
back-up/
bank/
batch/
baud/
binary/
bit/
block/
branching/
break down/
breakpoint/
bug/
button/
chip/
to clear/
to click/
column/
command/
compact/
to connect/
to convert/
to copy/
crash/
to crosscheck/
cursor/
cycle/
database/
to delete/
device/
directory/
to disconnect/
disk drive/
diskette/
dot matrix/
to download/
to edit/
to eject/
electronic/
email/
to encode/
entry/
to erase/
to exit/
to feed/
feedback/
field/
file/
flowchart/
to format/
hard copy/
hard disc/
hardware/
to highlight/
icon/
inch/
increase/
to index/
interactive/
interface/
key/
keyboard/
language/
laser/
layout/
link/
list/
to log-in/
to log-off/
mainframe/
megabytes/
memory/
microphone/
modem/
monitor/
mouse/
network/
online/
output/
password/
path/
PC/
printer/
processing/
program/
protection/
protocol/
RAM/
to retrieve/
row/
screen/
to search/
server/
software/
source/
speaker /
storage/
to start/
to turn-off/
to turn-on/
to upgrade/

economics

accelerating/
aggregate/
asset/
autarchy/
autonomy/
balance/
balance of trade/
black market/
budget/
capacity/
capitalist/
chamber/
climate/
closed/
commercial relations/
competition/
concentrated/
consumption/
convergence
country/
cycle/
deficit/
demand
depression
deterioration
development/
disparity/
durable/
economic/
economic accounting
encouragement/
entity/
equilibrium/
failure/
falling/
fiscal/
flow/
fluctuation
foreign/
full/
goods/
government bills and bonds/
gradual/
gross domestic product/
gross national product/
growth
growth rate/
imbalance/
in deficit/
indebtedness/
index/
indicator/
inefficient/
inflation/
instability/
liquid/
macroeconomics/
measure/
microeconomics/
ministry/
mixed economy/
monetary/
monetary depression/
national audit office/
national income
national production/
nationalized/
payment
phase/
private/
public/
public debt/
readjustment/
recession/
to recover/
region/
restriction/
rhythm/
self-sufficiency/
services/
stabilization/
state/
state related/
sum/
supply/
surplus/
treasury/
upturn/

Delivery

address/
advance/
bearer/
by air/
by mail/
by sea/
C.O.D./
conditions/
date/
delayed/
to deliver/
delivered/
delivery/
delivery receipt/
destination/
express/
to fill out/
freight/
freight delivery service/
hurry/
insured/
meter/
normal, regular/
notice/
on time/
packaged/
payable/
place/
price, amount/
sender /
shipment/
signature/
stamp/
to supply/
time/
urgent/
weight/

Electronics

air conditioner /
alarm clock /
alternating current /
amperage/
amplifier /
amplitude /
artifact /
battery /
beam /
binary code /
blender, liquifier/
to broadcast /
cable /
camera /
cassette /
channel /
circuit /
coffeemaker /
computer /
condenser /
conductor /
copper /
curler /
current /
detector /
digital /
direct current /
dishwasher /
dryer /
electric shaver /
electricity /
electron /
electronic /
electrostatic /
fan /
filter /
freezer /
frequency /
generator /
hair dryer /
high fidelity /
insulator /
integrated circuit /
iron /
liquifier, blender/
microphone /
microprocessor /
microwave /
mixer /
modulation /
optic /
oscillator /
parallel circuit /
power /
receiver /
record /
to record /
record player /
refrigerator/
remote control /
resonance /
scanner /
screen /
short wave /
silicon /
sound /
speaker /
stereo /
stereophonic /
stove /
tape recorder /
television /
toaster /
tooth brush /
transformer /
tripod /
turbine /
typewriter /
vacuum /
vacuum cleaner /
vector /
videocassette /
volt /
voltage /
washer /
watt /
wave /
wire /

Environment

acid rain /
air /
alive /
atmosphere /
balance /
beings /
biodegradable /
black tide /
carbon dioxide /
catalytic converter /
change /
to clean up /
climate /
climatic /
collective /
conservation /
contamination/
death /
deforestation/
to decrease /
deterioration /
destruction/
dry /
ecological /
effort /
emission /
environmentalist /
erosion /
factor /
forest related /
future /
global warming /
greenhouse effect /
to heal /
high /
humidity /
hydrocarbon /
imbalance/
to increase /
infiltration /
layer /
limited /
low /
to melt /
mutation/
nature /
ozone /
permutation /
pollutant /
pollution /
prevention /
recyclable /
to regenerate /
salinization /
sick /
sickness /
surface /
surrounding /
survival /
temperature /
toxic /
underground /
unfavorable /
vegetation /
warming /
waste /
to waste the resources /
water /
world /

Financial Structure

adjustment/
bonds/
break-even point/
budget/
capitalization/
collateral/
common/
decline/
delay/
discount/
dividends/
easy credit/
equity/
to exhaust/
extraordinary profit/
to finance/
financial report/
to go public/
goodwill/
initial public offering/
liquidity/
loan/
losses /
margin/
moratorium/
out of balance/
outside financing/
premium/
preferred/
profit/
red tape/
reinvested/
reserves/
resources/
restriction/
restructuring/
to reveal/
revenues/
risk/
self-financing/
solvent/
source/
statutory/
temporary/
trade credit/
treasury stock /
to underwrite/
underwriter/
unforeseen/

Politics

to abolish/
affirmative action /
agency /
alliances /
amendment /
anarchy /
appointment /
article /
assembly /
attorney general /
ballot box /
bicameralism /
bill of rights /
briefs /
bureaucracy /
campaigns /
chief of state /
civil rights /
committee /
conference /
congress /
congress man /
consensus /
conservatism /
constitution /
country /
court /
court martial /
court of appeals /
defense /
deficit /
delegate /
democracy /
democrat /
deputy /
diplomat /
doctrine /
domestic policy /
elections /
electoral college /
executive /
federalism /
first lady /
foreign policy /
free trade /
freedom of speach
government /
hierarchy
house /
house of representatives /
impeachment /
interest /
judiciary /
laissez -faire /
law /
leadership /
left wing /
legislature /
liberalism /
liberty /
lobbying /
lower house /
national defense /
natural rights /
official speaker /
parliament /
party /
pentagon /
platform /
pluralism /
politician /
politics /
to poll /
polling /
preamble /
president /
presumptive privilege /
public interest /
public opinion /
red tape /
regulation /
religious /
republican /
right wing /
rights /
senate /
senator /
social pressure /
socialism /
speaker of the house/
state /
statutes /
suffrage /
supreme court /
surplus /
taxes /
totalitarism /
Treasury department /
unicameral /
upper house /
veto /
vice-president /
vote /

Human Resources

impeachment /
interest /
judiciary /
laissez -faire /
law /
leadership /
left wing /
legislature /
liberalism /
liberty /
lobbying /
lower house /
national defense /
natural rights /
official speaker /
parliament /
party /
pentagon /
platform /
pluralism /
politician /
politics /
to poll /
polling /
preamble /
president /
presumptive privilege /
public interest /
public opinion /
red tape /
regulation /
religious /
republican /
right wing /
rights /
senate /
senator /
social pressure /
socialism /
speaker of the house/
state /
statutes /
suffrage /
supreme court /
surplus /
taxes /
totalitarism /
Treasury department /
unicameral /
upper house /
veto /
vice-president /
vote /

International Trade

acceptance/
access/
airport/
arrival/
authorization/
barrier/
barter/
bill of lading/
boycott/
bribe/
buying-and-selling /
by air/
by sea/
clause/
collection of money/
commercial letter/
to confiscate/
consignee/
containers/
contraband, smuggling /
contract /
credit/
customs/
customs office/
customs officer/
to declare/
departure/
to depart/
to detail /
distribution network/
dock, loading bay/
documents/
dumping/
duty/
to entrust/
to escort/
export/
to finance/
foreign trade/
free/
freight/
fund/
imported/
imports/
insurance/
interchange/
International Commercial Terms/
invoice, bill /
irrevocable/
to issue/
issuing bank/
license/
limited/
lucrative/
made in/
notifying bank/
origin/
to penalize/
port/
procedure/
promissory note/
provisional/
quota/
rights/
seizure/
to ship/
stimuli/
supporting document/
surveillance/
terminal/
terms/
traffic/
train/
to transmit/
transportation/
treaty/
truck/
to unload/
weight/

Investments

account /
acid test /
alimony /
annuity based on real estate /
arbitrage /
asked price /
asset management /
to bargain /
bearer bond /
bellwether /
beneficiary /
benefit purchase plan /
block /
blue chip /
bond assurance /
broker /
brokerage /
bullion /
call option /
callable stock /
capital gain /
certificate /
certified financial planner /
charitable gift /
closed-end funds /
coefficient /
coins /
collectible /
commercial bond /
commercial paper /
commodities market /
compounding /
consumer price index /
convertible /
cost of living /
coupon /
coupon bond /
deferred /
discount /
diversification /
estate planning /
Federal deposit insurance (FDIC) /
federal Savings and Loan Insurance /
federated investors /
fluctuation /
futures /
hedging /
high yield /
individual retirement plan /
insured /
joint /
life expectancy /
low yield /
mining stocks /
money market account /
municipal bond /
mutual fund /
non-qualified /
options /
over the counter (OTC) /
penny stocks /
point /
portfolio /
premature withdrawal /
put option /
rating /
real estate /
real estate investment trusts (REIT) /
registered /
retirement plan /
revenue /
reverse mortgage /
rollover /
savings account /
second mortgage /
straddle /
tax free /
treasury /
treasury bills (short-term)/
treasury bond /
treasury notes (long-term)/
trust fund /
venture capital /
warrants /

Invoicing

to bill/
cash/
conditions /
copy/
delayed/
deposit/
discount/
due date, deadline/
to extend/
extension/
to get paid, to charge/
gross/
in advance/
initial payment/
installment/
interest/
invoice/
method of payment/
net/
on time/
paid/
payment/
per unit/
period/
to give personal credit/
price/
proof/
purchase/
quantity/
receipt/
sale/
sales tax/
sum/
total amount/

Investments

account /
acid test /
alimony /
annuity based on real estate /
arbitrage /
asked price /
asset management /
to bargain /
bearer bond /
bellwether /
beneficiary /
benefit purchase plan /
block /
blue chip /
bond assurance /
broker /
brokerage /
bullion /
call option /
callable stock /
capital gain /
certificate /
certified financial planner /
charitable gift /
closed-end funds /
coefficient /
coins /
collectible /
commercial bond /
commercial paper /
commodities market /
compounding /
consumer price index /
convertible /
cost of living /
coupon /
coupon bond /
deferred /
discount /
diversification /
estate planning /
Federal deposit insurance (FDIC) /
federal Savings and Loan Insurance /
federated investors /
fluctuation /
futures /
hedging /
high yield /
individual retirement plan /
insured /
joint /
life expectancy /
low yield /
mining stocks /
money market account /
municipal bond /
mutual fund /
non-qualified /
options /
over the counter (OTC) /
penny stocks /
point /
portfolio /
premature withdrawal /
put option /
rating /
real estate /
real estate investment trusts (REIT) /
registered /
retirement plan /
revenue /
reverse mortgage /
rollover /
savings account /
second mortgage /
straddle /
tax free /
treasury /
treasury bills (short-term)/
treasury bond /
treasury notes (long-term)/
trust fund /
venture capital /
warrants /

Insurance

accident/
additional/
agency/
agent/
annual/
automobile related/
benefit/
car/
clause/
combined/
commercial/
compensation/
compulsory/
to cover/
coverage/
damage/
driving/
estimate/
to evaluate/
expert/
fire/
high/
home/
ID/
to indemnify/
insurance/
to insure/
intentional/
license/
life/
limit/
low/
monetary/
months/
motorcycle/
to pay out/
policy/
premium/
registration/
risk/
settlement/
to sign up/
theft/
truck/

Job Market

application/
career/
contracting/
daily/
demand/
to be employed as/
employment agency/
to exceed/
hiring/
instability/
job referral/
job, work/
labor market/
labor related/
level/
to look for a job/
to look for employment/
mobility/
monthly/
one's own/
to perform/
permanent job/
placing/
position/
purpose/
reduced work time/
to reject/
rigid/
seasonal/
someone else's/
supply of labor/
temporary position/
wage/
wage earner/
wage related/
weekly/
work permit/
work site/
work time/
work visa/
working hours per week/
working population/
yearly/

Loan

to advance/
amortization /
amount /
applicant /
to apply /
closing /
collateral /
compounded /
cosigner /
credit /
duration /
ease /
every /
factoring /
to file documents /
to finance /
fixed/
to grant /
insured/
installment /
interbank /
interest /
lessee, tenant/
leasing/
loan/
long-term /
monthly /
to mortgage /
opening /
overdraft /
pawnshop /
promise /
rate /
short term /
simple /
solvency /
sum/
type /

Maintenance

to change/
to clean-up/
complete inspection/
control mechanism/
to economize/
efficiency/
effort/
feedback/
to improve/
increase/
to innovate/
to integrate/
to lubricate/
modernization/
to optimize/
quality/
to reduce cost/
remodeling/
to revise/
streamlining/
technological advances /
to take time/
to time/
updating, upgrading/

Manufacturing

approval/
assembly line/
average/
botched/
continuos/
coordination/
defective/
delay/
foreman/
forklift/
to inspect/
just-in-time/
laborer/
to limit/
manpower/
mass/
maximum/
measure/
minimum/
to operate/
purchase order/
to pile up/
platform/
power outage/
process/
progress/
to project/
raw material/
scale/
scale/
series/
to set in motion/
stagnation/
stop/
supply/
suspension/
task/
time clock/
timely/
unloading/
waste/
weight/

Printing

acknowledgment /
binding /
black and white /
to bleed /
boldface /
book /
chapter /
to copy /
copy /
copyright /
cover /
daily newspaper /
dropout /
to edit /
edition /
editor /
to engrave /
to enlarge, to blowup /
to fade /
font /
full-color /
glossy /
grain /
grid /
handwritten /
hardcover /
headline /
inch /
ink /
to insert /
italic /
to justify /
layout /
letterpress /
line drawing /
lower case /
masking /
mock-up /
newsprint /
number /
packing /
page /
page makeup /
pamphlet /
paper /
paperback /
pica /
plate /
point /
preface /
press book /
print run /
printing /
proof /
proofreading /
publisher /
ream /
registered mark /
scoring /
screen /
sheet /
size /
spine /
stripping /
table of contents /
texture/
title /
to trace /
upper case letter/
weight /

Pricing

affordable/
at cost/
average/
to better/
cheap/
comparable/
competitive/
current/
discount/
expensive/
fair/
to fix/
high/
to impact/
increase/
to increase/
leader/
list/
loss/
low/
to lower/
manufacturing price/
market value/
to optimize/
per unit/
percentage/
price/
profit/
profit margin/
quantity/
rate/
reasonable/
recommended/
reduction/
revision/
two for one/
unbeatable/
valid/
volatile/

Production

accident/
alarm/
assembly/
capacity/
competitiveness/
component/
daily/
dawn/
deafness/
to dismantle/
domestic/
ear plug/
electricity/
elevator/
equipment/
excess/
facilities/
factory/
foreign/
freight elevator/
land/
leak/
useful life/
line/
location, site/
long hours/
lubricant/
machine/
machinery/
manufacturer/
night shift/
noise/
non-stop/
obsolete/
out-of-order/
over capacity/
performance/
piece/
place/
plant/
product/
productivity/
range/
refill, spare part/
rest room/
safety/
screw/
screw driver/
to set-up/
shift /
stairs/
tool/
under capacity/

Profit and Loss

income statement /
revenues /
cost of good sold /
operating expenses /
interests /
loss on sale /
profit on sale /
income from operations /
income tax /
net income /
cash dividend /
total manufacturing cost /
byproduct /
gross margin /
percentage /
net revenue /
deduction /
addition /

Real State

abatement /
absolute ownership /
abstract of judgement /
abstract of title /
acceptance /
accelerated cost recovery system /
access right /
accession /
Accredited Management Organization /
accretion /
accrued depreciation /
acknowledgment /
acoustical title /
acquisition /
acre /
actual fraud /
ad valorem /
adjustable rate mortgage /
advance /
adverse possession /
affidavit /
to affirm /
agency /
agreement /
agreement of sale /
air rights /
alienation /
amenities /
amortization /
annual percentage rate /
annuity /
apartment /
appraisal /
appraiser /
appurtenances /
appurtenant /
assessment /
attachment /
bequeath /
betterment /
bill of sale /
binder /
Bona Fide /
book value /
to breach /
building /
bylaws /
cap /
capital gain /
certificate of title /
chattels /
clause /
to close /
closing costs /
code /
code of ethics /
collateral /
collusion /
commercial /
commission /
compounded interest /
condemnation /
condition /
confiscation /
conversion /
covenant /
credit /
damages /
debt /
debtor /
deed /
deferred payment option /
discount /
dual agency /
duress /
easement /
effective /
eminent domain /
encroament /
encumbrance /
erosion /
escheat /
escrow /
estoppel /
eviction /
fee /
fiduciary /
fixture /
foreclosure /
forfeiture /
fraud /
gain /
grade /
to grant /
homestead /
house /
incompetent /
increment /
indemnity /
indenture /
injunction /
inspection /
installment /
instrument /
irrevocable /
joint /
judgment /
landlord /
lateral /
lease /
lien /
loan /

Growth Resources

acquisition/
activity/
agreement/
to associate/
to close/
concentration/
to conclude/
to establish/
to exchange/
to expand/
expansion/
expectation/
group/
increase/
integration/
to merge/
merger balance/
merger by integration/
merger by takeover/
process/
profit/
projection/
proposal/
public offering/
sales/
takeover/
to transfer/
to undertake/
vertical integration/
volume/

Sales

article/
bag/
bargain/
branch/
broker/
box/
bow/
cash/
cash register/
chain/
change/
channel/
check/
commercialization/
commission/
copy/
cost/
credit card/
customer/
delivery/
discount/
distribution/
dozen/
to exchange/
gift /
gift wrap/
to give as a gift /
to guarantee, warranty /
to haggle/
half /
installment/
to join/
licensed dealer/
liquidation /
loss/
mercantile/
merchandise/
middle person/
to minimize/
to pay/
percentage/
price/
price tag/
promotion/
purchasing/
quantity/
receipt/
retail/
retailer/
to return/
ribbon/
salary/
to be on sale/
sales/
sales clerk/
operation/
sales tax/
shipping charge/
shoplifter/
shoplifting/
shopping center, mall/
sign/
specialization/
total/
unit/
weak/
wholesale/
wholesaler/
window case/
to wrap/

Taxes

accountant /
accuracy /
annual /
attorney /
to avoid /
collector /
to declare /
deduction /
dependent /
disability /
evasion /
exempt /
expenses /
form /
fraud /
haven /
household /
individual /
joint /
luxury /
married /
monthly /
obligation /
partial /
to pay /
printed /
quarterly /
rate /
revenue /
single /
tax /
tax code /
tax deductible /
tax return /
taxable /
tax-free /
tax payer /

Telephone

again/
to answer/
answering machine/
booth/
busy/
cable/
call/
card/
clear/
connection/
to dial/
dial tone/
to hang up/
to hear/
hello/
hold/
to install/
interference/
line/
to listen/
local/
long distance/
to lower the voice/
to make/
mobile/
noise/
number/
operator/
pound sign/
public/
rate/
to ring/
signal/
to speak louder/
star/
subscriber/
telephone book/
token/
toll-free/
user/
white pages/
yellow pages/

Trade Show

admission/
annual/
assembly/
to attend/
attendance/
banner/
booth/
celebration
cost/
to demonstrate/
dismantling/
exhibition/
exit/
fair/
fairground/
first day/
to fluctuate/
free/
futuristic/
industry, field/
to introduce/
last day/
line/
montage/
number/
opening/
outstanding/
participant/
pavilion/
petition/
promoter/
promotion/
to publish/
record/
to rent/
sales rep/
samples/
to show/
showroom/
to sponsor/
ticket/
ticket counter /
welcoming/
worldwide/

Training

academic qualification/
to acquire/
advance/
certificate/
continuing education/
to deepen/
degree/
diploma/
education/
free of charge/
general knowledge/
graduated/
to learn/
lecture/
objective/
to offer/
official recognition/
officially/
practice class/
preparation/
professional training/
re-training/
scholarship/
school related/
selective/
seminar/
teaching/
trade/
training/
training center/
vocational/

Unemployment

absence/
amount claimed/
attendance/
beneficiary/
benefit/
cause/
claimant/
dependent/
discharge/
enrolled/
improper/
mass/
motive/
official authorization/
percentage/
punish/
reason/
to rehire/
unemployed/
unemployment/
unemployment insurance benefit/
void, null/

Labor Union

adjustment/
agreement/
to appear, to show up/
arbitration/
to call a strike/
collective/
committee/
conflict/
demand/
to deduct/
employers' association/
lock out/
member/
mutual/
negotiation/
on behalf of/
picket/
to pressure/
reconciliation/
to have recourse to/
refusal/
to regulate/
to resume/
round/
salary increase/
social tensions/
syndicate/
statute/
strike/
to agree/
trade union/
to trigger/
warning/
wildcat/
working class/

Warehouse

brand name/
bulky quantity/
damaged/
depot/
deterioration/
fork-lift/
handling/
merchandise/
net/
packing, packaging/
padlock/
pallet (for fork-lift)/
to pile-up, to stack/
range/
receipt/
to replenish/
reserve/
sending/
shelves/
shipment/
shrinkage, spoilage/
stock/
sorting/
to supply/
to obtain (something), to stock up /
turnover/
unit/
warehouse/
warehousing/
weight (gross)/
winery/

Stock Market

related to the stock market /
afternoon /
bearer /
bond /
bull market /
call, sale option /
capital gain /
to classify /
client /
closing /
commodity market /
crash/
debt /
dividend /
downward trend /
fixed rate /
fund /
fungible, freely exchangeable /
goods /
holder /
instrument /
investor /
loan /
loss/
market index /
morning /
option /
order /
own account /
price quotation /
primary /
put, purchase option /
recovery /
reimburse /
ruin /
secondary /
securities /
security exchange /
to speculate /
stock /
stock exchange /
trend /
uncertain /
unofficial /
ups and downs /
volume /