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➤ ➤ Working in the business world varies widely from culture to culture and it can be really challenging to bridge the language gap at work, but learning a set of basic business-related terms is a great place to start. That’s where we come in! See below some useful words for specific industries, so you can learn the English you can actually use in the real world.

➤ Trabajar en el mundo de los negocios varía mucho de una cultura a otra y puede ser realmente desafiante cerrar la brecha del idioma en el trabajo, pero aprender un conjunto de términos básicos relacionados con los negocios es un buen lugar para comenzar. ¡Ahí es donde yo entro! Presento abajo algunas palabras más útiles para industrias específicas, para que puedas aprender el inglés que utilizarás en el mundo real.

➤ Trabalhar no mundo dos negócios varia muito de cultura para cultura e pode ser realmente desafiador preencher a lacuna linguística no trabalho, mas aprender um conjunto de termos básicos relacionados a negócios é um ótimo lugar para começar. É aí que eu entro! Apresento abaixo algumas palavras úteis para setores específicos, para que você possa aprender o inglês que usará no mundo real.

1. AMORTIZABLE (adjective): used to describe a business cost or an asset
⮚ Amortizable business costs include advertising, wages and salaries, and equipments.

2. BURN RATE (noun): the speed at which a company spends the money that is available to it when it begins trading
⮚ It is estimated that the company will last ten years based on the current burn rate.

3. DIVESTMENT (noun): the act of selling off a business or businesses, or of no longer investing money in something
⮚ A campaign to encourage divestment from fossil fuels.

4. BRANDED (adjective): made by a particular company and sold under a particular name
⮚ Most supermarkets sell branded goods such as Heinz ketchup or Kellogg's cornflakes as well as own-brand goods

5. BIZ (noun): a particular type of business
⮚ She is one of the top amateur riders in the biz.

6. BIG BUSINESS (noun): powerful and influential businesses and financial organizations  (= ones with a lot of influence) when considered as a group:
⮚ The party receives most of its financial support from big business.

7. CROWDFUNDING (noun): the practice of getting a large number of people to each give small amounts of money in order to provide the finance for a project, typically using the internet.
Crowdfunding provides locally sourced finance for renewable energy projects around the country.




FILL IN THE GAPS BELOW WITH THE WORDS LEARNED ABOVE.
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1. Its priority is to pursue maximum profits for ______________.

2. ______________ sounds like the perfect market solution - the public get what they paid for, the photographer gets not only money but satisfaction.

3. ______________, or negative cash flow, is the pace at which a company spends money — usually venture capital — before reaching profitability.

4. Endorsia will support the buying and selling requirements of various manufacturers, distributors and end-users for ______________ industrial goods and services.

5. If you have a robust ______________ model with a low cost base you can do well now.

6. The previous year's operating profit was negatively affected by a reported capital loss of SEK -20 million from the ______________ for the period.

7. In order to be considered eligible costs for the purposes of this Regulation, intangible assets shall fulfil all the following conditions they must be regarded as ______________ assets.


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Answer keys: 

1. Its priority is to pursue maximum profits for big business.

2. Crowdfunding sounds like the perfect market solution - the public get what they paid for, the photographer gets not only money but satisfaction.

3. Burn rate, or negative cash flow, is the pace at which a company spends money — usually venture capital — before reaching profitability.

4. Endorsia will support the buying and selling requirements of various manufacturers, distributors and end-users for branded industrial goods and services.

5. If you have a robust biz model with a low cost base you can do well now.

6. The previous year's operating profit was negatively affected by a reported capital loss of SEK -20 million from the divestments for the period.

7. In order to be considered eligible costs for the purposes of this Regulation, intangible assets shall fulfil all the following conditions they must be regarded as amortizable assets.


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