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SME =Small or medium-sized entreprise
Corporation = een (groot) bedrijf, onderneming
Gurus= een goeroe (een persoon bedreven in iets)
Scouring (to scour) = to remove dirt by robbing it hard = aarde verwijderen
Fixated on = gefixeerd op …
Globe-trotting= naar veel verschillende landen reizen
Sorely= extreem, heel veel
Labourcosts= loon kosten (kosten van mensen die werken voor je bedrijf)
Durable= duurzaam
Hyperinflation= wanneer de pijzen uit de hand lopen, en de inflatie veel stijgt
To boast= te trots zijn over iets datje gedaan hebt, pronken
Customer= klant
Defied = weigeren om te gehoorzamen
Recipe= instructies die vertellen hoe je iets moet koken (in context)
Annual= iets dat jaarlijks gebeurt
Consultancy= een bedrijf die gespecialiseerd advies geef
Gripping= iets dat zo interessant is dat het je aandacht blijft behouden
Sequel= een boek dat het verhaal verder vervolgt van een ander boek
To apply to= om te gebruiken voor
Parochial= aangesloten met een klein area
Parish= area rond een kerk
To shun= to avoid= ontwijken
Limelight= de aandacht en intresse van een publiek
To operate in= om te werken in
Business to business= B2B = van bedrijf tot bedrijf (handel drijven)
,Niches= kleine gespecialiseerde winkels (nichemarkten)
Staid= serieus en saai (bv recht )
Head-to head competition= meer succesvol proberen zijn dan een ander
Giant= iets of iemand groter dan normaal
Castor= een klein wiel
To excel at= ergens erg goed in zijn
Globalisation= globalisatie (de handel verbeteren over de hele wereld, met
andere landen handel drijven)
A godsend= een welgekomen cadeau
Relentless= doorgaan in een extreme manier
Domination= macht hebben over anderen of andere dingen
To gobble up= veel van je voorraad gebruiken
Astonishing= verassend
Range= producten van eenzelfde type (vb. type zuivel = melk, yogurt,..)
Market dominance= het meeste marktaandeel hebben als bedrijf
A spate of= een groot aantal evenementen die meestal rond dezelfde periode
plaatsvinden
A sceptic= een persoon die twijfelt aan de waarheid van een idee
Victim = slachtoffer
Emerging-world= deel van de ontwikkelde wereld die geindustrieeld aan het
worden is
Fraction= breuk
Conservative= conservatief
A start-up= een net opgerichte onderneming
A retailer= een detailhandelaar, iemand die goederen aan het publiek verkoopt
The stock exchange= de beurs
Content (adjectief) = pleased = tevreden, content gesteld
Sophisticated= slim op een ingewikkelde manier
,To enter (vb to enter business) = ergens binnen gaan, of iets starten, ergens
aan beginnen
Innovate= innoveren
Potential rivals= potentiële rivalen, concurrenten
Customer service= klanten service
Salespeople= verkopers
Prosaic= saai, zonder enige verbeelding
Dogged= koppig, vasthoudend
Determination= bepaling, vastberadenheid
Bulk= grote massa, grootste deel (bv grind)
Revenues= inkomen
Service= service…
Equipement= uitrusting, set gereedschap
To generate= genereren
Rural= landelijk, plattelandontwikkeling
A backwater= een plaats die niet beïnvloed wordt door nieuwe ideeën, en die
niet veranderd
Conquest= verovering
Opportunity= een kans
Transferable= verhandelbaar, overdraagbaar
To prosper= to do wel= het goed doen
Array= grote groep van
Doyens= de oudste meest ervaren en gerespecteerde person in een bepaalde
job (bv boekhouder)
Sustained= verdergaan voor een lange tijd (vertaling volgens ons Berlinde)
Creativity and innovation lll
Sleek : smooth and shiny; polished
,Hushed: To make silent or quiet.
Puffy: A swelling or rounded protuberance.
A wink: To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal,
or suggestion
Awesome: inspiring or displaying awe
Every nook and cranny: everywhere, even in the most little places
Non-profit: not yielding a profit, esp because organized or established for some other reason
Fledgling: A young or inexperienced person.
Smoothing: Having no obstructions or difficulties
Mentoring: To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings.
Enriches: To make rich or richer
By leaps and bounds: Very quickly
Think-tank: Informal a group of specialists organized by a business enterprise, governmental
body, etc., and commissioned to undertake intensive study and research into specified
problems
Net: remaining after all deductions, as for taxes, expenses, losses
Keen: eager or enthusiastic
Tax credits: a social security benefit paid in the form of an additional income tax allowance
Regulatory exemptions: have to control to excuse someone or something from a duty,
payment, etc
Economic Gardening: not having a focus on the core business
Core: The basic or most important part
Home grown: the tactics that are typically used in your company
Squabbling: To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter;
Mooted: To bring up as a subject for discussion or debate.
Sound: a common debate which is hold several times
Caution: Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm
Ambiguity: the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
,Policymakers: person with High-level development of policy, especially official government
policy.
Latter: Being the second of two persons or things mentioned
Viable: Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable
Metro area: an are with a lot of important companies or where a lot of people live and which
is important.
Oddly:
Dropouts: stopping even before graduating
Declining: is a change over time from previously efficient to inefficient organizational
functioning, from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-
making, from previously law-abiding to law violating organizational and individual behavior,
from previously virtuous to iniquitous individual moral behavior. Note: The word decline
should not be confused with the word obsolete. Decline refers to the degenerating of
something whereas obsolete refers to the outdating of something or that it is no longer in
use. Is the prosses of declining ,a gradual sinking and wasting away.
Voc list:
Sustained : to make something continue for some time without becoming less
syn: maintain…
Currency : the system of money that a country uses
Speculation : the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without
knowing all the facts
Stabilize: to become or to make something become firm, steady and unlikely to change; to make
something stable
ant : destabilize
Reignited: to start burning again; to make something start burning again (fig)
syn : kindle
Controversy: argument about something that many people strongly disagree about, disapprove of,
or are shocked by
syn : arguing,disagreement,contestation
To conduct: to organize and/or do a particular activity
syn : direct, control
To exonerate: to officially state that somebody is not responsible for something that they have
been blamed for
syn : free from blame
To infringe: to limit somebody's legal rights
,Reportedly: according to what some people say
Allegation: a public statement that is made without giving proof, accusing somebody of doing
something that is wrong or illegal
syn : indictement, accusation
Suspicious: making you feel that something is wrong, illegal or dishonest
syn : unbelieving,distrustful
Weaken: to make somebody/something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful
syn : fade,lessen
To impose: to introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used
syn : to make an additional demand
Reversed: to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before
syn : changed
Compliance: the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority
syn : obedience
(re)fanned: a person who admires somebody/something or enjoys watching or listening to
somebody/something very much
syn : addict, follower
Spearheading: a person or group that begins an activity or leads an attack against
somebody/something
Breaching: a failure to do something that must be done by law
Hallowed: respected and important
syn : blessed,sacred
Relayed: to receive and send on information, news, etc. to somebody
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Treasury Department the federal department that Ministerie van Financiën
collects revenue and administers
federal finances
To announce To make known publicly , to state Aankondigen , meedelen
, to declare
First quarter The first of four equal parts Eerste kwartaal
To require to demand, to claim for Vereisen , vergen, verzoeken
To renounce To give up ( a right)
Federal register Official federal list or record Federaal register
Citizenship the state of being a member of a Burgerschap
particular country and having rights
because of it
,Taxation The system of taxing people Belastingssysteem
Escape to get free from something, or to Ontsnappen aan
avoid something
Major (adj) Important, serious, significant Belangrijk
the line that divides one country
Border from another Grens, perimeter
limit, boundary
having (legal) responsibility for
Liable something or someone Verantwoordelijk, aansprakelijk
legally obliged, responsible
to experience something, usually Oplopen,
Incur something unpleasant, as a result
of actions you have taken Zich op de hals halen
to be obliged, to become liable
receive, get , find , obtain
Buitenland
Abroad in or to a foreign country or
countries Buitenlands
to excuse someone or something
Exemption from a duty, payment Vrijstelling, ontheffing
freedom from a responsibility,
discharge
adjusted for inflation annually to change something each year to Aangepast aan de inflatie ,
the increase in prices (??) levensduurte
to (make something) become
Increase larger in amount or size Toenemen, stijgen, groter
worden
become higher
Rose < rise, rose , risen To increase, to move upwards Stijgen
Stijging
The rise The increase If you get an increase in your wages
or salary, this is also known as a rise.
(In American English, it's known as a
raise.) If you rise to a higher position
in your organisation, you become
more successful or powerful:
collect To come together, accumulate, Verzamelen
To bring together, to gather
a drawing which shows information
Chart in a simple way, often using lines Grafiek
and curves to show amounts
a graph
Reversion return of something to its previous Terugkeer
owner
a large portion, great size or big
Vast bulk volume, the greater part Groot deel,
vast = very large
, bulk = amount, quantity
Spouse a marriage partner; a husband or Echtgenoot/echtgenote
wife
However Still, nevertheless, despite Hoewel
the critical observation or
scrutiny examination Onderzoek
close examination, analysis, inquiry
Internal Revenue Service Belastingdienst van de US
ways of illegally paying less tax
tax evasion, than you should Belastingontduiking
tax escape, avoidance
A large net worth Een groot vermogen
anything that prevents people from
Barriers being together Obstakels, belemmeringen
obstruction, blockade
Have fallen sharply Decrease quickly and suddenly Zijn sterk gedaald
Britain
to make something smaller in size,
To reduce amount, degree, importance Verminderen
make less, decrease
Tax rate the percentage of an amount or Belastingtarief
value that has to be paid in tax:
Britons a British person
Relocation The move to a new place Verhuis, transfert
Despite the fact that,but
Although Hoewel
Even tough, despite(the fact)
A sharp increase A sudden and quick rise Een sterke stijging
Influenced by it
Affected by it Beînvloeden, raken, betreffen,
to have an influence on inboezemen
someone or something, or to
cause them to change
to look at or consider a person or
Examined thing carefully and in detail in Onderzocht
order to discover something about
them
to investigate , to analyze, to test,
Determine To decide, to settle Bepalen, vaststellen
Proximity nearness in space, time, or Nabijheid
relationship, vicinity, closeness
something, such as a swimming
Amenities < amenity pool or shopping centre, that is Faciliteiten, voorzieningen
SME =Small or medium-sized entreprise
Corporation = een (groot) bedrijf, onderneming
Gurus= een goeroe (een persoon bedreven in iets)
Scouring (to scour) = to remove dirt by robbing it hard = aarde verwijderen
Fixated on = gefixeerd op …
Globe-trotting= naar veel verschillende landen reizen
Sorely= extreem, heel veel
Labourcosts= loon kosten (kosten van mensen die werken voor je bedrijf)
Durable= duurzaam
Hyperinflation= wanneer de pijzen uit de hand lopen, en de inflatie veel stijgt
To boast= te trots zijn over iets datje gedaan hebt, pronken
Customer= klant
Defied = weigeren om te gehoorzamen
Recipe= instructies die vertellen hoe je iets moet koken (in context)
Annual= iets dat jaarlijks gebeurt
Consultancy= een bedrijf die gespecialiseerd advies geef
Gripping= iets dat zo interessant is dat het je aandacht blijft behouden
Sequel= een boek dat het verhaal verder vervolgt van een ander boek
To apply to= om te gebruiken voor
Parochial= aangesloten met een klein area
Parish= area rond een kerk
To shun= to avoid= ontwijken
Limelight= de aandacht en intresse van een publiek
To operate in= om te werken in
Business to business= B2B = van bedrijf tot bedrijf (handel drijven)
,Niches= kleine gespecialiseerde winkels (nichemarkten)
Staid= serieus en saai (bv recht )
Head-to head competition= meer succesvol proberen zijn dan een ander
Giant= iets of iemand groter dan normaal
Castor= een klein wiel
To excel at= ergens erg goed in zijn
Globalisation= globalisatie (de handel verbeteren over de hele wereld, met
andere landen handel drijven)
A godsend= een welgekomen cadeau
Relentless= doorgaan in een extreme manier
Domination= macht hebben over anderen of andere dingen
To gobble up= veel van je voorraad gebruiken
Astonishing= verassend
Range= producten van eenzelfde type (vb. type zuivel = melk, yogurt,..)
Market dominance= het meeste marktaandeel hebben als bedrijf
A spate of= een groot aantal evenementen die meestal rond dezelfde periode
plaatsvinden
A sceptic= een persoon die twijfelt aan de waarheid van een idee
Victim = slachtoffer
Emerging-world= deel van de ontwikkelde wereld die geindustrieeld aan het
worden is
Fraction= breuk
Conservative= conservatief
A start-up= een net opgerichte onderneming
A retailer= een detailhandelaar, iemand die goederen aan het publiek verkoopt
The stock exchange= de beurs
Content (adjectief) = pleased = tevreden, content gesteld
Sophisticated= slim op een ingewikkelde manier
,To enter (vb to enter business) = ergens binnen gaan, of iets starten, ergens
aan beginnen
Innovate= innoveren
Potential rivals= potentiële rivalen, concurrenten
Customer service= klanten service
Salespeople= verkopers
Prosaic= saai, zonder enige verbeelding
Dogged= koppig, vasthoudend
Determination= bepaling, vastberadenheid
Bulk= grote massa, grootste deel (bv grind)
Revenues= inkomen
Service= service…
Equipement= uitrusting, set gereedschap
To generate= genereren
Rural= landelijk, plattelandontwikkeling
A backwater= een plaats die niet beïnvloed wordt door nieuwe ideeën, en die
niet veranderd
Conquest= verovering
Opportunity= een kans
Transferable= verhandelbaar, overdraagbaar
To prosper= to do wel= het goed doen
Array= grote groep van
Doyens= de oudste meest ervaren en gerespecteerde person in een bepaalde
job (bv boekhouder)
Sustained= verdergaan voor een lange tijd (vertaling volgens ons Berlinde)
Creativity and innovation lll
Sleek : smooth and shiny; polished
,Hushed: To make silent or quiet.
Puffy: A swelling or rounded protuberance.
A wink: To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal,
or suggestion
Awesome: inspiring or displaying awe
Every nook and cranny: everywhere, even in the most little places
Non-profit: not yielding a profit, esp because organized or established for some other reason
Fledgling: A young or inexperienced person.
Smoothing: Having no obstructions or difficulties
Mentoring: To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings.
Enriches: To make rich or richer
By leaps and bounds: Very quickly
Think-tank: Informal a group of specialists organized by a business enterprise, governmental
body, etc., and commissioned to undertake intensive study and research into specified
problems
Net: remaining after all deductions, as for taxes, expenses, losses
Keen: eager or enthusiastic
Tax credits: a social security benefit paid in the form of an additional income tax allowance
Regulatory exemptions: have to control to excuse someone or something from a duty,
payment, etc
Economic Gardening: not having a focus on the core business
Core: The basic or most important part
Home grown: the tactics that are typically used in your company
Squabbling: To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter;
Mooted: To bring up as a subject for discussion or debate.
Sound: a common debate which is hold several times
Caution: Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm
Ambiguity: the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
,Policymakers: person with High-level development of policy, especially official government
policy.
Latter: Being the second of two persons or things mentioned
Viable: Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable
Metro area: an are with a lot of important companies or where a lot of people live and which
is important.
Oddly:
Dropouts: stopping even before graduating
Declining: is a change over time from previously efficient to inefficient organizational
functioning, from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-
making, from previously law-abiding to law violating organizational and individual behavior,
from previously virtuous to iniquitous individual moral behavior. Note: The word decline
should not be confused with the word obsolete. Decline refers to the degenerating of
something whereas obsolete refers to the outdating of something or that it is no longer in
use. Is the prosses of declining ,a gradual sinking and wasting away.
Voc list:
Sustained : to make something continue for some time without becoming less
syn: maintain…
Currency : the system of money that a country uses
Speculation : the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without
knowing all the facts
Stabilize: to become or to make something become firm, steady and unlikely to change; to make
something stable
ant : destabilize
Reignited: to start burning again; to make something start burning again (fig)
syn : kindle
Controversy: argument about something that many people strongly disagree about, disapprove of,
or are shocked by
syn : arguing,disagreement,contestation
To conduct: to organize and/or do a particular activity
syn : direct, control
To exonerate: to officially state that somebody is not responsible for something that they have
been blamed for
syn : free from blame
To infringe: to limit somebody's legal rights
,Reportedly: according to what some people say
Allegation: a public statement that is made without giving proof, accusing somebody of doing
something that is wrong or illegal
syn : indictement, accusation
Suspicious: making you feel that something is wrong, illegal or dishonest
syn : unbelieving,distrustful
Weaken: to make somebody/something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful
syn : fade,lessen
To impose: to introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used
syn : to make an additional demand
Reversed: to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before
syn : changed
Compliance: the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority
syn : obedience
(re)fanned: a person who admires somebody/something or enjoys watching or listening to
somebody/something very much
syn : addict, follower
Spearheading: a person or group that begins an activity or leads an attack against
somebody/something
Breaching: a failure to do something that must be done by law
Hallowed: respected and important
syn : blessed,sacred
Relayed: to receive and send on information, news, etc. to somebody
THANKS FOR WATCHING, THAT’S ALL FOLKS
Treasury Department the federal department that Ministerie van Financiën
collects revenue and administers
federal finances
To announce To make known publicly , to state Aankondigen , meedelen
, to declare
First quarter The first of four equal parts Eerste kwartaal
To require to demand, to claim for Vereisen , vergen, verzoeken
To renounce To give up ( a right)
Federal register Official federal list or record Federaal register
Citizenship the state of being a member of a Burgerschap
particular country and having rights
because of it
,Taxation The system of taxing people Belastingssysteem
Escape to get free from something, or to Ontsnappen aan
avoid something
Major (adj) Important, serious, significant Belangrijk
the line that divides one country
Border from another Grens, perimeter
limit, boundary
having (legal) responsibility for
Liable something or someone Verantwoordelijk, aansprakelijk
legally obliged, responsible
to experience something, usually Oplopen,
Incur something unpleasant, as a result
of actions you have taken Zich op de hals halen
to be obliged, to become liable
receive, get , find , obtain
Buitenland
Abroad in or to a foreign country or
countries Buitenlands
to excuse someone or something
Exemption from a duty, payment Vrijstelling, ontheffing
freedom from a responsibility,
discharge
adjusted for inflation annually to change something each year to Aangepast aan de inflatie ,
the increase in prices (??) levensduurte
to (make something) become
Increase larger in amount or size Toenemen, stijgen, groter
worden
become higher
Rose < rise, rose , risen To increase, to move upwards Stijgen
Stijging
The rise The increase If you get an increase in your wages
or salary, this is also known as a rise.
(In American English, it's known as a
raise.) If you rise to a higher position
in your organisation, you become
more successful or powerful:
collect To come together, accumulate, Verzamelen
To bring together, to gather
a drawing which shows information
Chart in a simple way, often using lines Grafiek
and curves to show amounts
a graph
Reversion return of something to its previous Terugkeer
owner
a large portion, great size or big
Vast bulk volume, the greater part Groot deel,
vast = very large
, bulk = amount, quantity
Spouse a marriage partner; a husband or Echtgenoot/echtgenote
wife
However Still, nevertheless, despite Hoewel
the critical observation or
scrutiny examination Onderzoek
close examination, analysis, inquiry
Internal Revenue Service Belastingdienst van de US
ways of illegally paying less tax
tax evasion, than you should Belastingontduiking
tax escape, avoidance
A large net worth Een groot vermogen
anything that prevents people from
Barriers being together Obstakels, belemmeringen
obstruction, blockade
Have fallen sharply Decrease quickly and suddenly Zijn sterk gedaald
Britain
to make something smaller in size,
To reduce amount, degree, importance Verminderen
make less, decrease
Tax rate the percentage of an amount or Belastingtarief
value that has to be paid in tax:
Britons a British person
Relocation The move to a new place Verhuis, transfert
Despite the fact that,but
Although Hoewel
Even tough, despite(the fact)
A sharp increase A sudden and quick rise Een sterke stijging
Influenced by it
Affected by it Beînvloeden, raken, betreffen,
to have an influence on inboezemen
someone or something, or to
cause them to change
to look at or consider a person or
Examined thing carefully and in detail in Onderzocht
order to discover something about
them
to investigate , to analyze, to test,
Determine To decide, to settle Bepalen, vaststellen
Proximity nearness in space, time, or Nabijheid
relationship, vicinity, closeness
something, such as a swimming
Amenities < amenity pool or shopping centre, that is Faciliteiten, voorzieningen
