Business English: woordenschat
Unit 1
abroad
= in or from a country that is not your own
to accommodate
= to have enough space for a particular number of people or things
accomodation
= a place that you can live or stay in
Arrival
= when you get to a place you were going to
bed and breakfast
= a house or small hotel where you pay to sleep and have breakfast when you are traveling
to book
= to arrange to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, ... at a particular time in the future
booking
= an arrangement that you make to have a hotel room, a seat on a plane, ... at a future time
budget (adj.)
= extremely low in price
budget
= the money that is available to an organisation or person or a plan of how it will be spent
client
= someone who pays a person or organisation for a service or advice
comfort
= when you feel physically relaxed and happy, and nothing is hurting you, making you feel too hot or
cold, ...
conference
= a large formal meeting in which people discuss important things
to confirm
= to tell someone that an arrangement is now definite
delayed
= late, usually because of a problem
delegate
= someone that a country or organisation chooses to do something for it, such as speak or vote at a
meeting
departure
= the action of leaving a place, especially at the start of a journey
, to enquire
= to ask someone for information
event
= something that has been organised, such a party, show, ...
events management
= the job of organising large events such as conferences and concerts
to expire
= if something expires, the period of time in which you can use it ends
extension
= one of the telephones that is connected to a central system of telephones in a building
facilities
= rooms, equipment, or services that are available in a place
flight
= a journey in a plane, or the plane that is making the journey
formal
= a formal event is important, and people who go to it wear special clothes and behave very politely
to freeze
= if a computers freezes, it suddenly stops working and the screen will not change when you use the
keyboard or mouse
gate
= the place where you leave an airport building to get the plane
induction
= the process of helping someone in a new job by giving them the information about the job and the
company
informal
= an informal event is relaxed and friendly
intranet
= a system for sending computer messages between people who work for the same company or
organisation, which is similar to the internet but smaller
landing
= the action of bringing a plane down to the ground after being in the air
local
= near to the place where you live or to where you are staying
location
= the place or position where someone or something is
to lock someone
= to stop someone from being able to use a computer or from seeing information on a computer
Unit 1
abroad
= in or from a country that is not your own
to accommodate
= to have enough space for a particular number of people or things
accomodation
= a place that you can live or stay in
Arrival
= when you get to a place you were going to
bed and breakfast
= a house or small hotel where you pay to sleep and have breakfast when you are traveling
to book
= to arrange to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, ... at a particular time in the future
booking
= an arrangement that you make to have a hotel room, a seat on a plane, ... at a future time
budget (adj.)
= extremely low in price
budget
= the money that is available to an organisation or person or a plan of how it will be spent
client
= someone who pays a person or organisation for a service or advice
comfort
= when you feel physically relaxed and happy, and nothing is hurting you, making you feel too hot or
cold, ...
conference
= a large formal meeting in which people discuss important things
to confirm
= to tell someone that an arrangement is now definite
delayed
= late, usually because of a problem
delegate
= someone that a country or organisation chooses to do something for it, such as speak or vote at a
meeting
departure
= the action of leaving a place, especially at the start of a journey
, to enquire
= to ask someone for information
event
= something that has been organised, such a party, show, ...
events management
= the job of organising large events such as conferences and concerts
to expire
= if something expires, the period of time in which you can use it ends
extension
= one of the telephones that is connected to a central system of telephones in a building
facilities
= rooms, equipment, or services that are available in a place
flight
= a journey in a plane, or the plane that is making the journey
formal
= a formal event is important, and people who go to it wear special clothes and behave very politely
to freeze
= if a computers freezes, it suddenly stops working and the screen will not change when you use the
keyboard or mouse
gate
= the place where you leave an airport building to get the plane
induction
= the process of helping someone in a new job by giving them the information about the job and the
company
informal
= an informal event is relaxed and friendly
intranet
= a system for sending computer messages between people who work for the same company or
organisation, which is similar to the internet but smaller
landing
= the action of bringing a plane down to the ground after being in the air
local
= near to the place where you live or to where you are staying
location
= the place or position where someone or something is
to lock someone
= to stop someone from being able to use a computer or from seeing information on a computer
