Business English! Learn useful vocabulary, words, and terms to use in the workplace.
Business English
Important Business Terms
- Hourly
Happening every hour.
- Quarterly
Done or produced four times a year.
- Monthly
Happening once a month.
- Weekly
Happening every week.
- Annual
Happening once a year.
- Biannual
Happening twice a year.
“Money & Finance” Vocabulary
- Banknote
Piece of paper money
- Budget
Amount of money available or needed for a specific use
- Cashier
A person dealing with cash transactions in a bank, shop, etc.
- Loan
An amount of money that a person, business or country can borrow, especially from a bank
- Pretty Cash
Small amount of cash available for everyday expense
- Currency
The money used in a country
- Lend
Give or allow the use of money, which must be returned, usually with interest.
- Borrow
Obtain money which must be returned.
Business Abbreviations & Acronyms
- VAT – Value Added Tax
- a/c – account
- GMT – Greenwich mean tim
- attn. – for the attention of
- e.g. – For example
- Ltd – Limited
- VIP – Very Important Person
- GDP – Gross Domestic Product
- CC – copy to
- ASAP – As Soon As Possible
- CEO – Chief Executive Officer
- PA – Personal Assistant
- PRO – Public Relations Officer
- CIO – Chief Information Officer
- Director R&D – Director of Research and Development
- HRM – Human Resources Manager
“Employment & Jobs” Vocabulary
- Assessment
Evaluation of one’s abilities
- Resign
Leave a Job voluntarily
- Employee
Person who works for a firm or a company
- Fire
To dismiss from a Job
- Maternity Leave
Period of absence for a female employee when having a baby
- Hire
Employ or take on personnel in a company
- Make redundant
Dismiss for economic reasons
- Employers
Person or firm who employs people
- Employee
Someone who is paid to work for someone else
- Worker
Someone who does jobs, especially low ranking job.
- Co-worker
Someone who works with you and has a similar position.
- Home worker
Someone who does their job in their home.
- Part-time
Someone who has a part-time job, works for only parts of each day or week
- Colleague
Someone who works with you, used especially by professional people
