Business and Management Vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Interest: a feeling of curiosity or concern about something
• Attend: to be present at an event or meeting
• Participate: to take part in an activity or event
• Estimate: to make an intelligent guess about something
• Flexible: able to change or adapt easily
• Fee: a payment made for a service
• Admission fee: a payment made to enter a place or event
• Late fee: an additional payment made for delayed payment
• Waive: to give up or surrender something
• Sold out: when all tickets or items are sold
• Unavailable: not able to be obtained or used
• Refundable: able to be returned or refunded
• Refund: to give back money
• Issue a refund: to officially return money
• Hire: to employ someone for a job
• Employ: to give someone a job
• Recruit: to find and persuade someone to work for an organization
• Electronically: using computers or other electronic devices
• Payment: the act of paying money
• Payable: required to be paid
• Influence: the power to affect someone or something
• Influential: having the power to affect someone or something
• Charity: an organization that helps people in need
• Charitable: showing kindness and generosity to those in need
• A couple of: two or a small number of something
• Property: something that belongs to someone or something
• Leak: when a liquid or gas escapes from a container
• Leaky: having holes or gaps that allow something to escape
• Management: the process of controlling and organizing something
• Manage: to control and organize something
• Apply: to make a formal request for something
• Application: a formal request for something
• Applicant: someone who makes a formal request
• Last-minute: done or arranged quickly before a deadline
• Collection: a group of things gathered together
• Collective: shared or done by a group of people
• Maintenance: the process of keeping something in good condition
• Originally: how something was at the beginning
• Originate: to begin or start something
• Progress: to move forward or improve
• Progressive: continuing to improve or develop
• Fascinating: very interesting or attractive
• Cancel: to stop or abandon something
• Lack: to be without something
• Luncheon: a meal eaten in the middle of the day
• Later: at a future time
• Edition: a version of a book or publication
• Editorial: a newspaper or magazine article that expresses an opinion
• Missing: not present or accounted for
• Select: to choose someone or something
• Deposit: a payment made before a transaction is complete
• Layout: the arrangement of something in a particular way
• Terrific: very good or excellent
• Lay off: to stop employing someone
• Fire: to dismiss someone from their job
• Dismiss: to officially remove someone from their job
• Discharge: to officially remove someone from their job
• Detail: a small part of something
• Calculate: to make a calculation or estimate
• Mix-up: a confusing or unclear situation
• Advertisement: a message or announcement about a product or service
• Ad: short for advertisement

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