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What is a stipulation in a contract?
What is a stipulation in a contract?
A condition in a contract
What is stock depreciation?
What is stock depreciation?
A reduction in value of stock
What is the Stock Exchange?
What is the Stock Exchange?
A place where stocks and shares are bought and sold
What is stock market manipulation?
What is stock market manipulation?
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What is a stock market valuations?
What is a stock market valuations?
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What is a stock option?
What is a stock option?
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What is stocktaking?
What is stocktaking?
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What is stock transfer form?
What is stock transfer form?
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What is storage?
What is storage?
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What is storage capacity?
What is storage capacity?
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What is the definition of statutory regulations?
What is the definition of statutory regulations?
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What is the definition of stay as used in the text?
What is the definition of stay as used in the text?
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_____ is a person who works in a port, loading or unloading ships.
_____ is a person who works in a port, loading or unloading ships.
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A sterling millionaire has less than one million pounds sterling.
A sterling millionaire has less than one million pounds sterling.
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What is a stop-loss order?
What is a stop-loss order?
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Strategic management focuses on ensuring that an organization operates in accordance with its strategy.
Strategic management focuses on ensuring that an organization operates in accordance with its strategy.
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What is the primary focus of strategic partnering?
What is the primary focus of strategic partnering?
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__________ is the process of planning the future work of a company.
__________ is the process of planning the future work of a company.
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Match the following currencies with their definition:
Match the following currencies with their definition:
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What is a strikebreaker?
What is a strikebreaker?
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What is a structural strongroom used for?
What is a structural strongroom used for?
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Structural unemployment is caused by the changing ______ of an industry or the economy.
Structural unemployment is caused by the changing ______ of an industry or the economy.
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Subliminal advertising aims to leave impressions on the conscious mind.
Subliminal advertising aims to leave impressions on the conscious mind.
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Match the following terms with their descriptions:
Match the following terms with their descriptions:
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What is another term for a court order telling someone to appear as a witness?
What is another term for a court order telling someone to appear as a witness?
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A(n) __________ is the minimum amount of food, money, housing, etc., which a person needs.
A(n) __________ is the minimum amount of food, money, housing, etc., which a person needs.
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Which term refers to a person or company to which a property has been sublet?
Which term refers to a person or company to which a property has been sublet?
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The act of taking one number away from another is known as addition.
The act of taking one number away from another is known as addition.
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What is the definition of 'success' as provided in the text?
What is the definition of 'success' as provided in the text?
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In the context of a company, a ________ is a place where employees can put forward their ideas for making the company more efficient and profitable.
In the context of a company, a ________ is a place where employees can put forward their ideas for making the company more efficient and profitable.
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What is the meaning of 'sum' in the described context?
What is the meaning of 'sum' in the described context?
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Sunrise industries are old-style industries being replaced by new technology.
Sunrise industries are old-style industries being replaced by new technology.
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Match the following terms with their definitions: 1. Supervisor 2. Success 3. Suggestion box
Match the following terms with their definitions: 1. Supervisor 2. Success 3. Suggestion box
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The act of providing something which is needed is known as ________.
The act of providing something which is needed is known as ________.
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What is the primary focus of supply-side economics?
What is the primary focus of supply-side economics?
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What are 'supplementary benefits' replaced by?
What are 'supplementary benefits' replaced by?
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Short supply means the item is readily available in large quantities.
Short supply means the item is readily available in large quantities.
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What is a tael?
What is a tael?
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What is the function of a table of contents in a book?
What is the function of a table of contents in a book?
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What does it mean to tailor something?
What does it mean to tailor something?
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Define tabular form.
Define tabular form.
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What is a take in financial terms?
What is a take in financial terms?
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What is the definition of a surveyor?
What is the definition of a surveyor?
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Suspension is the act of stopping something for a ______.
Suspension is the act of stopping something for a ______.
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What is the definition of a syndicate?
What is the definition of a syndicate?
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SWOT analysis stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
SWOT analysis stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
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Match the following terms with their definitions:
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Study Notes
Business Terminology
- Statutory regulations: Regulations covering financial dealings based on Acts of Parliament, as opposed to non-statutory rules of self-regulatory organisations.
- Statutory sick pay: Payment made by an employer to an employee who is away from work due to sickness.
- Stay: A length of time spent in one place; a temporary stop or delay.
Financial Terms
- Steep: Referring to a sudden and significant increase or decrease in price or value.
- Sterling: A standard currency used in the United Kingdom; to quote prices in sterling or to quote sterling prices.
- Sterling area: Formerly, an area of the world where the pound sterling was the main trading currency.
- Sterling crisis: A fall in the exchange rate of the pound sterling.
- Sterling millionaire: A person who has more than one million pounds sterling.
Stock and Shares
- Stock: The available supply of raw materials; the quantity of goods for sale in a warehouse or retail outlet.
- Stockbroker: A person who buys or sells shares for clients.
- Stockbroker's commission: The payment to a broker for a deal carried out on behalf of a client.
- Stock certificate: A document proving that someone owns stock in a company.
- Stock code: A set of numbers and letters referring to an item of stock.
- Stock control: The process of making sure that the correct level of stock is maintained.
- Stock controller: A person who notes movements of stock.
- Stock depreciation: A reduction in value of stock which is held in a warehouse for some time.
Stock Exchange
- Stock Exchange: A place where stocks and shares are bought and sold.
- Stock Exchange listing: The fact of being on the official list of shares which can be bought or sold on the Stock Exchange.
- Stock Exchange operation: The activity of buying or selling of shares on the Stock Exchange.
- Stock market: A place where shares are bought and sold, i.e. a stock exchange.
- Stock market manipulation: The practice of trying to influence the price of shares by buying or selling in order to give the impression that the shares are widely traded.
- Stock market manipulator: A person who tries to influence the price of shares in their own favour.
- Stock market valuation: A value of a company based on the current market price of its shares.### Stockkeeping Unit
- Stockkeeping Unit (SKU) is a full form of a noun referring to a sale of goods cheaply to clear a warehouse before stocktaking.
- Stock ledger is a book that records quantities and values of stock.
Stock
- Stock level refers to the quantity of goods kept in stock.
- Stock valuation is an estimation of the value of stock at the end of an accounting period.
- Stock transfer form is a form to be signed by the person transferring shares.
Storage
- Storage refers to the act of keeping something in store or in a warehouse.
- Storage capacity is the space available for storage.
- Storage company is a company that keeps items for customers.
- Storage facilities are equipment and buildings suitable for storage.
- Storage unit is a device attached to a computer for storing information on disk or tape.
Stop
- Stop can mean the end of an action or a situation where someone is not supplying or paying something.
- Stop can also mean to make something not move or happen anymore.
- Stop-loss order is an instruction to a stockbroker to sell a share if the price falls to an agreed level.
Strategic
- Strategic management is management that focuses on developing corporate strategy, ensuring the organization operates and makes decisions in accordance with that strategy.
- Strategic partnering is collaboration between organizations to take advantage of market opportunities together.
- Strategic planning is the process of planning the future work of a company.
Stress
- Stress is nervous tension or worry caused by overwork, difficulty with managers, etc.
- Stress management is a way of coping with stress-related problems at work.
Strike
- Strike is the stopping of work by the workers due to a lack of agreement with management or because of orders from a union.
- Strike can also mean to call the workforce out on strike or to go on strike to stop work.
Strong Currency
- Strong currency is a currency that has a high value against other currencies.
- Strong pound is a pound that is high against other currencies.
Structural
- Structural refers to the structure of something.
- Structural unemployment is unemployment caused by the changing structure of an industry or the economy.
- Structure is the way in which something is organized.
Systems Analysis
- Structured systems analysis and design method is a method of analyzing and designing computer systems that proceeds in a series of logical steps.### Business Vocabulary
- Striker: an employee who is on strike.
- Strong: with a lot of force or strength; a strong demand for a product means there is a high demand for it.
Financial Terms
- Stub: a slip of paper left after writing a cheque, an invoice, or a receipt, as a record of the deal.
- Study: an act of examining something carefully; a study on a project is to examine its costs and possible profits.
Business Concepts
- Subcontract: a contract between a main contractor and another firm that will do part of the work.
- Subcontractor: a company that has a contract to do work for a main contractor.
- Sublease: a lease from a tenant to another tenant.
- Sublessee: a person or company that takes a property on a sublease.
- Sublessor: a tenant who leases a property to another tenant.
- Sublet: to let a leased property to another tenant.
Business Operations
- Sub-agency: a small agency that is part of a larger agency.
- Sub-agent: a person in charge of a sub-agency.
- Subcommittee: a small committee that is part of a larger committee.
- Subcontract: to agree with a company that they will do part of the work for a project.
Marketing and Advertising
- Subliminal advertising: advertising that tries to leave impressions on the subconscious mind of the person who sees it or hears it.
- Subscription: to pay for a series of issues of a magazine or for access to information on a website.
Management and Leadership
- Subordinate: a person in a lower position in an organization, who is governed by or depends on someone else.
- Subsidise: to help by giving money, to make something cheaper.
Law and Finance
- Subpoena: a court order telling someone to appear as a witness; to order someone to appear in court.
- Subsidiary: a company that is more than 50% owned by a holding company, and where the holding company controls the board of directors.
- Subsidiary company: a company that is controlled by another company.
- Subsidy: money given to help something that is not profitable, or money given to make something cheaper.
Other Business Terms
- Sub-post office: a small post office, usually part of a general store.
- Sub-post office: a small post office that is part of a larger post office.
- Subtenancy: an agreement to sublet a property.
- Subtenant: a person or company to which a property has been sublet.
- Suffer: to be in a bad situation, to do badly.
- Subtotal: the total of one section of a complete set of figures.
- Subtract: to take away something from a total.
- Subvention: same as subsidy.
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This quiz covers statutory regulations and financial dealings, including interest charges and overseas sales. Test your understanding of business finance concepts.
