BUSINESS TERMS

clinch a deal

• put an end to discussions

• reach an agreement

• spoil an arrangement

corner the market

• reduce sales significantly

• manage to enter the market

• dominate an area of business

go down the drain

• be wasted or lost

• need further analysis

• decrease in quantity

in the pipeline

• ready for delivery

• currently in progress

• under discussion

shelf life

• must be kept for a long time

• use within a certain length of time

• place for discarded objects

second a motion

• agree with a proposal

• put something in action

• make a second proposal

a down payment

• a reduced payment

• a part of the total payment

• a cash payment

pick up the tab

• increase the amount

• notice the price

• pay the bill

key factor

• successful product line

• main factory

• important reason or fact

selling point

• argument in favour of a product

• place where products are sold

• sales level reached