Unit 14 - Business Vocabulary

This year's operating costs were nearly double the original _______.

• austerity

• projection

• focus group

• concession

If a business goes under, it _________.

• stops operating

• stars employing

• survives a difficult time

• consolidates its activities

Susan just lost her job. She was _______ because her company is going bankrupt.

• taken on

• overhead

• employed

• laid off

I don't know if I'll be available for sure, but I might! Let's ______ this meeting!

• pencil in

• take on

• take to

• diversify

We can't work with this company anymore. We'll have to ________ the contract with them as soon as possible.

• relocate

• upturn

• terminate

• lay off

A period of austerity is a period of:

• natural disasters

• great economic conditions

• bad economic conditions

• dictatorships and fallen governments

This information should be in the contract! It should be _______.

• lengthened

• disclosed

• relocated

• upturned

I'm very happy, cause my business had an _______ in sales recently. We're really improving fast!

My boss might go to jail soon. He is facing allegations of ________.

• concession

• prosecute

• approach

• malpractice

HP is holding its annual ________ meeting today.

• relegation

• bottom line

• shareholder

• overheads