BUSINESS COLLOCATIONS - 101

To ______ is to enter into a business relationship with another person or company.

• Make profit

• Do business

• Earn profit

• split

To __________ simply means to earn a profit from your business.

• file a complaint

• go bankrupt

• get dividends

• make money

To ______ means to team up and work together with another person or business.

• join forces

• split up

• build up

• meet power

To ________ is a situation where a company doesn’t have enough money to pay its debts.

• get over

• merge

• destabilize

• go bankrupt

to _______ means an attempt to save money by spending as little as possible

• pull off a deal

• cease trading

• go on an economy drive

• rescind

To ______ is to be in charge of the operations of an enterprise. The verb run here refers to the act of managing a business activity or store.

• run a company

• chair a meeting

• pull some strings

• come to the point

To ________ is to play the role of a chairperson at a meeting.

• dismiss an offer

• chair a meeting

• call a meeting

• brainstorm

To ______ means to be the leader of a group of people working together on a business activity.

• work as a team

• work in a team

• be in a team

• lead a team

To _________ is to promote a business in such a way as to encourage people and companies to invest in it.

• draw attention

• spill the beans

• attract investors

• play fair

to _______ means your costs are more than your earnings.

• take up a loan

• pay off debts

• have leverage

• suffer losses