Business Meeting Vocab

1. We ran out of time and were forced to ____ the meeting.

• allocate

• address

• adjourn

1. If you have a ___ please wait until Marie has finished speaking.

• commence

• comment

• formality

1. The board members couldn’t come to a ___ so they had to hold a vote.

• grievance

• designate

• consensus

4. Markus was away on business, so ___ was assigned.

• a show of hands

• an apology

• a proxy vote

4. Before we ___ I want to remind everyone to sign the attendance form on the way out.

• wrap up

• strategise

• recommend

4. In his ___ the chairman thanked everyone for doing such a good job. 

• final agenda

• last ballot

• closing remarks

7. I’ll ___ as soon as all of the board members take a seat.

• verify

• commence

• brainstorm

7. Since everyone was so ___ we were able to finish the meeting early.

• participant

• punctual

• confidential

7. We’ll be discussing this year’s profits at the ___ next month.

• AOB

• AGM

• GAM

10. At the meeting, the MD put forward a ___ to eliminate all part-time positions.

• an action

• a caution

• a motion