Business Basics Flashcards by Matthieu Rousseau

Un compte

An account

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Conseil / Conseiller / Conseillé

Advice(n) / Advise (v) / Advisable (adj) / Advisor (n)

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Avoir les moyens / Se permettre

To afford

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Ordre du jour

Agenda (noun)

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Postuler

Apply for (v) / Application (n)

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Nommer

Appoint (v) He has been appointed CEO of the company.

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Un atout / L’actif

Asset (noun)

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un travail à rendre

Assignment

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Assister à une réunion

Attend (v) / Attendance (n)

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Disponible

Available

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Moyen(ne)

Average (n or ajd)

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Éviter

Avoid (v) / Avoidance (n) / Avoidable (adj)

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Interdire

Ban (v or n)

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Faire faillite

Bankrupt (adj) / bankruptcy (n)

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Offre / Enchère / Tentative

Bid

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Conseil d’administration

Board (of directors) (n)

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Emprunter

Borrow (v)

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Annuler / Annulation

Cancel (v) / Cancellation (n)

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Directeur général

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

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Employé

Clerk (n) / Clerical (adj)

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Un concurrent / La concurrence

Competitors / The competition

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Consommateur

Consumer(n)/Consume(v)/Consumption(n)

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Tribunal

Court

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Monnaie

Currency

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Douane

Customs

Date limite / Date butoir

Deadline

Traiter / S’occuper de

Deal - dealt - dealt with

Licencier (pour faute) / Licenciement

Dismiss / Dismissal

Tirer / Attirer (aussi dessiner)

Draw (drew - drawn)

Accent - Souligner

Emphasis / emphasize

Ébauche / Brouillon - Rédiger

Draft (v or n)

Cadre / Directorial

Executive (n or adj)

Équipements

Facilities (n)

Usine

Factory (n)

Caractéristique / Aspect / Figurer / Présenter

Feature (n or v)

Chiffres

Figures (n)

Centre / Être centré sur

Focus (n) / To focus on (v)

Prévision

Forecast (for sales, weather, etc) (v or n)

Étranger

Foreign (adj)

Fonder

Found (v)

Marchandises / Biens

Goods (n)

Brut

Gross profit / Salary, etc

Croissance

Growth (n) / Grow (grew - grown)(v)

Le siège

Headquarters/ Head Office (n)

Santé / En bonne santé

Health (n) / Healthy (adj)

Informatique

I.T. (n : Information Technology)

Améliorer - Amélioration

Improve (v) / Improvement (n)

Revenus

Incomes (n)

Assurance

Insurance (n)

Stage - Stagiaire

Internship - Intern/Trainee

Une facture

An invoice (n)

Impliquer / Mêler

Involve (n) / Involvement (n)

Faire paraître / Distribuer / Mêler - Une question / Un problème

Issue (v or n)

Article

Item (n)

Lancer un produit

Launch (v) (a product)

Action en justice

A lawsuit (n)

Licencier / Licenciement

Lay off(v) / Lay-off(n)

Fuir / Fuite

Leak (v or n)

Prêter

Lend (Lent -Lent) (n)

Un prêt

Loan (n)

Perte

Loss (n)

Diminuer

Lower (the price) (v)

Fabriquer/ Fabricant

Manufacture (v) / Manufacturer (n)

Quelque chose qui va bien ou l’égal de quelque chose

Match (v or n)

Fusion

Merger (n or v)

Point de vente

Outlet (Retail outlet)

Locaux

Premises (n) - We’re on the premises of the oldest company in the country

Previous (adj)

Bénéfice

Profit (n)

Acheter

Purchase (n) / Purchasing (v)

Trimestre / Trimestriel

Quarter(n) / Quartely (adv)

Gamme

Range (n) (of products, etc)

Taux

Rate (n)

Matière première

Raw material(n)

Compter sur / Se fier de

Rely on, reliable (adj)

Démissionner

Resign (v) / Resignation (n) to

Distribution / Vente en détail / Détaillant

Retail (adj)/ Retailer(n)/Retailing(adj)

(Prendre) la retraite

Retire(v) / Retirement(n)

Planifier / Planning / Emploi du temps

Schedule (n or v)

Actions / Actionnaires

Shares, shareholders (n)

Compétence

Skill (n) / Skilled (adj)

Diviser / Partager / Fendre

Split (split -split) (v or n)

Participation / Un intérêt particulier

Stake(v) (have a stake in something)

Grève / Gréviste

Strike (n or v) / Striker (n)

Filiale

Subsidiary (n)

Poursuivre en justice

Sue (v) / Lawsuit (n)

Fourniture / Fournir

Supply (v or n) / Supplier (n)

Absorption / Rachat

Takeover (n) / To take over (v)

Menace

Threat(n) / Threaten (v)

Commerce (niveau international)

Trade (n, v or adj)

Former / Formation / Entraînement

Train (v) / Training (n)

Tendance

Trend (n)

Un procès

A trial (n)

Déclencher

Trigger (v)

Chiffre d’affaires

Turnover (n)

Chômage

Unemployment(n)

Syndicat

Union (or Trade Union)

Salaire / Salarial

Wages (n) / Wage (adj)

Gaspiller / Perdre

Waste (n or v)

Richesse / Riche

Wealth(n) / Wealthy (adj)

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