Assignment

Card of vocabulary

1. Dictionary Definition of “Benefit” (noun)

 An advantage you get from a situation.
 (usually plural) extra money or other advantages that you get in addition to your salary from your employer as part of your job./Money or help that an insurance company gives to you.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Example sentence/s

 The new sports centre willbring lasting benefits to the community.
 The benefits include medical insurance and a company car.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Your own example

 This well-known international company gives us lots of benefits, like free life insurance.

• Synonyms

 Profit
 Gain
 Perk

• Collocations

 Get/gain/receive a benefit
 Derive a benefit from sth.
 Reap a benefit.
Have the benefit of sth.
 Claim (a) benefit.
 Get/receive (a) benefit.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

2. Employee (noun)

 Someone who is paid regularly to work for a person or an organization.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Example sentence/s

 Their employees worked a ten-hour day.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)


• Your own example

 The newemployee, who is working with us, has the right profile for the post.

• Synonyms

 Personnel
 Worker
 Company man
 Jobholder
 staff member
 member of staff

• collocations

 Subordinate employee.
 Employee motivation.
 Employee rights.
 Employee benefits.
 Employee evaluation.

3. Investment (noun)
 Money used in a way that may earn you more money, for examplemoney used for buying property or shares in a company.
 The amount of time, energy, or emotion needed in order to make something successful.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Example sentence/s

 Her investments were mainly in technology stocks.
 Teachers´ investment of time in class preparation is always underestimated.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Your own example He made an emotional investment in the work.

• Synonyms

 Backing
 Property
 Share
 Stake
 Stock
 venture

• Collocations

 Investment banker
 Foreign investment
 Investment trust
 Investment funds
 foreign direct investment

4. Human Resources (noun)

 The department within a company that is responsible for employing and training people, and for lookingafter workers who have problems: personnel.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Example sentence/s

 The Human Resources department charged with finding, screening, recruiting and training job applicants.
(From www.dictionary.com)

• Your own example

 The Human Resources department has the challenge to deal with the employees claims.

• Synonyms

 manpower

• Collocations Human Resources department.
 Human Resources plan.
 Human Resources management.
 Human resources development.
 Human Resources director
 To work in human resources

5. manager (noun)

 Someone whose job is to organize and control the work of a business or organization or a part of it.
 Someone whose job is to look after the business activities of an entertainer or sportsplayer.
 Someone whose job is to organize and train a sports team.
(From Macmillan English Dictionary)


• Example sentence/s

 I´d like to speak to the manager.
 For three years I was the manager of a radio station.
 (From Macmillan English Dictionary)

• Your own example

 We have the best Human Resources manager of all the companies in our country.

• Synonyms

Administrator
 Handler

• Collocations

 A marketing/project/sales/office manager.
 A marketing/project/sales/office manager.
 Line manager
 a bank/hotel manager

6. Blueprint (noun)

 A detailed plan for doing something new or something that is a model for how something should be done.
 A drawing that shows how to build something such as a building or a machine, often printed with...