Vocabulario Del Libro Business Benchmark

Page No. | English | Part of Speech | Definition |
  | UNIT 1 |   |   |   |
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13 | appraisal | n | assessment or evaluation of how well you do your job | |
10 | bonus scheme | n | company system in which employees receive extra payments if certain targets are reached | |
10 | book-keeping | n | recording the money that an organisation or business spends and receives | |12 | computer literate | adj | able to use a computer competently | |
12 | core | n | central, essential | |
11 | dedicated | adj | designed especially for that use | |
13 | degree | n | university qualification | |
13 | firm | n | company | |
12 | flying start | n | very good beginning | |
11 | goal | n | aim, objective, target | |
13 | graduate | n | someone who has obtaineda university degree | |
12 | hands-on | adj | practical, not theoretical | |
11 | high flier | n | someone with a lot of ability and ambition who is expected to be successful | |
10 | in-house | adj | taking place within the company | |
11 | key | adj | very important, essential | |
12 | learning goals: meet the learning goals | v | provide good enough instruction in what theemployees want to learn | |
11 | limited | adj | company where each shareholder is responsible for the company’s debts up to but no more than the amount that he/she has invested in the company | |
12 | monitor | v | watch carefully and record the results | |
10 | on-the-job training | n | training while you are working | |
13 | peer | n | person at the same level as you in a company | |10 | permanent contract | n | an employment agreement which is not for a limited period of time | |
12 | promising | adj | showing signs of being likely to develop successfully | |
11 | promote | v | give someone a better-paid, more responsible job; advertise or publicise a product or service so that people will buy it | |
11 | recruit | n | someone who has recently started working for acompany | |
10 | salary | n | money paid regularly to employees for doing a job | |
10 | skill | n | ability to do something well | |
10 | staff development | n | expansion of skills and consequent possible promotion for employees | |
13 | study leave | n | period of time away from work for study | |
12 | tailor-made | adj | specially designed to meet individual needs | |
13 |track record | n | reputation based on things done up to now | |
12 | workload | n | the amount of work you have to do | |
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14 | accounting | n | activity of preparing and maintaining financial records | |
16 | areas | n | departments | |
16 | audit | v | check that financial statements and accounts are correct | |
CD1 T3 |baby: your own baby | n | project or piece of work that you care about a lot because it was your idea | |
16 | board of directors | n | top-level managers of a company | |
17 | candidate | n | person applying for a job | |
17 | cashier | n | the person who takes the money when customers pay at a supermarket | |
14 | CEO | n | short for Chief Executive Officer | |
17 | challenging | adj| difficult and demanding to do | |
CD1 T4 | checkout | n | the place in a supermarket where you pay for your shopping | |
14 | Chief Executive Officer | n | highest manager with responsibility for the day-to-day running of a company | |
14 | Chief Information Officer | n | manager responsible for information and computer systems | |
14 | CIO | n | short for Chief Information Officer ||
14 | customer relations | n | approach to management which recognizes the value of building and maintaining a long-term relationship with customers through, e.g. special credit cards, loyalty cards | |
17 | customer service | n | giving customers good service | |
14 | deadline | n | final time by which a task or job must be completed | |
14 | Finance Manager | n | the manager...