IELTS: Advanced Business Vocabulary Set 1 Cartes | Quizlet

(verb) To give a particular role or title to an individual or group.

designate

(verb) To make something smaller, particularly a company or group.

downsize

(noun) A group of people meant to represent the population at large, usually asked their thoughts about a product or problem.

focus group

(noun) A part of an organisation where customers can ask questions or try to have their problems fixed.

help desk

(verb) To work hard, often physically.

labour

(verb) When a contract is no longer valid.

lapse

(verb) To turn financial assets into money.

liquidate

(adjective) Being easy to sell to customers or clients.

marketable

(noun) The state or process of becoming so powerful that no other entity can reasonably compete within the same sector.

monopolisation

(adjective) Describes the property of a private individual or corporation.

proprietary

(adjective) When a good or product sold by a company is legally protected.

proprietary

(adjective) Protected as intellectual property; patented.

proprietary

(verb) To ask that customers return a faulty or unsafe product.

recall

(adjective) Describes something that is ready to be put on the market or that can easily be sold.

saleable

(verb) To postpone what is planned for a short or long period.

shelve

(idiom/phrase) To agree to the proposed signing of a document.

sign on the dotted line

(noun) Recording the amount of goods and food stocks owned by a company.

stocktaking

(verb) To give a part of the work for a project to another company.

subcontract

(noun) A contract that stipulates another company does a part of work for the company that hired them.

subcontract

(verb) To present a formal offer of something

tender

Which word has the following synonyms?

label, nominate, christen, dub, appoint

designate

Which word has the following synonyms?

curtail, cut back, diminish, reduce, scale down

downsize

Which word has the following synonyms?

poll, sample, survey

focus group

Which word has the following synonyms?

support, assistance, tech support

help desk

Which word has the following synonyms?

work, toil

labour

Which word has the following synonyms?

expire, end, cease

lapse

Which word has the following synonyms?

bankable, profitable, commercial

marketable

Which word has the following synonyms?

domination, oppression, supremacy

monopolisation

Which word has the following synonyms?

possessed, owned, private, personal

proprietary

Which word has the following synonyms?

exclusive, sole

proprietary

Which word has the following synonyms?

trademarked, patented, copyrighted, protected

proprietary

Which word has the following synonyms?

marketable, sellable, fit

saleable

Which word has the following synonyms?

freeze, give up, prolong, suspend

shelve

Which word has the following synonym?

inventar

stocktaking

Which word has the following synonyms?

offer, present, extend, submit

tender

Which word has the following antonyms?

enlarge, expand, grow, increase

downsize

Which word has the following antonyms?

unfruitful, unmarketable, worthless

marketable

Which word has the following antonyms?

competition, inferiority, regulation

monopolisation

Which word has the following antonyms?

public, state-owned, community

proprietary

Which word has the following antonyms?

in the public domain, free-use, open source, generic

proprietary

Which word has the following antonyms?

supply, sell, compensate, reward

recall

Which word has the following antonyms?

unsellable, unsuitable, unmarketable

saleable

Which word has the following antonyms?

go, advance, carry out

shelve

Which word has the following antonyms?

retain, keep, hide

tender

Mark was _____ to be the new team leader.

designated

Company _____ is in the news today due to all the layoffs in tech companies.

downsizing

We asked the _____ what they thought about the product's name.

focus group

She went to the _____ to ask about the error message she kept getting.

help desk

The worker _____ every day to put food on the table.

laboured

Your auto insurance policy will _____ if you don't make the payment on time.

lapse

Uriah _____ his unused property to pay off a significant loan.

liquidated

Despite a strong pitch, the product was deemed too niche to be _____ enough to make a profit.

marketable

______ became such a problem during the Gilded Age that governments eventually passed laws to limit the influence of big businesses.

monopolisation

The company grows bananas on its _____ land in Honduras.

proprietary

The medications are _____ so the pharmaceutical company can hike up the prices since no other company can produce an alternative.

proprietary

Every year, the studio will make a movie out of some _____ superhero from decades ago to refresh its trademark.

proprietary

The electric car company had to _____ thousands of dangerous vehicles.

recall

This building needs major repairs before it can be _____.

saleable

Travel plans were _____ due to bad weather conditions.

shelved

_____ to consent to the terms of this contract.

sign on the dotted line

We do _____ of goods every six months.

stocktaking

The large company had to meet the deadline, so they _____ a part of their work to someone else.

subcontracted

The _____ the small company got for doing a part of the work for the larger company brought in a lot of profit.

subcontract

The new employee _____ his resignation to his bad employer.

tendered