Unit 7: Writing a Letter Declining a Job Offer Vocabulary

Vocabulary and key terms retrieved from lecture notes on professionally declining job offers, including specific entity names and formal business phrasing.

Thank you/ your letter/ July 1/ offer/ me/ post/ Accountant/ your company/.

Thank you/ your letter dated July 1, offering me the post of Accountant in your company.

Thank you/ consider me/ post/ Assistant to Director/.

Thank you for considering me for the post of Assistant to Director.

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A polite and professional way of declining an offer without being blunt or disrespectful about salary or requirements.

Closing statements

Final professional remarks in a letter, such as wishing a company "continued success" or hoping they find the "right candidate."