Business English

going up

boost
climb
increase
skyrocket
soar

going down

decline
plummet
plunge
shrink
slip
tumble

staying the same

even out
remain stable/ steady
stabilize
stagnate

Describing trends

The Bank of England raised interest rates by 0,75 percentage points.
The bank raised intereset rates by 0,70 per cent last year.
Disposable incomes will plunge this year with such a high inflation rate.
Recently out IT department has grown a lot.

Sitz haben in

to be based in

Tochtergesellschaft

subsidiary

Muttergesellschaft

parent company

in (Abteilungen) untergliedert sein

be divided into (sections)

in … gelegen/ ansässig sein

be located in …

aus (Geschäftseinheiten) bestehen

be made up of (business units)

nach (funktionalen) Kriterien aufgebaut sein

be organized along (functional) lines

mit jmdm. zsmarbeiten

collaborate with sb.

(7 Abteilungen) umfassen

comprise (7 departments)

aus (3 Bereichen) bestehen

consist of (3 divisions)

etw ermöglichen, erleichtern

facilitate sth

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

(private) limited company (ltd)

Aktiengesellschaft

public limited company (plc)

kleine + mittlere Unternehmen

small + medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

anscheinend

apparently

in Kürze

shortly

knapp

barely

kürzlich

recently

schließlich

eventually

möglicherweise

conceivably

aktuell

currently

offensichtlich

obviously

tatsächlich

actually

kurz

briefly

type of events

conference
product launch
sporting event

EOM

end of message

COB

close of business

WFH

work(ing) from home

ETA

estimated time of arrival

LET

leaving early today

PTO

paid time off

NRN

no reply necessary

IAM

in a meeting

ESG

environment, social, governance

TED

tell me, explain to me, describe to me

This term purports to restrict my clients statutory rights

My

My client waives her right to sue for compensation

The parties may rescind the contract at any time

to … a legal action

take

to … damages

mitigate

to … with an order

comply

to … a patent

register

to … a lawsuit

file

Emphasis - little

Little did I know what was to happen next

Emphasis - only

Only when I saw the confirmation mail did I fully realize what I´d done

Emphasis - It´s that

Its the children that Im worried about.
Its the heat that stops me from moving to Spain

Emphasis - what is

What you need is a drink

Emphasis - do

I do love your little dog
We did enjoy your kind gift