Definitions

• Company organisation

  Adaptable	able or willing to change in order to suit different conditions
  Agile	able to deal with new situations or changes quickly and successfully
  Appoint	to choose someone officially for a job, responsibility
  Approval	official permission
  Associate	an associate is  a person who has a position in a job or type of work that is just below the top position
  Autonomously	independent and having the power to make your own decisions
  Board of directors	the governing body of a company, elected by shareholders
  Built-in	included, made, or designed as part of something
  Centralised structure	where business decisions are made at the top of the business or in a head office and distributed down the chain of command
  Chain of command	a system in an organisation by which instructions are passed from one person to another
  Chairperson/ President	a person in charge of a meeting, organisation
  Decentralised structure	where a business allows decisions to be made by managers and subordinates further down the chain
  Determine	to decide what will happen
  Direct	to tell the people the direction in which they must drive
  Division/ department	a part of a company that deals with a particular area
  Empower	to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something
  Engagement	the act of being involved with something
  Finance	the management of money
  Head	to be in charge of an organisation, group, etc.
  Hierarchical	arranged according to people’s level of importance
  Human Resources (HR)	the department within an organisation responsible for managing its employees
  Lay out	to explain something clearly, usually in writing
  Leadership	the set of characteristics that make a good leader
  Legal affairs	the department providing legal counsel to the Board and to its other departments
  Line manager	the person who is directly responsible for managing the work of someone else in a company or business, and who is one level above that person
  Management	the group of people responsible for controlling and organising a company
  Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer	a person in charge of a company
  Non-executive	someone who has a non-executive position in a company or organisation gives advice but is not responsible for making decisions or ensuring that decisions are carried out
  Objective/ goal	something that you plan to do or achieve
  Operate	to (cause to) work, be in action or have an effect
  Outline	to give the main facts about something
  Policy	a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed by a business organisation, a government
  Public Relations (PR)	refers to managing how others see and feel about a company
  Responsibility	a duty to take care of something
  Role	the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organisation, society, or relationship
  Rule	an accepted instruction that states the way things should be done
  Senior Managers	managers at the highest level of a company or organisation responsible for strategizing the department's direction and planning their department's goals
  Shareholder	any person, company, or institution that owns shares in a company’s stock
  Subordinate	a person with  a lower or less important position
  Superior	a person higher in rank or social position than others
  Unit	a group of people working together, especially for a particular purpose
  Workforce	the group of people who work in a company

• Types of companies

  Assets	something valuable belonging to a person or organisation that can be used for the payment of debts
  Balance sheet	a statement of the assets, liabilities, and capital of a business or other organisation at a particular point in time
  Charity	an organisation whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to those who need it
  Classify	to divide things or people into groups according to their type
  Corporation	a large company or group of companies authorised to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law
  Costly	expensive
  Dismantle	to get rid of a system or organisation, usually over a period of time
  Distinct	clearly noticeable; that certainly exists
  Enterprise	a business or company
  Establish	to start a company or organisation that will continue for a long time
  Flotation/ initial public offering	an occasion when a company's shares are sold to the public for the first time
  Franchise	an arrangement in which a company sells another business the right to sell its products or services in return for payment
  Franchisee	a business that has bought the right to sell the products and services of another company
  Franchisor/ franchiser	a person or a company that sells the right to open stores and sell products or services using its brand, expertise, and intellectual property
  General partnership	a business made up of two or more partners, each obligated for the business's debts, liabilities, and assets
  Headcount	a total number of people employed in a particular organisation
  Income tax	a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them
  Intermingle	to become mixed together
  Joint venture	a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterised by shared ownership, shared returns and risks
  Large enterprises	entities that employs a great number of people and has a sizable annual revenue
  Legal entity	an individual, company, or organisation that has legal rights and obligations
  Liability	the fact that someone is legally responsible for something
  Limited liability	the condition by which shareholders are legally responsible for the debts of a company only to the extent of the nominal value of their shares
  Limited partnership	a business entity with at least one general partner, who has unlimited personal liability, and one limited partner, whose liability is limited to their investment in the company
  Limited liability partnership	a partnership in which some or all partners (depending on the jurisdiction) have limited liabilities
  Malpractice	improper, illegal, or negligent professional behaviour
  Non-profit organisation	a group organised for purposes other than generating profit
  Partnership	a legal arrangement that allows two or more people to share responsibility for a business
  Private limited company	a type of company whose shares are not traded on a stock market and may only be sold if other shareholders agree
  Private sector	the part of the national economy that is not under direct state control
  Profit organisation	an entity whose primary goal is to earn income
  Public limited company	a business that has opened its shares up to the public
  Public sector	the part of an economy that is controlled by the state
  Regulation	an official rule or the act of controlling something
  Silent/ sleeping partner	an investor who becomes a member of a partnership by virtue of capital contribution, but plays an inactive role in daily operations and management of the business
  Small and mid-size enterprises	businesses that maintain revenues, assets or a number of employees below a certain threshold; each country has its own definition
  Sole trader/sole proprietorship	a person who is the exclusive owner of a business, entitled to keep all profits after tax has been paid but liable for all losses
  Turnover	the amount of money that a company gets from sales during a particular period

• Job description

  Advertising	the business of trying to persuade people to buy products or services
  Agency	a business or organisation providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group
  Commision	a payment given to someone when they sell something, whcih is directly related to the amount they sell
  Commute	travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis
  Customised	modified to suit a particular individual or task
  Demanding	requiring much skill or effort
  Demonstrate	give a practical exhibition and explanation of a skill
  Duty	a task or action that one is required to perform as part of one's job
  Edit	to make changes to a text
  Effective	successful in producing a desired or intended result
  Entail	involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part
  Exceptional	unusual; not typical
  Exhibit	manifest clearly a quality or a type of behaviour
  Flexibility	willingness to change or compromise
  Format	plan or arrange in a specified form
  Hands-on	involving or offering active participation rather than theory
  In charge of	in control or with overall responsibility
  In-depth	comprehensive and thorough
  Interpersonal	relating to relationships or communication between people
  Investigative	involving examining facts, events, problems, etc.
  Keep records	organise and store all the documents, files, invoices for future reference
  Liaise	cooperate on a matter of mutual concern
  Long hours	a period of time doing something, especially work, that is longer than is usual
  Multitask	deal with more than one task at the same time
  Outweigh	to have more influence or importance than something else
  Perks	something extra an employee gets in addition to their salary
  Personal assistant/ administrative assistant	a person who does office work and works exclusively for one particular person
  Range	vary or extend between specified limits
  Rapport	agreement or sympathy between people or groups
  Research and development	the department directed towards the innovation, introduction, and improvement of products and processes
  Rewarding	providing satisfaction; gratifying
  Sense of achievement	something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.
  Stimulating	encouraging or arousing interest or enthusiasm
  Target audience	a particular group at which a product is aimed
  Versatile	able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities

• Listening and video

  Academia	the environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship
  Accountant	someone who keeps or examine the records of money received, paid and owed by a company or a person
  Assess	evaluate or estimate
  Assets	anything that has current or future economic value to a business
  Bodily form	present in a physical body
  Boilerplate	standardised text, documents, that can be reused in new contexts or applications without significant changes to the original
  Charge	demand (an amount) as a price for a service
  Comprise	consist of; be made up of
  Conduct	organise and carry out
  Contract	a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law
  Copy	the text of an advertisement
  Credit	the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
  Debtor	a person, country, or organisation that owes money
  Expert	a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area
  Fundamental	basic, essential
  Grant	agree to give or allow (something requested) to
  Handle	manage (a situation or problem)
  Incorporate	take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include
  Industry	a group of productive enterprises or organisations that produce or supply goods, services, or sources of income
  Land	to arrive in an unpleasant situation or place
  Liable	responsible by law
  Litigation	the process of taking legal action
  Loan	a borrowed sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest
  Mimic	imitate someone or their actions or words
  Novel	new and not resembling something formerly known or used
  Outperform	to accomplish something in a better or more impressive way than someone else
  Rank	give (someone or something) a place within a grading system
  Reducible	capable of being simplified
  Severely	to an undesirably great or intense degree
  Share	one of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits
  Shareholder	owner of part of a  company
  Shrink	become or make smaller in size or amount
  Stipulate	demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement
  Suspiciously	in a way that makes you think someone is guilty of something wrong or illegal
  Tackle	to try to deal with something or someone
  Tax	a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities
  Venture	a business enterprise in which something is risked in the hope of profit