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Business English Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accountable | Responsible |
| Advocate | A person who publicly support somebody or something |
| Afford | Have enough money or time to be able to buy or to do something |
| Anticipate | Expect |
| Associate | Make a connection between people and things in mind |
| Attain | Succeed in getting something after great effort |
| Averse | Opposed to |
| Commission | Officially ask somebody to do a task |
| Compromise | Settle a dispute by making concessions |
| Concession | Something allowed or given to someone in order to reach an agreement |
| Confer | Discuss to get advice or share opinions |
| Confrontation | A situation where people or groups are arguing angrily or fighting |
| Controversial | causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement |
| Critic | A person who publicly disapprove somebody or something |
| Decrepit | Very old and in bad condition |
| Embrace | Accept an idea with enthusiasm |
| Entrepreneur | Business owner |
| Foster | Encourage something to develop |
| Generate | Produce |
| Intensive | Involving a lot of something |
| Mandatory | Compulsory |
| Monopoly | The complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service |
| Multilateral | Of or involving more than two nations or parties |
| Opponent | A person who opposed another in a contest or battle |
| Outsource | Arrange for somebody outside a company to do work or provide goods for that company |
| Pitfall | Hidden danger or difficulty |
| Privatize | Transfer from the public sector into private ownership and operation |
| Recoup | Get back an amount of money that you have spent or lost |
| Scenario | A predicted sequence of events |
| Spectrum | A complete or wide range of related items |
| Tactic | The particular method you use to achieve something |
| Tender | Make a formal offer to supply goods or do work at a stated price |
| Underfunded | Not having enough money to operate well |
| Upfront | Completely honest and not trying to hide anything |
| Mitigate | Make something less harmful or serious |