商英-名词解释1

Unit1

Freelance:

you sell your work or servics to a number of different companies.

Teleworking:

you work for a company from home via email,phone or the internet.

Job-sharing: you do your job for part of the week and another person does it for the other part.

Shift work:you work during different parts of the day.

Part- time:you only work for some of the week

Temping:you work for different companies for a short time without a permanent contract

Consultancy:you are not employed by a company,but are paid to give specialist advice.

Flexitime:you work a number of hours per week or month,but you decide when you start or finish.

Hot- desking:you don

’

t have a permanent place or office to work at,but you find a place to work

when you arrive.

Department:

depar tment

is one of the sections in an organization or a large shop

Run a business:you work or you manage a business

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Branch

分支

:

one

of

the

offices,

shops,

or

groups

which

belong

to

an

organization

and

which are located in different places

Call centre:

a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls

Cash bonus:

现金红利

:extra money to award your work

Distribution centre: sell the company's products or services in other places

Division:

In a large organization, a

division

is a group of departments whose work is done

in the same place or is connected with similar tasks

Headquarter:

the

place

or

building

serving

as

the

managerial

and

administrative

center

of

an

organization

Holding company

：

A

holding company

is a company that has enough shares in one or

more other companies to be able to control the other companies.

Parental leave

育婴假，

亲子假

：

Parental leave

is time away from work, usually without pay,

that parents are allowed in order to look after their children

Pension

：

receives a regular sum of money from the former employer because they have

retired

Perks

：

special benefits that are given to people who have a particular job or belong to a

particular group

Promotion

晋升：

you are given a more important job or rank in the organization that you

work for

Research and development

：

research or develop a new product or service

Subsidiary

：

a company which is part of a larger and more important company

Trademark

：

a name or symbol that a company uses on its products and that cannot legally

be used by another company

Turnover

营业额：

the value of the goods or services sold during a particular period of time

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Entrepreneur

：

a person who sets up businesses and business deals.

Franchise:you

buy

a

licence

to

trade

under

the

name

of

the

franchior

and

you

benefit

from

the

franchisor

’

s expertise

Online datebase

：

Database on the network that can help you work Efficiently

Profit

margin

：

the

difference

between

the

selling

price

of

a

product

and

the

cost

of

producing and marketing it

Sole trader

专营商

: you are self- employed and set up a business on your own

Subscription

：

an

amount

of

money

that

you

pay

regularly

in

order

to

belong

to

an

organization,

to

help

a

charity

or

campaign,

or

to

receive

copies

of

a

magazine

or

newspaper

Venture

：

a project or activity which is new, exciting, and difficult because it involves the

risk of failure

Trade name

：

the name which manufacturers give to a product or to a range of products.