Mathieu grou
Mathieu grou
27 Business terms
My name is Mathieu Grou, I'm 18 years old, and I study Social Science in commerce. It's my second year in the program, I chose it because it's related to business. I will explain 20 words related to the business world in this glossary to help young business man/woman to learn on the topic.
- accountant
- A person whose job is to keep, inspect, and analyse financial accounts.
- en: comptable
- asset
- Property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies.
- en: actif
- business
- A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.
- en: entreprise
- client
- A person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company.
- en: client
- deal
- An agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context.
- en: accord
- demand
- An insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right.
- en: demande
- economy
- The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
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- elasticity
- How much an economic variable changes in response to another; if demand spikes when prices are low but contract when prices are high, that is elastic demand.
- en: élasticité
- equity
- The amount of ownership in an asset; the equity a person has in their home is the difference between the property’s value and the amount owed on the mortgage.
- en: équité
- government
- The governing body of a nation, state, or community.
- en: gouvernement
- market
- An area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted.
- en: marché
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- marketing
- The activity or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.
- en: commercialisation
- mission
- An important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes, typically involving travel.
- en: mission
- money
- A current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.
- en: argent
- productivity
- The effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.
- en: productivité
- property
- A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.
- en: Propriété
- salary
- A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
- en: Salaire
- sale
- The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something.
- en: vente
- scarcity
- Resources or products that aren’t available in unlimited quantities are scarce; as scarcity of an item increases, so do prices.
- en: rareté
- service
- Assistance or advice given to customers during and after the sale of goods.
- en: service
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- stock
- The capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares.
- en: action
- supply
- A stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource.
- en: fournir
- tax
- A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.
"higher taxes will dampen consumer spending".
- en: taxe
- tax evasion
- The illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax.
- en: évasion fiscale
- taxation
- Money paid as tax.
- en: imposition
- time
- The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
- en: temps
- wealth
- An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
- en: richesse
