This is a glossary on Business Management words that are new to me. It contains Business Management terms, part of speech, definitions, examples and automatic translations to French.
bill of lading
noun
A detailed list of a shipment of goods in the form of a receipt given by the carrier to the person consigning the goods.
Example: Eliot, like Charlie, was preoccupied with bill books, so that a "BILL OF LADING" even finds it's way into his note on "C.i.f.
fr: connaissement
bond
noun
A certificate issued by a government or a public company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest at a specified time.
Example: An integrated capital market would also reduce the cost of equity, BOND and bank finance and lead to a rise in Europe-wide GDP growth by 1.1 per cent.
fr: obligation
bookkeeping
noun
The activity or occupation of keeping records of the financial affairs of a business.
Example: All decisions are tracked through a double-entry BOOKKEEPING system.
fr: tenue de livres
cooperative
noun
A farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits.
Example: In detail, if they are parts of the group, COOPERATIVE action will be easier, understanding will be improved, unnecessary conflict will be minimized, and useless frustration will be reduced.
fr: coopérative
downsizing
verb
Make (a company or organization) smaller by eliminating staff positions.
Example: Moreover, flexible knowledge workers tend to be the victims of DOWNSIZING, subcontracting and contingent contracts and would 'happily return to secure employment' (Warhurst and Thompson 1998:20).
fr: réduction des effectifs
economy of scale
phrase
A proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production.
Example: In addition, economic cooperation within the ASEAN members might give rise to limited trade creation effect by the elimination of tariff since the ECONOMY OF SCALE is less likely to be realized than that with China.
fr: économie d'échelle
end-user
noun
The person who actually uses a particular product.
Example: The customer (businesses where END-USER's work) needs are different to the END-USER's (data entry users and graphic designers etc) needs.
fr: utilisateur final
factory
noun
A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
Example: It is argued that employment in new companies in the expanding knowledge sectors is regarded as being immune to and a move away from the exploitation witnessed in the traditional FACTORY.
fr: usine
freight
noun
Goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
Example: FREIGHT companies working for Ikea are required to provide statistics for their Environmental performance sheet (Ikea 2003 a). Ikea has also pledged to double the amount of FREIGHT to be transported by rail to 40% over the next 3 years (Ikea 2003 a).
fr: cargaison
get the axe
phrase
To get fired.
Example: He got the axe at the end of the first week.
fr: prendre la hache
goodwill
noun
The established reputation of a business regarded as a quantifiable asset, e.g., as represented by the excess of the price paid at a takeover for a company over its fair market value.
Example: Secondly, the financing of intangible investments, such as market research and advertising, enables small firms to establish the enterprise's 'GOODWILL'.
fr: bonne volonté
incentive
noun
A thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.
Example: Since it is established that performance in the workplace depends on how much and on the reason why an individual is willing to act (Gellerman 1965: 7), the question remains on what best explains human INCENTIVE.
fr: incitation
joint venture
noun
A commercial enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more parties which otherwise retain their distinct identities.
Example: However, an issue that sometimes arises is one in which a third party purchaser acquires one of the parties holding an interest in a JOINT VENTURE, leaving the remaining parties with a new 'partner.' This may fundamentally change the dynamics of the JOINT VENTURE, particularly if the other parties to the JOINT VENTURE perceive the third party acquirer as a competitor.
fr: coentreprise
label
noun
A small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it.
Example: Labels Four labels were assigned to each customer: one for recording the customer's transaction type, another for their choice of queue, one for the outcome of their transaction and the forth to implement the LABEL based sampling of transaction times at the issue desk.
fr: étiquette
market research
noun
The action or activity of gathering information about consumers' needs and preferences.
Example: Given the sales achieved with a smaller sales-force an increase in personnel targeted at the right segments should yield a significant increase According to MARKET RESEARCH, awareness of SUCK within singles is very low but purchase intentions are still high this represents a very definite opportunity to further increase market share and establish dominance within the 'Singles' market.
fr: étude de marché
salesperson
noun
A person whose job is to sell things.
Example: The total bonus and commission rewarded to each SALESPERSON does not correspond to their annual sales performance.
fr: vendeur/vendeuse
union
noun
A club, society, or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose.
Example: El-Agraa, Ali M, The European UNION: Economics and Policies , Prentice Hall, 2001, Part Two (chapters 5-8). 3. McCormick, John, Understanding the European UNION , St Martin's Press, 1999, p.74-76, 175-201. 4. McGriffen, S.P., "The European UNION: A Critical Guide", Pluto Press, 2001, p.69-82. 5.
fr: syndicat
venture
noun
A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
Example: Thus, network plainly has practical connotations for individuals, where different resource-providing networks may play critical roles depending on the dictates of a VENTURE's strategy; meaning an entrepreneur must know which networked resources are most important in pursuing a particular competitive method.
fr: aventure
wholesale
noun
The selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others.
Example: It operates by outsourcing 56% of product lines through its strategic alliance with Nisa Today's, the UK's largest buying group for independent retail and WHOLESALE companies.
fr: la vente en gros
withdraw
verb
Take (money) out of an account.
Example: Using this analysis, the culture at C.C.C. can be defined as encouraging introvert personalities (i.e. prone to WITHDRAW into themselves and aiming to achieve personal goals), an example typified by Aziz.
