Hi, my name is Eliot Reid. I am currently studying Social Science profile administration. Therefore, here's a glossary of my field of study to help you to understand it better.
accounting
noun
The skill or activity of keeping records of the money a person or organization earns and spends.
Example: These statements help analyze the business by translating economic factors into accounting numbers like assets, sales, cash flows and earnings.
fr: comptabilité
administration
noun
The arrangements and tasks needed to control the operation of a plan or organization.
Example: Reputable charities spend the lion's share of donations on aid and a tiny fraction on administration.
fr: administration
budget
noun
A plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend.
Example: She managed to complete her last film well within budget.
fr: budget
businessman
noun
A man who works in business, especially one who has a high position in a company.
Example: As a wealthy businessman, he couldn't even begin to imagine real poverty.
fr: homme d'affaire
cash flow
noun
The amount of money moving into and out of a business.
Example: Small traders often have short-term cash-flow problems.
fr: flux de trésorerie
company
noun
An organization that sells goods or services in order to make money.
Example: He works for a software company
fr: compagnie
employement
noun
The fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization.
Example: How long have you been looking for employment?
fr: emploi
finance
noun
Finance is defined as the management of money and includes activities such as investing, borrowing, lending, budgeting, saving, and forecasting.
Example: The finance committee controls the school's budget.
fr: finance
human resource
noun
People, when considered to be an asset that is or can be employed and that is useful to a company, organization, etc.
Example: Over 50% of the city's unemployed residents are a viable human resource for employment.
fr: ressource humaine
hyperinflation
noun
A condition where the price of everything in a national economy goes out of control and increases very quickly.
income
noun
Money that is earned from doing work or received from investments.
Example: I haven't had much income from my stocks and shares this year.
fr: revenue
investment
noun
The act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this.
Example: There's been a significant investment of time and energy in order to make the project a success.
fr: investissement
management
noun
The control and organization of something.
Example: The company has suffered from several years of bad management.
fr: la gestion
marketing
noun
A job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service.
Example: Our marketing people have come up with a great idea for the launch of the new model.
fr: commercialisation
mortgage
noun
An agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house, or the amount of money itself.
Example: She got behind with her mortgage and the house was repossessed.
fr: hypothèque
provider
noun
Someone who provides something.
Example: The bank is now a major provider of financial services to industry.
fr: fournisseur
stock market
noun
A place where shares in companies are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying or selling.
Example: Another chairman committed suicide since the crash of stock market- Sunday Time weekly column looks at the changes in different sectors since the crash of London stock market.
fr: bourse
trainee
noun
A person who is learning and practicing the skills of a particular job.
Example: Through those close interaction, it is expected that the trainee will be empowered to make her his own decisions when applying a new knowledge and the process can be institutionalized and sustainable.
fr: stagiaire
Wall Street
noun
A street in New York that represents the financial centre of the US.
Example: On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones rose 55 points following good economic figures.
fr: Wall Street
wealth
noun
A large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.
Example: Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
