Business Glossary

20 terms

I'm in the CEGEP for one year now, and I want to go work in business. And I want to glossary to be for everyone who goes work in business, and to be useful for them. If you want to work in the management or in a business job like me, and you have difficulty with word, this glossary is for you. This glossary is 20 terms long, and you can see the translation and the definition of each terms. I found all the definition in the dictionary.

analyse
To study or examine something in detail in order to discover or understand more about it.
fr: analyse
benefit
A helpful or good effect, or something intended to help.
fr: avantage
budget
A detailed plan of operations that supports decision-making and tracks financial performance.
fr: budget
capital investments
Money that is spent on buildings and equipment to increase the effectiveness of a business.
fr: investissements en capital
company
An organization that sells goods or services in order to make money.
fr: entreprise
costs
The monetary value of obtaining, producing, or maintaining something. It represents the total expenditure required to acquire a product, service, or resource and all expenses incurred.
fr: coût
expenditure
The total amount of money that a government or person spends.
fr: dépense
expense
Any cost that contributes to a company’s overall cost of doing business.
fr: dépense
financial analysis
Financial analysis works with a company’s financial to determine its health, performance, and potential.
fr: analyse financière
financial management
The framework an organization and its finance leaders used to guide resource allocation, investment decisions and operational efficiency.
fr: gestion financière
forecasting
Forecasting aims to estimate customer demand for products or services, project sales or estimate growth and expansion.
fr: prévision
market
The business or trade in a particular product, including financial products.
fr: marché
optimize
To make something as good as possible.
fr: optimiser
profit
Money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services.
fr: profit
refund
To give back money.
fr: remboursement
revenue
The gross proceeds collected by an entity and only includes the income component of a company's operations.
fr: revenu
salary
A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month.
fr: salaire
software
The instructions that control what a computer does; computer programs.
fr: logiciel
strategic planning
A process in which a company’s executives decide what they want to achieve and the best actions and use of resources for doing this.
fr: planification stratégique
tax
A compulsory financial contribution imposed by a government.
fr: taxe