Common Business Nouns

Common Business Nouns

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

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advantage

noun –1. (23) advantage, vantage – (the quality of having a superioror more favorable position; ”the experience gave him the advantageover me”)


advertisement

noun –. (2) ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising,advertizing, advert – (a public promotion of some product or service)


advice

noun –. (18) advice – (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)


agenda

noun –1. (3) agenda, docket, schedule – (a temporally organizedplan for matters to be attended to)


apology

noun –1. (2) apology – (an expression of regret at having causedtrouble for someone; ”he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess”)


authorization

noun –1. (5) mandate, authorization, authorisation – (a documentgiving an official instruction or command)


bill

noun –1. (22) bill, measure – (a statute in draft before it becomeslaw; ”they held a public hearing on the bill”)


brand

noun –1. (7) trade name, brand name, brand, marque – (a namegiven to a product or service)


budget

noun –1. (4) budget – (a sum of money allocated for a particularpurpose; ”the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year”)


commission

noun –1. (27) committee, commission – (a special group delegatedto consider some matter; ”a committee is a group that keeps minutesand loses hours” - Milton Berle)


comparison

noun –1. (16) comparison, comparing – (the act of examiningresemblances; ”they made a comparison of noise levels”; ”thefractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider bothnumerator and denominator”)


competition

noun –1. (17) competition – (a business relation in which two partiescompete to gain customers; ”business competition can be fiendish attimes”)


competitor

noun –. (7) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender –(the contestant you hope to defeat; ”he had respect for his rivals”;”he wanted to know what the competition was doing”)


confirmation

noun –1. (4) confirmation, verification, check, substantiation –(additional proof that something that was believed (some fact orhypothesis or theory) is correct; ”fossils provided further confirmationof the evolutionary theory”)


creditor

noun –. creditor – (a person to whom money is owed by a debtor;someone to whom an obligation exists)


customer

noun –. (25) customer, client – (someone who pays for goods orservices)


deadline

noun –. (2) deadline – (the point in time at which something mustbe completed)


debt

noun –1. (3) debt – (the state of owing something (especiallymoney); ”he is badly in debt”)


debtor

noun –. debtor, debitor – (a person who owes a creditor; someonewho has the obligation of paying a debt)


decision

noun –1. (25) decision, determination, conclusion – (the act ofmaking up your mind about something; ”the burden of decision washis”; ”he drew his conclusions quickly”)


decrease

noun –1. (5) decrease, lessening, drop-off – (a change downward;”there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided”;”there was a sharp drop-off in sales”)


deficit

noun –1. (1) deficit, shortage, shortfall – (the property of being anamount by which something is less than expected or required; ”newblood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to makeup the nutritional deficit”)


delivery

noun –1. (3) delivery, bringing – (the act of delivering or distributingsomething (as goods or mail); ”his reluctant delivery of bad news”)


department

noun –1. (28) department, section – (a specialized division of a largeorganization; ”you’ll find it in the hardware department”; ”she got ajob in the historical section of the Treasury”)


description

noun –1. (27) description, verbal description – (a statement thatrepresents something in words)


difference

noun –1. (73) difference – (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar;”there are many differences between jazz and rock”)


disadvantage

noun –. (3) disadvantage – (the quality of having an inferior or lessfavorable position)


distribution

noun –1. (23) distribution, statistical distribution – ((statist ics) anarrangement of values of a variable showing their observed ortheoretical frequency of occurrence)


employee

noun –. (57) employee – (a worker who is hired to perform a job)


employer

noun –. (14) employer – (a person or firm that employs workers)


enquiry

noun –1. question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation – (aninstance of questioning; ”there was a question about my training”;”we made inquiries of all those who were present”)


environment

noun –1. (21) environment – (the totality of surrounding conditions;”he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room”)


equipment

noun –. (48) equipment – (an instrumentality needed for anundertaking or to perform a service)


estimate

noun –1. (13) estimate, estimation, approximation, idea – (anapproximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; ”an estimateof what it would cost”; ”a rough idea how long it would take”)


experience

noun –1. (52) experience – (the accumulation of knowledge or skillthat results from direct participation in events or activitie s; ”a manof experience”; ”experience is the best teacher”)


explanation

noun –1. (28) explanation, account – (a statement that makessomething comprehensible by describing the relevant structure oroperation or circumstances etc.; ”the explanation was very simple”; ”Iexpected a brief account”)


facilities

noun –1. (35) facility, installation – (a building or place that providesa particular service or is used for a particular industry; ”the assemblyplant is an enormous facility”)


factory

noun –. (18) factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory – (aplant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities formanufacturing)


feedback

noun –1. (1) feedback – (the process in which part of the output of asystem is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output)


goal

noun –1. (34) goal, end – (the state of affairs that a plan is intendedto achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended toachieve it; ”the ends justify the means”)


growth

noun –1. (37) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny,ontogenesis – ((biology) the process of an individual organismgrowing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved inan organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complexlevel; ”he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”)


guarantee

noun –1. (2) guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty – (a writtenassurance that some product or service will be provided or will meetcertain specifications)


improvement

noun –1. (7) improvement, betterment, advance – (a change for thebetter; progress in development)


increase

noun –1. (49) addition, increase, gain – (a quantity that is added;”there was an addition to property taxes this year”; ”they recordedthe cattle’s gain in weight over a period of weeks”)


industry

noun –1. (56) industry – (the people or companies engaged in aparticular kind of commercial enterprise; ”each industry has its owntrade publications”)


instructions

noun –1. (1) instruction manual, instructions, book of instructio ns,operating instructions – (a manual usually accompanying a technicaldevice and explaining how to install or operate it)Overview of noun instructionThe noun instruction has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)1. (11) direction, instruction – (a message describing how somethingis to be done; ”he gave directions faster than she could follow them”)


interest

noun –1. (62) interest, involvement – (a sense of concern with andcuriosity about someone or something; ”an interest in music”)


inventory

noun –1. (5) inventory, stock list – (a detailed list of all the items instock)


invoice

noun –. bill, account, invoice – (an itemized statement of moneyowed for goods shipped or services rendered; ”he paid his bill andleft”; ”send me an account of what I owe”)


knowledge

noun –. (45) cognition, knowledge, noesis – (the psychological resultof perception and learning and reasoning)


limit

noun –1. (24) limit, bound, boundary – (the greatest possible degreeof something; ”what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptablebehavior”; ”to the limit of his ability”)


loss

noun –1. (16) loss – (something that is lost; ”the car was a totalloss”; ”loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt”)


margin

noun –1. (6) margin, border, perimeter – (the boundary line or thearea immediately inside the boundary)


market

noun –1. (12) market, marketplace, market place – (the world ofcommercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold;”without competition there would be no market”; ”they were drivenfrom the marketplace”)


message

noun –1. (20) message – (a communication (usually brief) that iswritten or spoken or signaled; ”he sent a three-word message”)


mistake

noun –1. (13) mistake, error, fault – (a wrong action attributab le tobad judgment or ignorance or inattention; ”he made a bad mistake”;”she was quick to point out my errors”; ”I could understand hisEnglish in spite of his grammatical faults”)


objective

noun –1. (38) aim, object, objective, target – (the goal intended tobe attained (and which is believed to be attainable); ”the sole objectof her trip was to see her children”)


offer

noun –1. (2) offer, offering – (the verbal act of offering; ”a generousoffer of assistance”)


opinion

noun –1. (21) opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought – (apersonal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty;”my opinion differs from yours”; ”I am not of your persuasion”;”what are your thoughts on Haiti?”)


option

noun –1. option – (the right to buy or sell property at an agreedprice; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated datethe money is forfeited)


order

noun –1. (26) order – ((often plural) a command given by a superior(e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; ”theBritish ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London”)


output

noun –1. (5) end product, output – (final product; the thingsproduced)


payment

noun –1. (32) payment – (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)


penalty

noun –1. (6) punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation – (theact of punishing)


permission

noun –1. (5) permission – (approval to do something; ”he askedpermission to leave”)


possibility

noun –1. (21) possibility – (a future prospect or potential; ”this roomhas great possibilities”)


product

noun –1. (52) merchandise, ware, product – (commodities offered forsale; ”good business depends on having good merchandise”; ”thatstore offers a variety of products”)


production

noun –1. (36) production – (the act or process of producingsomething; ”Shakespeare’s production of poetry was enormous”; ”theproduction of white blood cells”)


profit

noun –1. (6) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits,earnings – (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period oftime (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))


promotion

noun –1. (4) promotion, publicity, promotional material, packagin g –(a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea orperson or institution; ”the packaging of new ideas”)


purchase

noun –1. (8) purchase – (the acquisition of something for payment;”they closed the purchase with a handshake”)


reduction

noun –1. (16) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down – (the actof decreasing or reducing something)


refund

noun –1. (7) refund – (money returned to a payer)


reminder

noun –1. (3) reminder – (a message that helps you remembersomething; ”he ignored his wife’s reminders”)


repair

noun –1. (5) repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation –(the act of putting something in working order again)


report

noun –1. (50) report, study, written report – (a written documentdescribing the findings of some individual or group; ”this accords withthe recent study by Hill and Dale”)


responsibility

noun –1. (17) duty, responsibility, obligation – (the social force thatbinds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; ”we mustinstill a sense of duty in our children”; ”every right implies aresponsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, aduty”- John D.Rockefeller Jr)


result

noun –1. (83) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue,upshot – (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previousphenomenon; ”the magnetic effect was greater when the rod waslengthwise”; ”his decision had depressing consequences for business”;”he acted very wise after the event”)


retailer

noun –. (5) retailer, retail merchant – (a merchant who sells goodsat retail)


rise

noun –1. (8) rise – (a growth in strength or number or importanc e)


risk

noun –1. (4) hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment – (a sourceof danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; ”drinkingalcohol is a health hazard”)


salary

noun –. (10) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary – (somethingthat remunerates; ”wages were paid by check”; ”he wasted his pay ondrink”; ”they saved a quarter of all their earnings”)


sale

noun –1. (29) sale – (a particular instance of selling; ”he has justmade his first sale”; ”they had to complete the sale before the banksclosed”)


schedule

noun –1. (11) agenda, docket, schedule – (a temporally organizedplan for matters to be attended to)


share

noun –1. (29) share, portion, part, percentage – (assets belonging toor due to or contributed by an individual person or group; ”he wantedhis share in cash”)


signature

noun –1. (1) signature – (your name written in your own handwriting)


stock

noun –1. (28) stock – (the capital raised by a corporation throughthe issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity);”he owns a controlling share of the company’s stock”)


success

noun –1. (36) success – (an event that accomplishes its intendedpurpose; ”let’s call heads a success and tails a failure”; ”the electionwas a remarkable success for the Whigs”)


suggestion

noun –1. (13) suggestion – (an idea that is suggested; ”the picnicwas her suggestion”)


supply

noun –1. (21) supply – (an amount of something available for use)


support

noun –1. (15) support – (the activity of providing for or maintainingby supplying with money or necessities; ”his support kept the familytogether”; ”they gave him emotional support during difficult times”)


target

noun –1. (6) target, mark – (a reference point to shoot at; ”hisarrow hit the mark”)


transport

noun –1. (3) conveyance, transport – (something that serves as ameans of transportation)


turnover

noun –1. (2) employee turnover, turnover rate, turnover – (the ratioof the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given timeperiod to the average number of workers)


wholesaler

noun –. (1) jobber, middleman, wholesaler – (someone who buyslarge quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to theultimate customers)


Common Business Nouns

Education

business relation

customers business competition

competition noun

debt noun

comparison noun

conrmation noun

bill noun

advantage noun