Vocabulary Basics for Business [Electronic resources]

Barbara G. Cox

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Working with Words

FIND THE MISFIT

In each group, underline the word that does not belong with the others. Then state why it doesn't belong.

1:

discharge, terminate, compensate, end

2:

payable, cell, bill, invoice

3:

marketing, accounting, invoice, personnel

4:

competence, incentive, versatility, initiative

5:

spider, database, search engine, portal

6:

assets, loan, interest, promissory note

7:

bargain, negotiate, compensation, discuss

8:

remuneration, compensation, reimbursement, termination

9:

spreadsheet, rows, invoices, cells

10:

location, brand, differentiation, positioning

FILL IN THE BLANKS

From the following list, select the word that best completes each sentence and write the word in the blank space provided. Use each word only once. Use all of the words.

barter differentiation

differentiation

compensation

discriminate

human resources

severance

market segment

terminate

promissory note

URL

seniority

waybill

1:

The firm was forced to _______________ ten of its employees when it closed the branch outside the city.

2:

The staff members who lost their jobs when the branch office closed were given _______________ pay by the firm.

3:

Employees who have worked for a company the longest have _______________.

4:

Please complete the _______________ with the information on that shipment.

5:

They decided to _______________Gary built the Web site for his dentist in return for the new crown.

6:

The _______________ department will be able to answer your questions about the company's vacation policy.

7:

If you'll send me the _______________ for that Web site, I'll check it out.

8:

George signed a _______________ when he borrowed the money for his new acoustical guitar.

9:

An Equal Opportunity Employer does not _______________ in hiring for reasons of race, creed, color, or gender.

10:

What is the amount of _______________ that her new job pays?

11:

Which _______________ are you trying to reach with that advertising?

12:

The product's _______________ is its low price.

WORD SELECTION

Circle the word or phrase in parentheses that best completes the sentence.

1:

The firm gave Jose an increase in (compensation / competence).

2:

Beverly is able to do many types of tasks; that is, she is a (versatile / verbal) individual.

3:

Larry received (compensation / severance) pay when the company terminated him.

4:

The bike shop buys its bikes (wholesale / retail) and sells them (wholesale; retail).

5:

The firm owed the print shop $2,700 but decided to (defer / reimburse) payment for sixty days.

6:

The company (segmented / differentiated) its products as being faster and cleaner.

7:

Please (remit / revoke) payment within ten days.

8:

Please (reimburse / reinstate) me for the expenses of my last business trip as soon as possible.

9:

Use a (spider / search engine) to find information on those vitamins.

10:

The database file on that product contains 430 (modems / records).

11:

The team will meet at 10:00 Friday for a (brainstorming / consensus) session about the next sales promotion.

12:

The local (cartage / commodity) company will deliver the equipment.

WORD GROUP ASSIGNMENTS

Make three groups of words from the following list. Each group should consist of three words that are most like each other. Use each word only once. Use all of the words.

compensation

competent

incentive

motivation

pay

skilled

proficient

remuneration

offer

1:

__________________________________________________________________________

2:

__________________________________________________________________________

3:

__________________________________________________________________________

USING YOUR WORDS (REVIEW)

For each of the following words or phrases, write either a sentence using the word or phrase correctly or a brief explanation of its use.

1:

compensation

2:

negotiate

3:

Equal Opportunity Employer

4:

versatile

5:

proficient

6:

terminate

7:

seniority

8:

sales promotion

9:

incentive

10:

wholesale

11:

retail

12:

barter

13:

consultative selling

14:

market segment

15:

brand

16:

differentiation

17:

competitor

18:

payable

19:

invoice

20:

remit

21:

allocate

22:

reimburse

23:

assets

24:

liabilities

25:

balance sheet

26:

principal

27:

promissory note

28:

return on investment

29:

portfolio

30:

word processing

31:

font

32:

merge

33:

spreadsheet

34:

cell

35:

database

36:

modem

37:

e-mail

38:

domain name

39:

search engine

40:

spider

41:

CGI form

42:

leadership

43:

autocratic leader

44:

brainstorm

45:

consignee

46:

waybill

47:

commodity