Listening and Speaking – Class B102 & A302 13 Dec 21

Business English Vocabularies

Term Meaning
1. Gobble up To use or waste a lot of money
2. Rolling in Having a large amount of money
3. Clean out Use up
4. Square up Settle or pay an amount of money
5. Bail out To provide resources to a failing company
6. Global worldwide
7. Core Central
8. Travel on Go from one place to another
9. Sectors Businesses divided by corporate
10. Inflation The value of a currency is falling
11. Imports Good or service bought in one country from another

12. Exports Goods/services produces in one country, sold to another

13. Debt Money borrowed by one party from another

14. Interest rate The amount a lender charges a borrower
15. Trade Buying and selling of goods and services
I. Match the words with the correct definition

___ 1. Trade a. money that someone has borrowed

___ 2. To borrow b. Sales to other countries
___ 3. Interest rate c. Buying and selling products /
Services
___ 4. To lend d. Give money to a person or
organizations on condition that you
pay back later
___ 5. Loan e. The cost of borrowing money
___ 6. Debt f. Money that you owe
___ 7. Exports g. Purchases from other countries
___ 8. Imports h. The annual rise in prices
___ 9. Inflation i. Take money from a person or
organization that you will pay back later
___ 10. Business j. occupation or trade and the purchase
and sale of products or services
II. Complete the sentences using the following words in the box
Global core card travel on sectors

Gobble up rolling in clean out square up bail out

1. The bill of my telephone _______ a large of my salary.

2. The government ________ many large banks during the
recession.
3. After she won the lottery, she was _________ money.
4. Their business failed and ______ them _______.
5. Can you pay my bill? I’ll ______ it _____ with you later.
6. We sell all over the world. We’re a ______ business.
7. Our union has members in a number of business _________
including clothes, food and furniture.
8. I ordered my business ______ from a well-known company that
delivers promptly.
9. Our ______ business is designing web pages.
10. In my company I have to ______ business a lot.
III. Name five other words that contain the word ‘business’ and write a
phrase/ sentence.

Example: ‘probusiness’
The group supports the probusiness environment.