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Escuela de Lenguas Modernas
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LM-0601 Inglés para Administración de Negocios I
Unit 5
Vocabulary List & Glossary
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• Anniversary (n.) /ˌæn.əˈvɝː.sɚ.i/ The day on which an
important event happened in
a previous year
• Colleagues (n.) /ˈkɑliːɡ/ Someone who works in the
same organization or
department as you
• Cost (n.) /kɑːst/ the amount of money needed
to buy, do, or make something
• Distribution (n.) /ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən/ The process of supplying goods
from one central place to
shops
• Download (v.) /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/ To move information to your
computer from another
computer system or the
Internet
• Merchandise (n.) /ˈmɜːrtʃəndaɪz/ Goods that people buy and
sell
• Partnership (n.) /ˈpɑːrt.nɚ.ʃɪp/ an agreement between
organizations, people, etc. to
work together
• Platforms (n.) /ˈplatˌfɔː(r)m/ The type of computer system
that you have and the
programs that you can use
with it
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We are planning a
dinner to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the
founding of the
company.
It’s not always easy to
get on with your
colleagues, but try to
maintain a positive
attitude in your
communication.
They included a
projection of the costs of
the project.
Distribution of our
products starts from our
warehouse in Hamburg.
You can download apps
onto your smartphone or
tablet device.
There is a market for
merchandise featuring
Angry Birds™
characters.
They've gone into
partnership with a rival
company.
This app is currently only
available for Android,
but we are planning to
make versions for other
platforms soon.
• Revenue (n.) /ˈrevənjuː/ Income from business activities The company claimed a
or taxes revenue of over
$100,000 a month.

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• Browser (n.) /ˈbraʊzər/ A computer program that Mosaic was the first
allows you to look at and graphics-based
search through information browser on the
on the Internet Internet.

• Invent (v.) /ɪnˈvent/ To design or create Sir Tim Berners-Lee

something, such as a invented the World
machine or process that Wide Web in 1989.
did not exist before

• Launch (v.) /lɔːntʃ/ To start selling a new The company

product or service to the announced that it will
public launch a new
software package
next year.

• Reach (v.) /riːtʃ/ to get to a particular level, The company

especially a high one reached 1,000,000
followers.

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• Expand (v.) /ɪkˈspænd/ If a business, organization or If things go well, we’re
activity expands, it grows hoping to expand
by including more people, and take on more
moving into new areas, staff.
selling more products, etc.

• Manufacture /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃər/ To make goods in large The furniture is

(v.) quantities in a factory manufactured in
China and then sent
all over the world.

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• Achieve (v.) /əˈtʃiːv/ Successfully bring about or He achieved many
reach. things in his life.

• Announce (v.) /əˈnaʊns/ To make a public and typically The company

formal declaration about a announced that they
fact, occurrence, or intention would fire the CEO.

• Become (v.) /bɪˈkʌm/ To start to be The new product

became a success!

• Claim (v.) /kleɪm/ To say that something is true or They claim to be the
is a fact, although you cannot biggest company in the
prove it world

• Develop (v.) /dɪˈveləp/ To make a company, business If we follow this business

or industry bigger or more plan, there’s chance
successful the company will
develop into a larger
organization within five
years.

• Estimate (v.) /ˈes.tə.meɪt/ To guess or calculate the cost, We estimate the

size, value, etc. of something potential market for the
new phones to be
around one million
people

• Present (v.) /prɪˈzent/ To give, provide, or make She presented her idea
something know to the board.

• Release (v.) /rɪˈliːs/ To make a film, video, game or In October 2010, Rovio
CD available for people to see released the first version
or buy of Angry Birds™ for
Android.

Definitions and transcriptions adapted from Clarke, S. (2014).

In company 3.0: Pre-intermediate. Macmillan Education and
https://dictionary.cambridge.org

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