BT QUIZ #2

Cards (27)

  • benchmark
    • something that can be used as a comparison to judge or measure other things
  • benefits package
    • the total amount of pay and all the other advantages that an employee may receive such as bonuses, health insurance, a company car etc
  • bid
    • an offer to buy something, for example a company in a takeover, or the price offered
  • bid
    • past tense and past participle bid present participle
  • billboard
    • a large sign used for advertising. ____ are usually called hoardings in British English
  • blueprint
    • a plan for achieving or improving something
  • board also board of directors
    • the group of people who have been elected by shareholders to manage a company
  • bonus
    • an extra amount of money added to an employee’s wages, usually as a reward for doing difficult work or for doing their work well
  • boom
    • a time when business activity increases rapidly, so that the demand for goods increases, prices and wages go up, and unemployment falls
  • boom
    • if business, trade, or the economy is ____, it is very successful and growing
  • brand
    • a name given to a product or group of products by a company for easy recognition
  • brand
    • to give a name to a product or group of products
  • branded
    • goods or products have brand names
  • branding
    • the activity of giving brand names to products, developing people’s awareness of them etc
  • brand leader
    • the brand with the most sales in a particular market
  • brand loyalty
    • the degree to which people buy a particular brand and refuse to change to other brands
  • brand manager
    • someone in a company responsible for developing a brand
  • brand stretching
    • when a company starts to use an existing brand name on a different type of product, hoping that people will buy it because they recognize the name
  • bribe
    • money that is paid secretly and dishonestly to obtain someone’s help
  • bribe
    • to dishonestly give money to someone to persuade them to do something that will help you
  • bribery
    • dishonestly giving money to someone to persuade them to do something to help you
  • broker
    • a person or organization whose job is to buy and sell shares, currencies, property, insurance etc for others
  • bidding
    • to offer to pay a particular price for something, for example a company in a takeover
  • bid
    • an offer to do work or provide services for a fixed price, in competition with other offers
  • boom
    • a time when activity on the stockmarket reaches a high level and share prices are very high
  • bidding
    • to offer to do work or provide services for a fixed price, in competition with others
  • benchmark
    • good performance in a particular activity in one company that can be used as a standard to judge the same activity in other companies