BT QUIZ #3

• bureaucracy

  • a system of governing that has a large number of departments and officials
• bureaucracy

  • disapproving all the complicated rules and processes of an official system, especially when they are confusing or responsible for causing a delay\
• buyout

  • the act of buying a business
• buyout the act of buying all the shares in a company of a particular shareholder
• cashflow

  • the amounts of money coming into and going out of a company, and the timing of these
• cashflow

  • profit for a particular period, defined in different ways by different businesses
• cash generation

  • money that a company gets from sales after costs are taken away. It is often used in talking about the degree to which the company is able to do this
• chair

  • the position of being the chairman of a company or organization or the person who is chairman
• chair

  • the position of being in charge of a meeting or the person who is in charge of it
• Chief Executive Officer

  • the manager with the most authority in the day to day management of a company, especially in the US. The job of ---- is sometimes combined with others, such as that of president
• clock in/on

  • to record on a special card or computer the time you arrive at or begin work
• clock off/out

  • to record on a special card or computer the time you stop or leave work.
• collapse

  • if a company, organization, or system ---, it suddenly fails or becomes too weak to continue.
• commission

  • an amount of money paid to someone according to the value of goods, services, investments etc they have sold
• compensation

  • an amount paid to someone because they have been hurt or harmed in some way
• compensation

  • the total of pay and benefits for an employee, especially a high-level manager
• competitive advantage

  • something that helps you to be better or more successful than others
• concept

  • an idea for a product, business etc
• conman

  • someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them
• consortium

  • a combination of several companies working together for a particular purpose, for example in order to buy something or build something
• consumer behaviour

  • how, why, where, and when consumers buy things, and the study of this
• controlling interest

  • the situation where one shareholder owns enough shares to control a company
• controlling shareholder

  • someone who owns more than half the shares in a company
• copycat product

  • a product that copies a competitor’s idea for a product
• core

  • the business, activity etc that makes most money for a company and that is considered to be its most important and central one
• corrupt

  • using power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get money or an advantage of some kind
• corrupt

  • to encourage someone to behave in an immoral or dishonest way
• corruption

  • the crime of giving or receiving money, gifts, a better job etc in exchange for doing something dishonest or illegal that helps another person or company
• corruption

  • when someone who has power or authority uses it in a dishonest or illegal way to get money or an advantage