Upper Intermediate Deck 1
Total: 20 cards
franchise
noun
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an agreement in which an entrepreneur buys a license to use another business' products, brand, proprietary knowledge, and trade secrets
franchisee
noun
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an individual or a company that has the right to sell or rent another firm's products and to use its name
layoff
noun
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the act of suspending or dismissing an employee, as for lack of work or because of corporate reorganization
macroeconomics
noun
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a branch of economics that studies how an overall economy — the market systems that operate on a large scale — behaves
microeconomics
noun
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the social science that studies the implications of incentives and decisions, specifically about how those affect the utilization and distribution of resources
offshore
adjective
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located outside of one's national boundaries
multinational
adjective
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of, or relating to, or being a company with subsidiaries or other operations in a number of countries
framework
noun
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a structural plan or basis of a project
interface
noun
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a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer
non-profit
adjective
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not conducted or maintained for the purpose of making a profit
copyright
verb
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to secure a copyright on
startup
noun
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(also 'start-up') a company in the first stage of its operations
monopoly
noun
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exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action
payroll
noun
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a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each
fiscal
adjective
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relating to finance or financial matters, such as money, taxes, or public or private revenues
accountability
noun
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an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions
turnover
noun
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the amount received in sales for a stated period
consumption
noun
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the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction
commission
noun
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an amount of money, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction
wholesale
adjective
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of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods in large quantities for resale