Newsmart vocabulary - business english

a document shared with other employees [współdzielony document]

collaborative document

change something, so that it is more effective or appropriate [dostosować]

adjust

conversation which aim is to make everyone prepared and understood the topic before the meeting (to make a good background knowledge before the meeting) [komunikacja w tle, rozmowy wstępne]

background communication

to succeed in doing something good, usually by working hard [osiągać]

to achieve

the people who take part in activity [uczestnicy]

participants

with the purpose of achieving something [w celu]

in order to do sth

to find a solution to a problem, dispute or controversial matter [rozwiązać wszystkie kwestie]

resolve all the issues

preventing something from being successful or satisfactory [zespuć]

to spoil

to give a rank for the issues, make ones more important and urgent than others [nadać priorytet]

to prioritize

deciding what time to do something [zaplanować]

to schedule sth

deciding how much to spend on something [przeliminować]

to budget sth

to stop yourself from doing something that you want to do [powstrzymać się]

to resist

a feeling that you want to do or have something, although you know you should not [pokusa]

temptation

to succeed in achieving a deal/decision/agreement [dojść do porozumienia/decyzji/umowy]

to reach a deal/decision/agreement

a successful country or organization that has a lot of power, energy, or influence

powerhouse

when people or company are discussing something [trwają rozmowy...]

to be in talks with

a part of a business that you own, or an amount of money that you have invested in a business [większościowy/mniejszościowy udział]

majority/minority stake

something you have planned is going to happen very soon [być nastawionym na zrobienie czegoś]

to be set to do sth

the idea/belief/custom becomes established among a group of people [zakorzenić się]

to take root

something is operating fully and is no longer in its early stages [byc na pełnej petardzie]

to be in full swing

to use resource/market/situation or get something from it [wykorzystać zasób/rynek/sytuację]

to tap a resource / market / situation

to make or change sth according to a customer's or user's particular needs [dostosować]

to customize sth

to call and attract someone’s attention (to call a taxi) [wezwać kogoś]

to hail someone (a taxi)

It is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place [odpowiednik]

counterpart

money that a company, organization, or government receives from people [przychód]

revenue

revenue minus the costs and expenses that a company pays to do business [dochód]

profit

special, specific [szczególny, określony]

particular

to have, especially to have something good / OR / to talk about something very proudly, in a way that other people may think is irritating [pochwalić się]

to boast

an advantage or extra thing, such as money or goods, which come with or you are given for doing your job [dodatek, gratisy]

perk

the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it (investigation, question) [zapytanie, dochodzenie]

inquiry

to have enough money to buy something or enough time to do something or just to do something without causing problems [móc sobie pozwolić na coś]

to can afford to do sth

a group of people who are similar in age, social class, etc., especially considered as a group of consumers [grupa demograficzna]

demographic group

something that makes you stop giving your attention to something else [rozpraszanie, roztargnienie]

distraction

to increase something’s strength [podsycać coś]

to stoke something

a quick look at someone or something [spojrzenie]

glance

the number of people who "turned out" (= went to vote) [wynik / okazać się]

turnout

a written agreement between countries [traktat]

treaty / tract / tractate

to be full of difficulties [być obarczonym]

to be fraught with

To follow their example [podążać, naśladować]

to follow suit

to be the boss, to be in charge [prowadzić coś, kierować czymś]

to run sth

legally responsible [prawnie odpowiedzialny]

liable

a legal obligation or responsibility to do something [prawna odpowiedzialność]

liability

to have to pay money back to someone / OR / to have to give something to someone because they deserve it [być winnym komuś coś]

to owe

the act of breaking up officially an organization or institution, or of formally ending a parliament / OR / the act of officially ending a formal agreement, for example, a marriage or a business arrangement [zerwanie, rozpad]

dissolution

forming of a corporation [włączyć, inkorporować]

incorporate

the process of forming a corporation [włączenie, inkorporacja]

incorporation

a kind of business that is owned and operated by only one person [jednoosobowy biznes]

sole proprietorship

the owner of the business, when it is owned by only one person

sole proprietor

an association of two or more people, who agree to work together and share liability (= formal legal responsibility) for their actions. [spółka, współudział]

partnership

when something usually or often happens [zwykle odbywa się, wydarza się]

tends to happen

one of the local offices that form part of a large business organization [oddział, gałąź]

branch

a company controlled and owned by their parent company [podległy, poboczny]

subsidiary

a group of people who officially control a company or organization, or a particular type of business activity [zarząd]

board

someone who owns shares in a company, someone who invest a sum of money in a successful, growing company [udziałowiec, akcjonariusz]

shareholder

the systems and processes for controlling and managing companies. It’s about the balance between the rights and responsibilities of the various executives, boards, committees, directors, and owners of the company. [ład korporacyjny]

corporate governance

to monitor and control something, to make sure it's working properly [nadzorować, doglądać]

to oversee

you don't notice something, perhaps because you're looking somewhere else [przeoczyć]

to overlook

the noun from “oversee” and “overlook”. [nadzór/przeoczenie]

oversight

events that happen once every year / OR / quantities or rates relate to a period of one year / OR / a book or magazine that is published once a year / OR / a plant that grows and dies within one year [roczny/coroczny]

annual

events that happen four times a year, at intervals of three months / OR / a magazine that is published four times a year, at intervals of three months [kwartalny, kwartalnik]

quarterly

to describe something that is above something else (for example in company hierarchy: management) or to describe higher part of something [górny, wierzchni]

upper

someone who is employed by a business at a senior level / OR / committee or board of an organization that has the authority to make decisions and ensures that these decisions are carried out [kierownik, egzekutywa, organ wykonawczy]

executive

CEO [dyrektor generalny]

Chief Executive Officer

MD (UK version of CEO) [dyrektor zarządzający]

Managing Director

to have control of or be responsible for someone or something [rządzić czymś, zarządzać czymś]

to be in charge of

to collect something together or to fit the different parts of it together

to assemble

colloquial name for employees who work in industry, doing physical work

blue collar workers

colloquial name for employees who usually work in offices

white collar workers

a place where metal or glass is melted and made into objects/goods [odlewnia]

foundry

a place where raw materials are made into products (a cotton/woollen ___ / a paper/steel ___) [młyn, wytwórnia, zakład]

mill

a place where an industrial process takes place [wytwórnia]

plant

a place where goods are manufactured [fabryka, przemysł]

factory

a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by traveling around and visiting other companies (it is kind of a short name) [reprezentant]

rep

necessary, essential or very important [istotny, niezbędny]

vital

a young bird that is learning to fly. By extension, a company or industry which is a new one with not much experience in a business activity [raczkujący biznes]

fledgling business

an organization which does not have many different levels of employees between the top and the bottom [płaska struktura organizacyjna]

flat organization

to follow something by looking for the signs that it has left behind, for example, the marks left by its feet or follow its movements by using a special device, such as a satellite or radar [śledzić, monitorować]

to track sth

to control the direction of a vehicle / OR / to influence the way a situation develops [sterować, kontrolować]

to steer

the main raw material used in the manufacture of a product [surowiec]

feedstock

a person who is paid by a company to work on a particular project for a particular amount of money, but he isn’t employed by that company [kontrahent]

contractor

to describe or mark the edge of something [nakreślić, zarysować]

to delineate

to cause someone a disadvantage / OR / to punish someone for breaking a law or a rule [dyskryminować / karać]

to penalize

when something is wrong and is not based on facts or evidence [bezzasadny, bezpodstawny]

unfounded

to make a serious and urgent request to someone, to formally ask someone to change his decision [apelować, apel]

to appeal

a narrow piece of ground by the side of a road, which is usually covered with grass or flowers [skraj, pobocze]

verge

to be going to do something very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon [być na ukończeniu czegoś]

to be on the verge of something

to talk about the good points of something, to talk in superlatives [wychwalać]

to extol

to give someone the piece of work to do / OR / to say that something is for someone’s use [przydzielać]

to assign sth

someone who supports an idea, the opposite of an opponent [zwolennik, orędownik]

proponent

to be greater or more important than something else, to be of greater importance, benefit, or significance than the second thing / OR / to be heavier than something [przeważać nad, przewyższać]

to outweigh sth

to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch them / OR / to try to discover information about something, investigation, inquiry [ścigać coś / zajmować się sprawą]

to pursue sth

to give someone permission to do something / a permission [pozwalać, zezwalać, pozwolenie, zezwolenie]

to consent / consent

“geographical location" (= the place where you are).

geolocation

a possible danger or problem associated with something [pułapka]

pitfall

(phrasal) to introduce a product into the market [wypuścić]

to roll out

to be carried forward to a future date /OR / to change your position from lying on your front, to lying on your back in bed [przesunąć na później / przewrócić, obrócić]

to roll over

correctly, exactly, precisely [dokładnie, trafnie, celnie, akuratnie]

accurately

to change direction very suddenly, usually to avoid an accident. For example, if a dog runs into the road in front of your car, you will have to do it to avoid hitting it [zboczyć, odchylić]

to swerve