Business Dictionary





Business Dictionary


This Business Dictionary gives the user the basic business vocabulary used in both British and American English. The dictionary contains 4,500 words and phrases which cover all aspects of business life from the office to the Stock Exchange and the international trade fair. Each word is clearly defined in very simple English. Only 470 words are used in the definitions which do not appear in the dictionary as main words. Many examples are given to show how the words are used in normal contexts and the examples themselves are translated into simple English. Some entries have simple grammar notes to remind the user of irregular word forms, constructions used with particular words, differences between American and British usage and other useful points. Because English is a world language of business, we have included short quotations to show how it is used in various countries round the world.

We would like to thank the many people who have helped in the editing of this dictionary.

The special features of this Dictionary are :

  • Basic business vocabulary of 4,500 words, with a further 3,500 derived words and compounds


  • Explanations in simple English


  • Examples of words used in context


  • Short grammatical notes on usage and constructions


  • Real quotations from current magazines and newspapers from round the world




  • Wage

  • Basic Wage

  • Hourly Wage

  • Wage per Hour

  • Minimum Wage

  • Wage Adjustments

  • Wage Claim

  • Wages Clerk

  • Wage Differentials

  • Wage Freeze

  • Freeze on Wage

  • Wage Levels

  • Wage Negotiations

  • Wage Packet

  • Wages Policy

  • Wage-Price Spiral

  • Wage Scale

  • Wage-Earner

  • Wage-Earning

  • Wagon

  • Waive

  • Waiver

  • Waiver Clause

  • Walk

  • Walk Off

  • Walk Out : Noun

  • Walk Out : Verb

  • Wall Street

  • Want

  • Want Ads

  • War

  • Warehouse : Noun

  • Warehouse : Verb

  • Bonded Warehouse

  • Warehouse Capacity

  • Price Ex-Warehouse

  • Warehousing

  • Warehouseman

  • Warn

  • Warning

  • Warrant

  • Dividend Warrant

  • Share Warrant

  • Warrantee

  • Warrantor

  • Warranty

  • Breach of Warranty

  • Wastage

  • Natural Wastage

  • Waste : Adjective

  • Waste : Noun

  • Waste : Verb

  • Waste Paper Basket

  • Wasteful

  • Waterproof

  • Waybill

  • Weak

  • Weak Market

  • Weaken

  • Weakness

  • Wealth

  • Wealth Tax

  • Wealthy

  • Wear and Tear

  • Week

  • Weekday

  • Weekly

  • Weigh

  • Weighbridge

  • Weighing Machine

  • Weight

  • False Weight

  • Gross Weight

  • Net Weight

  • To give short Weight

  • Inspector of weights and measures

  • Weighted

  • Weighted Index

  • Weighting

  • Welfare

  • Welfare State

  • Well-Known

  • Well-Paid

  • Wharf

  • Wharfage

  • Wharfinger

  • Wheeler-Dealer

  • Where Of

  • White

  • White Sale

  • White-Collar Union

  • White-Collar Worker

  • White Goods

  • White Knight

  • White Paper

  • Whole-Life Insurance

  • Wholesale

  • Wholesale Dealer

  • Wholesale Price Index

  • Wholesaler

  • Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

  • Wildcat Strike

  • Will

  • Win

  • Windfall

  • Windfall Tax

  • Wind Up

  • Winding Up

  • A compulsory winding up order

  • Window

  • Shop Window

  • Window Display

  • Window Envelope

  • Window Shopping

  • Window Dressing

  • Wire : Noun

  • Wire : Verb

  • Withdraw

  • Withdrawal

  • Withholding Tax

  • Within

  • Witness : Noun

  • Witness : Verb

  • Wording

  • Word-Processing

  • Word-Processing Bureau

  • Word-Processor

  • Work : Noun

  • Work : Verb

  • Casual Work

  • Clerical Work

  • Manual Work

  • Work In Progress

  • Work Permit

  • To work to rule

  • Worker

  • Blue-Collar Worker

  • Casual Worker

  • Clerical Worker

  • Factory Worker

  • Manual Worker

  • White-Collar Worker

  • Worker Director

  • Worker representation on the board

  • Working

  • Working Partner

  • Working Party

  • Working Capital

  • Working Conditions

  • The Normal Working Week

  • Workforce

  • Workload

  • Workman

  • Work Out

  • Workplace

  • Works

  • Works Council

  • Price Ex-Works

  • The Works Manager

  • Work-Sharing

  • Workshop

  • Workspace

  • Workstation

  • Work-To-Rule

  • World

  • World Bank

  • Worldwide

  • Worth : Adjective

  • Worth : Noun

  • Worthless

  • Wrap Up

  • Wrapper

  • Wrapping

  • Gift Wrapping

  • Wreck : Noun

  • Wreck : Verb

  • Writ

  • Write

  • Write Down : Noun

  • Write Down : Verb

  • Write Off : Noun

  • Write Off : Verb

  • Write Out

  • Writing

  • Wrong

  • Wrongful

  • Wrongly





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