general business
- business, industry
(2) Manufacture
(1) R & D
(3) Sales & Promotion
(4) Marketing
(5) Customer Service
- Personnel: H & R: Recruitment
- Contract
- Negotiation
- business: enterprise, company, firm
- headquarter / branch (*affiliate)
- Retirement
- franchise: franchisee v.s franchiser
- competitor
- cost: price, fee, charge
- trade fair: exhibition, display
- Meeting
- Pre-: notice (venue), agenda, catering (refreshment)
- While: brainstorm (come up with ideas), present, conclude, designate sb sth.
- Post-: meeting minutes, tracking
- hold (v.)=take place
- meeting=conference, convention
- a board meeting, a boardroom
- a chairman, participants
- disagreement: dispute, conflict
- compromise (v.): accommodation, settlement
- compensate (v.): reimburse
- contractor, the third-party
- draft (v.) --> amend, correct --> legitimate (v.), obligate (v.) --> obey, follow --> break, breach, violate --> terminate (v.), end, stop
- entitle (v.): give the right to... v.s eligible for...
- contract: pact=agreement; clause = term, provision
- advertise (v.): campaign
- attract (v.): appeal to
- expand (v.)
- strategy: market trend
- patent (n.): file a patent on sth.
- purchase / consumer
- sell / seller, vendor
- merchandise: goods
- price: compare, bargain, deal
- delivery: free delivery, cash on delivery (*shipment)
- warranty: guarantee (v.): omplimentary
- maintenance: repair, fix
- wholesale v.s distributor v.s retailer
- subject to... = depend on...
- QA/ QC: inspector
- factory visit: plant
- pilot run: assembly line
- production
- launch (v.)
- refund policy: compensation, reimbursement
- authorization: get, obtain
- proposal: feature, characteristic
- persuade (v.): convince
- goal / aim/ target
- on trial
- demonstration, presentation