Vocabulary

a checking/chequing account - a bank account where you have a cheque book. firm businesss concern corporation || société || List 2
 * Vocabulary for business**
 * barter || troc ||
 * swapping || troc ||
 * coutertrade || commerce avec contrepartie ||
 * tax haven || paradis fiscal ||
 * incentives || stimulations ("carottes") ||
 * trade talks || négotiations commerciales ||
 * trade negotiations || négotiations commerciales ||
 * turnover || chiffre d'affaire ||
 * recovery || reprise économique ||
 * overheads || frais généraux ||
 * backlash || recul ||
 * downturn || recul ||
 * to switch to || se reconvertir ||
 * to raise cash || collecter des fonds ||
 * venture capital || capital à risques ||
 * gloom || marasmes ||
 * gloomy outlook || contexte pessimiste ||
 * slack economy || économie en perte de vitesse ||
 * bubbly times || temps difficiles ||
 * to hold an edge on || avoir un avantage sur ||
 * a leading company || une société importante ||
 * company
 * subsidiary || succursale ||
 * affiliate || succursale ||
 * branch || filiale ||
 * parent firm || maison mère ||
 * head office || siège social ||
 * outlets || points de vente ||
 * warehouse || entrpôt ||
 * to store || entreposer ||
 * assembly line || chaine de montage ||
 * workshop || atelier ||
 * production unit || atelier ||
 * manufacturing unit || atelier ||
 * departments || services ||
 * staff department || service du personnel ||
 * R & D department || service R&D ||
 * accounting department || service comptabilitté ||
 * to relocate || délocaliser ||
 * relocation || délocalisation ||
 * to be in the red || être à découvert ||
 * to go bankrupt || faire faillite ||
 * to file for bankruptcy || désposer le bilan ||
 * to expand || se développer ||
 * to set up abroad || s'implanter à l'étranger ||
 * to develop || développer ||
 * its business facilities || ses infrastructures ||
 * to merge || fusionner ||
 * a merger || une fusion ||
 * to take over || racheter/reprendre une société ||
 * to buy out || racheter/reprendre une société ||
 * a take-over || une reprise/un rachat ||
 * a takeover bid || une OPA ||
 * working capital || fonds de roulement ||
 * corporate tax || impôts des sociétés ||
 * corporate strategy || stragégie d'entreprise ||
 * corporate profits || bénéfices des sociétés ||
 * corporate accounting || compabilité d'entrepris ||
 * cadre || executive/manager ||
 * siege social || head office ||
 * licencier || to sack/to lay off/ to fire/to let someone go ||
 * démissionner || to resign/to hand in ones notice ||
 * ordinateur portable || laptop ||
 * retraite || retirement ||
 * prendre sa retrait || to retire ||
 * fournisseur || supplier ||
 * faire un marché || to make a deal ||
 * PDG || CEO ||
 * société || company/firm ||
 * produit || product ||
 * prime || bonus ||
 * démissionner || to resign/ to hand in ones notice ||
 * actionnaire || a shareholder ||
 * une service || a department (in a store) ||
 * comité d'entreprise || works committee ||
 * délégue du personnel || union rep ||
 * syndicat || union ||
 * congé || leave/time off ||
 * maison mère || parent company ||
 * mise à jour || update ||
 * ordre du jour || agenda ||
 * réunion || meeting ||
 * stagiaire || trainee ||
 * ASAP || as soon as possible ||
 * l'acceuil || reception ||
 * augmentation de salaire || a pay rise ||
 * RSVP || please give your answer ||
 * carte de visite || business card ||
 * annuler || cancel ||
 * benefices || profits ||

List 3 wage (weekly) || internship placement || company's paper || intership placement ||
 * salaire || salary (monthly)
 * stage || work experience
 * découvert || overdraft ||
 * ticket restaurant || lunch voucher ||
 * franchise || franchise ||
 * concurrence || competition ||
 * comptable || accountant ||
 * vente en detail || retail ||
 * vente en gros || wholesale ||
 * concurrent || competitor ||
 * ouvrier || worker ||
 * déjeuner d'affaires || business lunch ||
 * annuaire || (telephone) directory ||
 * atelier || workshop ||
 * la bourse || stock market ||
 * poser sa candidature || to apply for ||
 * congé sans solde || unpaid leave ||
 * courrier || mail/post ||
 * date limite/délai || deadline ||
 * papier à en tête || headed note paper
 * facture || invoice ||
 * formation professionnelle || vocational training ||
 * agenda || diary ||
 * papeterie || stationery ||
 * pause || break ||
 * petites annonces || classified ads ||
 * pièce jointe || attached ||
 * donner son préavis || to give in ones notice/to resign ||
 * un stage || work experience
 * chef d'entreprise || entrepreneur/corporate manager ||
 * comité d'entreprise || works committee ||
 * congé maladie || sick leave ||

List 4 a claim (unions) || please turn over || frequently asked questions ||
 * embaucher || to employ/to hire/to take someone on ||
 * personnel || staff ||
 * stagiaire || trainee ||
 * filiale || subsiduary ||
 * travailler à temps plein || full-time work ||
 * avantages en natures || fringe benefits/perks ||
 * formation || training ||
 * une chaîne || a chain store ||
 * client || customer/client ||
 * lettre de relance || follow-up letter ||
 * gérant || manager ||
 * heures de travail || working hours ||
 * intérime || a temp ||
 * lettre de relance || follow-up letter ||
 * être sur la liste rouge || to be ex directory ||
 * machine à affranchir || franking machine ||
 * les soldes || the sales ||
 * réclamation || a complaint
 * rendez-vous || meeting/appointment ||
 * répondeur || an answerphone ||
 * diriger une société || to run a business ||
 * TSVP || PTO
 * rentable || profitable ||
 * reporter || to postpone/to put off ||
 * créer une entreprise || to set up a business ||
 * un marché || a deal ||
 * || FAQ
 * trier sur le volet || hand-picked ||
 * ambitieux || a high-flyer ||
 * impôts sur le revenu || income tax ||
 * || to forward ||
 * marchandise || the goods ||