Business & Management vocabulary — B1
54 words of level B1 (Intermediate) from the “Business & Management” collection. Each one has a short definition in simple English; tap a word to open its dictionary page.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| colleague | someone in the same profession or company as you |
| coworker | another person at the same office or place as you |
| employee | a person who works for a company and gets paid |
| employer | a person or company that pays people to work |
| staff | all the people who work in a place |
| department | a part of a big company or government |
| division | splitting into parts or a part of a company |
| freelancer | person who works for different companies freely |
| intern | student learning a job by working at it |
| director | a person who leads a company or makes a film |
| process | a set of steps to do something |
| workflow | series of steps needed to complete a task or project |
| deadline | last day or time you can do something |
| milestone | important event in the progress of something |
| schedule | plan of times for things to happen |
| cycle | a series of events that happen again and again in the same order |
| phase | one part or step in a process |
| launch | the event when something new is introduced to the public |
| conference | a big meeting where people talk about a topic |
| presentation | talk given to a group of people |
| feedback | what people say about your work |
| brainstorm | a meeting where people share many ideas quickly |
| discussion | a talk about a topic with other people |
| negotiation | talk between people trying to agree |
| workshop | a class where people learn by doing activities |
| follow-up | action done after the first step to check results |
| responsibility | something you must do or take care of |
| duty | something you must do as part of your job |
| role | the part someone plays in a job or story |
| priority | thing that is most important to do first |
| urgent | needing to be done right now |
| accountability | being the one who must answer for what happens |
| outcome | what happens as a result of something |
| objective | what you are trying to reach or do |
| target | thing you try to hit or reach |
| overtime | extra hours of work beyond the normal time |
| efficiency | doing things well without wasting time |
| quality | how good or bad something is |
| indicator | thing that shows or points to something |
| benchmark | standard used to compare things |
| standard | normal level of quality |
| assessment | a test or check of how good something is |
| trend | the general direction something is changing over time |
| growth | getting bigger or more over time |
| improvement | change that makes something better |
| manage | to be in charge of running a business |
| allocate | to give out a share of something |
| assign | to give someone a task to do |
| evaluate | to think carefully about how good something is |
| monitor | to watch something carefully over a period of time |
| approve | to say yes, to agree something is OK |
| reject | to say no to something offered |
| resolve | to find an answer to a problem |
| collaborate | to work together with someone |
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