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fall
2
n [C]
1) a reduction in the amount, level, price etc of
something
2) when a person or organization loses their position
of power or becomes unsuccessful
fiddle n [C] BrE informal 1 a dishonest way of get-
ting money or not paying money
2 be on the fiddle to be getting money dishonestly
or illegally
flaw n [C]
1) a mistake or weakness in a machine, system etc
that prevents it from working correctly
2) a mistake in an argument, plan, or set of ideas
flexible adj
1) a person, plan etc that is flexible can change or be
changed easily to suit any new situation
2) if arrangements for work are flexible, employers
can ask workers to do different jobs, work part-time rather
than full-time, give them contracts for short periods etc.
Flexible working also includes job-sharing and working
from home – flexibility n [U]
flexitime BrE also flextime AmE n [U] a system in
which people who work in a company do a fixed number
of hours each week, but can choose what time they start
or finish work within certain limits
flood v [T] to send a large number of things such as
letters to an organization
fluctuate v [I] if prices, income, rates etc fluctuate,
they change, increasing or falling often or regularly fluc-
tuating adj
fluctuation n [C,U] the movement of prices, in-
come, rates etc as they increase and fall
focus n [U] when a company serves particular
groups of customers in a market with particular needs,
rather than serving the whole market
focus group n [C] a group of people brought to-
gether to discuss their feelings and opinions about a par-
ticular subject. In market research, focus groups discuss
their opinions of products, advertisements, companies etc
franchise
1
n [C]
1) an arrangement in which a company gives a busi-
ness the right to sell its goods or services in return for
payment or a share of the profits
2) a particular shop, restaurant etc that is run under a
franchise, or a company that owns a number of these
franchise
2
v [I,T] to sell franchises to people –
franchising n [U]
franchisee n [C] someone who is sold a franchise
and operates it
fraud n [C,U] a method of illegally getting money
from a person or organization, often using clever and
complicated methods
freelance adj. adv. working independently for sev-
eral different companies or organizations rather than be-
ing directly employed by one freelace also freelancer
free port n [C] a port where import duty does not
have to be paid on imports that are to be sent to another
country to be sold, or used to manufacture goods that will
be sold abroad
fringe benefit n [C] an additional advantage or ser-
vice given with a job besides wages, for example a car
gambling n [U] the practice of risking money or
possessions on the result of something uncertain, for ex-
ample a card game or a sporting event such as a horse
race
gauge v [T] to measure how people feel about some-
thing
global adj
1) affecting or involving the whole world
2) including and considering all the parts of a situa-
tion together, rather than the individual parts separately
globally adv
global economy n [singular] the economy of the
world seen as a whole
globalization also – isation BrE n [U] the tendency
for the world economy to work as one unit, led by large
international companies doing business all over the world
globalize also -ise BrE v [I,T] if a company, an in-
dustry, or an economy globalizes or is globalized, it no
longer depends on conditions in one country, but on con-
ditions in the world as whole
glut n [C usually singular] a supply of something
that is more than you need
goodwill payment n [C] a payment made by a sup-
plier to a customer because of a problem the customer has
had, for example with quality or late delivery of goods
gross domestic product (GDP) n [singular] the total
value of goods and services produced in a country's econ-
omy, not including income from abroad
gross domestic product per capita n [singular] the
total value of goods and services produced in a country
divided by the number of people living there
grow v past tense grew past participle grown
1) [I] to increase in amount, size, or degree
2) [T] if you grow a business activity, you make it
bigger
growth n [U] an increase in size, amount, or degree
haulage n [U] BrE the business of carrying goods by
road or rail
headquarters n [plural] the head office or main
building of an organization – headquartered adj
hoarding n [C] a large sign used for advertising.
Hoardings are called billboards in American English
hostile adj a hostile bid or takeover is one in which a
company tries to buy another company whose sharehold-
ers do not want to sell
impose v [T] to officially order that something
should be forbidden or taxed
incentive n [C] something which is used to encour-
age people, especially to make them work harder, produce
more or spend more money
income statement n [C] AmE a financial document
showing the amount of money earned and spent in a par-
ticular period of time by a company. This is usually called
the profit and loss account in British English
incompetence n [U] not having the ability to do a
job properly
incremental adj
1) an incremental process is one where things hap-
pens in small steps
2) an incremental amount, sum etc is small when
considered by itself

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