Vocabulary 11

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Questions 1-15.
1. When two companies decide to join together, this is called a ...
a. marriage b. merger c. melding d. monopoly
2. The business of a company that carries loads on trains or lorries is ....
a. movement b. transhumance c. migration d. freight
3. If something is allowed to happen, it is said to be able to ...
a. go ahead b. foot on c. happenstance d. permit itself
4. Another word for "reasons" is ....
a. regions b. grounds c. grants d. ration
5. Something that happens "in the wake" of something else happens..
a. at the same time b. before c. afterward d. occasionally
6. In business "PR" stands for ...
a. Person Responsible b. Price Retail c. Public Relations d. Personal Receptionist
7. The organisation that negotiates with the management for the workers is the ...
a. Unite b. Unison c. Union d. Unanimous
8. If a company "cuts jobs" it has fewer ..
a. workers b. working hours c. public holidays d. work breaks
9. People that a company does not need any more are called
a. a waste b. recessed c. un-needy d. redundant
10. Extra money for doing extra work is called ..
a. time added b. added time c. clocking off d. overtime
11. Until a company needs something, it stores it in a ....
a. deposit b. depot c. disposition d. deposition
12. When things are cheaper for a bigger company, this is called a/n ..
a. profit margin b. enterprise cost c. balance of power d. economy of scale
13. A company that has a specialised product or service has a ...
a. market niche b. mark-down c. rollover d. conglomerate
14. When one company takes control of another, this is called a/n.
a. intake b. overtake c. takeover d. take-in
15. A company with a lot of money in the bank has a -
a. overdraft b. gold mine c. cash pile d. deep interest
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