Business English 1. Jahr - Raising Finance
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- borrowing money
- [VN] ~ sth (from sb/sth) to take and use sth that belongs to sb else, and return it to them at a later time; borgen
- loan shark
- (disapproving) a person who lends money at very high rates of interest; Kredithai
- secure (v.)
- ~ sth (for sb/sth) | ~ sb sth (formal) to obtain or achieve sth, especially when this means using a lot of effort: sichern
- long-term
- that will last or have an effect over a long period of time; langfristig
- bills
- a piece of paper that shows how much you owe sb for goods or services; Rechnung
- overdrafts
- the amount of money that you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than is in your bank account; an arrangement that allows you to do this; Ãœberziehungskredit
- sayings
- a well-known phrase or statement that expresses sth about life that most people believe is wise and true; Spruch
- root of all evil
- the cause of everything that is harmful and bad
- fool
- a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgement; Idiot / Narr
- parted
- [often passive] ~ sb (from sb) (formal) to prevent sb from being with sb / sth; getrennt
- consultancy
- a company that gives expert advice on a particular subject to other companies, people or organizations: Unternehmensberatung
- start-up companies
- [onlybeforenoun] connected with starting a new business or project
- debt
- a sum of money that sb owes: Schuld
- equity
- (finance) the value of a company's shares; the value of a property after all charges and debts have been paid: Firmenkapital
- preferable
- ~ (to sth / to doing sth) | ~ (to do sth) more attractive or more suitable; to be preferred to sth: bevorzugt
- unlikely
- ~ (to do sth) | ~ (that...) not likely to happen; not probable: unwahrscheinlich
- route
- ~ (to sth) a particular way of achieving sth; Weg
- lenders
- (finance) a person or an organization that lends money; Darlehensgeber
- pose (a problem)
- [VN] to create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with: darstellen
- vehicle
- (rather formal) a thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another, such as a car or lorry/truck
- collateral
- (finance) property or sth valuable that you promise to give to sb if you cannot pay back money that you borrow: Hinterlage
- warranty
- a written agreement in which a company selling sth promises to repair or replace it if there is a problem within a particular period of time; Garantie
- charge (n.)
- ~ (for sth) the amount of money that sb asks for goods and services: Gebühr / Belastung
- fee
- an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services: Honorar
- interest
- ~ (on sth) (finance) the extra money that you pay back when you borrow money or that you receive when you invest money: Zins
- expense
- the money that you spend on sth: Ausgabe
- due
- [not usually before noun] when a sum of money is due, it must be paid immediately: fällig
- amount
- a sum of money: Summe
- instalment
- one of a number of payments that are made regularly over a period of time until sth has been paid for: Ratenzahlung
- state-of-the-art
- using the most modern or advanced techniques or methods; as good as it can be at the present time: auf dem neuesten Stand der Technik
- asset
- [usually pl.] a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts: Vermögen
- possession
- something that you own or have with you at a particular time; Eigentum
- property
- a thing or things that are owned by sb; a possession or possessions: Eigentum / Liegenschaft
- share
- (in sth) any of the units of equal value into which a company is divided and sold to raise money. People who own shares receive part of the company's profits: Anteil
- stake
- ~ in sth an important part or share in a business, plan, etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful: Beteiligung / Anteil
- contribution
- a sum of money that is given to a person or an organization in order to help pay for sth: Beitrag
- subsidy
- money that is paid by a government or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low: Subvention
- damages
- an amount of money that is paid to sb by the person, company, etc. that has caused them harm or injury: Schaden
- liabilities
- the amount of money that a person or company owes: Schulden
- suppliers
- a person or company that supplies goods: Lieferant
- facility
- buildings, services, equipment, etc. that are provided for a particular purpose: Anlage
- overhead
- connected with the general costs of running a business or an organization, for example paying for rent or electricity: Unterhalt
- scan
- to look at every part of sth carefully, especially because you are looking for a particular thing or person: absuchen
- emerging
- (of facts, ideas, etc.) to become known: aufkommend
- entrepreneurs
- a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks; Unternehmer
- prosperity
- the state of being successful, especially financially; Wohlstand
- reluctant
- (to do sth) hesitating before doing sth because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do: abgeneigt
- start-up capital
- [only before noun] connected with starting a new business or project: Risikokapital; Startkapital
- readily available
- quickly and without difficulty: leicht abkömmlich
- promote schemes
- a plan or system for doing or organizing sth: befördern
- encourage
- to persuade sb to do sth by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do: bestärken
- cause (v.)
- to make sth happen, especially sth bad or unpleasant: verursachen
- favour
- to prefer one system, plan, way of doing sth, etc. to another: bevorziehen
- expressed
- to represent sth in a particular way, for example by symbols: ausgedrückt
- guarantee
- a written promise given by a company that sth you buy will be replaced or repaired without payment if it goes wrong within a particular period: Garantie
- conducive
- ~ to sth (written) making it easy, possible or likely for sth to happen: förderlich
- apologize
- ~ (to sb) (for sth) to say that you are sorry for doing sth wrong or causing a problem: sich entschuldigen
- circumstances
- the conditions and facts that are connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action: Umstände
- exceeded
- to be greater than a particular number or amount: überschritten
- significantly
- in a way that is large or important enough to have an effect on sth or to be noticed: wesentlich
- boost
- to make sth increase, or become better or more successful: ankurbeln
- poised
- ~ for sth | ~ to do sth completely ready for sth or to do sth; bereit
- catalyst
- ~ (for sth) a person or thing that causes a change: Beschleuniger
- enfeebled
- (formal) to make sb/sth weak; entkräftet
- subcontractors
- a person or company that does part of the work given to another person or company; Unterlieferanten
- fortunes
- chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people's lives: Schicksal
- ingredients
- one of the things or qualities that are necessary to make sth successful: Zutat
- foster
- (written) to encourage sth to develop: fördern
- skills
- ~ (in / at sth) | ~ (in / at doing sth) the ability to do sth well: Fertigkeit
- expertise
- ~ (in sth / in doing sth) expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job: Fachwissen
- mature
- fully grown and developed: reif
- sanctuary
- safety and protection, especially for people who are being chased or attacked: Zufluchtstätte
- scrambling
- ~ (for sth) a situation in which people push, fight or compete with each other in order to get or do sth: sich balgen um
- reliance
- the state of needing sb/sth in order to survive, be successful, etc.; the fact of being able to rely on sb/sth; Abhängigkeit
- sufficiently
- enough for a particular purpose; as much as you need: zureichend
- race track
- a track for races between runners, cars, bicycles, etc; Rennstrecke
- gamblers
- to risk money on a card game, horse race, etc: Spieler
- commonplace
- done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual: alltäglich
- assumption
- a belief or feeling that sth is true or that sth will happen, although there is no proof: Annahme
- merchant banks
- a bank that deals with large businesses; Investitionsbank
- failures
- somebody or something that is not successful: Misslingen / Misserfolg
- averse
- not ~ to sth / to doing sth liking sth or wanting to do sth; not opposed to doing sth: unwillig
- scores
- very many: Menge
- avoid
- to prevent sth bad from happening: meiden, ausweichen
- turnover
- ~ (of sth) the total amount of goods or services sold by a company during a particular period of time: Umsatz
- aid (v.)
- (written) to help sb/sth to do sth, especially by making it easier: helfen
- over-extend
- involved in more work or activities, or spending more money, than you can manage without problems: überschreiten
- outstandingly
- used to emphasize the good quality of sth: hervorragend
- tutored
- ~ sb (in sth) to be a tutor to a an individual student or a small group; to teach sb, especially privately: begleitet
- survival rate
- a measurement of the number of times sth happens or exists during a particular period: Ãœberlebensrate
- voluntarily
- willingly; without being forced: freiwillig
- affected
- [often passive] to produce a change in sb/sth; beeinflusst von
- sound (adj)
- [only before noun] good and thorough: einwandfrei
- researchers
- Forscher
- mindset
- a set of attitudes or fixed ideas that sb has and that are often difficult to change: Denkweise
- contained
- if sth contains sth else, it has that thing inside it or as part of it: enthalten
- opposed
- used to make a contrast between two things: entgegensetzt
- grasp (n.)
- a person's understanding of a subject or of difficult facts: Auffassungsgabe
- refurbish
- to clean and decorate a room, building, etc. in order to make it more attractive, more useful, etc: renovieren
- starvation
- [U] the state of suffering and death caused by having no food: Hungertod
- dot-coms
- internet start-up companies
- interrupt
- ~ (sb/sth) (with sth) to say or do sth that makes sb stop what they are saying or doing: unterbrechen
- concession
- something that you allow or do, or allow sb to have, in order to end an argument or to make a situation less difficult: Zugeständnis
- adapt
- ~ sth (for sth) to change sth in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation; anpassen
- appear
- to give the impression of being or doing sth; erscheinen
- softening
- to become or to make sb/sth more sympathetic and less severe or critical: erweichend
- gather
- [VN] to collect information from different sources: sammeln
- figure (n.)
- [C, often pl.] a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information: Zahl
- benefits
- [C,usually pl.] advantages that you get from a company in addition to the money that you earn; money from an insurance company: Leistungen
- discrepancy
- a difference between two or more things that should be the same
- clarify
- to make sth clearer or easier to understand: abklären
- recap
- ~ (on sth) | ~ sth to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc: zusammenfassen
- repayment
- a sum of money that you pay regularly to a bank, etc. until you have returned all the money that you owe: Abzahlung
- posted
- [usually passive] to send sb to a place for a period of time as part of their job: verlegen
- career prospects
- opportunities in your profession; Berufsaussichten
- expatriates
- a person living in a country that is not their own
- numerous
- (formal) existing in large numbers; many; zahlreich
- freelance
- earning money by selling your work or services to several different organizations rather than being employed by one particular organization: freischaffend
- feature film
- a main film/movie with a story; Spielfilm
- extracts
- ~ (from sth) a short passage from a book, piece of music, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like: Ausschnitte
- demand (n.)
- ~ (for sth / that...) a very firm request for sth; sth that sb needs: Anforderung
- interpreter
- a person whose job is to translate what sb is saying into another language: Dolmetscher
- unfold
- to be gradually made known; to gradually make sth known to other people: entfalten
- threaten
- ~ sb (with sth) to say that you will cause trouble, hurt sb, etc. if you do not get what you want: bedrohen
- appeal (n.)
- a quality that makes sb/sth attractive or interesting: Anreiz
- film-goers
- a person who goes to the cinema/movies, especially when they do it regularly
- casting
- the process of choosing actors for a play or film/movie
- release (v.)
- to make sth available to the public: freilassen, freigeben
- gross revenues
- the money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization, etc. receives from its business: Bruttoerlös
- tension
- the feeling of fear and excitement that is created by a writer or a film/movie director; Spannung
- equipment
- the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity: Ausrüstung
- suitable
- ~ (for sth/sb) | ~ (to do sth) right or appropriate for a particular purpose or occasion: geeignet
- indicate
- to show that sth is true or exists: andeuten