The Business
Across
- 3. substances such as coal or iron that are in their natural state before being changed by chemical processes
- 4. a series of processes involved in supplying a product to someone
- 9. someone who uses money to start businesses and make business deals
- 10. a group of people with a particular skill who work together
- 11. the main job of someone who is also trying to succeed in some other career
- 13. the department within a company that is responsible for employing and training people, and for looking after workers who have problems
- 16. if a person or business breaks even, they neither make a profit nor lose money
- 17. someone who is training for a partic~lar profession or job
- 19. to get new knowledge or a new skill by learning it
- 21. to make something better
- 22. one of four periods of 15 minutes that an hour is divided into when you are telling the time
- 24. to get more of something, usually as a result of a gradual process
- 26. someone who works well with other people as part of a group
- 28. someone whose job is to give advice and help to people with problems
- 30. to put your name and other information on an official list in order to be allowed to vote, study
- 31. a set of questions that you ask a large number of people or organizations
- 33. unique selling proposition
- 34. money that you make by selling something or from your business
- 35. to pay someone to work for you, especially for a short time
- 36. a small round object that fastens onto your clothes with a pin and usually has a picture or writing on it
- 38. a company that has complete control of the product or service it provides because it is the only company that provides it
- 40. a particular ability that involves special training and experience
- 42. from another country, or in another country
- 43. money that you pay regularly as the costs of operating a business or organization
- 48. a person who is good at finding solutions to problems
- 51. to give a part of something to someone else
- 52. an agreement between two companies to work together on a particular job, usually in order to share any risk involved
- 53. if someone or something impresses you, you admire them
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- 1. a cost that changes according to how much of a product is made
- 2. someone who expresses thoughts, feelings or information to another person, for example by speaking or writing
- 5. substances that you use on your skin to make yourself look more attractive
- 6. a company, organization or country that supplies or sells a product or a service
- 7. a statement from someone who knows you or has worked with you that gives information about you
- 8. someone who spends most of their time working and has little interest in other things
- 11. a digital clock or instrument shows information as a row of numbers
- 12. involving a lot of force or energy
- 14. an enthusiastic attitude towards working or playing together with other people as a team
- 15. a cost such as rent that a company has to pay that does not depend on how much it produces
- 18. one of the equal parts of a company that you can buy as a way of investing money
- 19. an analogue watch or clock shows the time using hands
- 20. a student, or someone who has recently obtained a degree, who works in a job in order to get experience
- 23. to make an official request for a job or a place in a college or university, or for permission to do or have something
- 25. someone who owns shares in a company
- 27. the amount that something is worth, measured especially in money
- 29. the goods that are available to buy in a shop
- 32. a person or way of behaving that is considered as a model for other people to copy set an example
- 37. the cost of making a product, which includes materials, manufacturing and labour
- 39. a job that a student or someone who has recently obtained a degree takes in order to get experience
- 41. the activity of transporting goods to customers or to places where they are bought or sold
- 44. a plan or method for achieving something
- 45. in or to a foreign country
- 46. income from business activities or taxes
- 47. to remove a substance from another substance
- 49. the process of getting coal or metal from under the ground
- 50. the difference between how much money you get when you sell something and how much it costs you to buy or make it