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Word of the Day – Today’s Special!!!
Feb 5th
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Bon voyage! Drum bun!, Buon percorso! Buen camino!
De ce aceasta zicere ??? Pentru ca ne plac limbile straine, sprijinim multilingvismul, ne pasioneaza cautarile si (re)descoperirile, ne incanta PLAI, iar prietenii nostri Tzuca (Andreea Iager) si Tako (Norbert Tako) ne vor purta, timp de peste doua luni, printr-o calatorie multiculturala si multilingvistica in jurul lumii, iar noi le vom fi alaturi de departe si ii vom urmari pe travel blog-ul lor.
Word of the Day
Feb 4th
Big bath – noun phrase – an accounting practice to make a certain year’s results seem worse by increasing expenditures and selling the assets.
e.g. ” After the big bath in the 2009 books, the balance sheet of 2010 will look much better.”
Word of the Day
Feb 3rd
Bank Levy – noun phrase – A procedure to recover money owed by someone forcefully by taking it from their checking or savings account at a bank, savings and loan, or credit union.
e.g.: If there are receivables and payment is long overdue, a bank levy may be adhered to, and the account is frozen until due amounts are settled.
Word of the Day
Feb 1st
Bid-asked spread – noun phrase – The difference between the bid and asked prices. Can be used with regard to tendering, public procurement, contract awarding etc. Also used in stock trading.
e.g. “Real estate market is facing a bid-asked spread which is blocking any development project.”
Word of the day
Jan 29th
bean counter – noun – (slang) a funny way to refer to an accountant
e.g. “Tell your bean counters to make a guesstimate of the next year’s margins.”
“Guesstimate“?? try not to guess, catch us later to find out!!!
We like…
Jan 28th
“I Keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who”.
(Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant’s Child)
Word of the Day
Jan 20th
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ARR – Average rate of return – the ratio of the average cash inflow to the amount invested.
E.g. We were asked to calculate the average rate of return for the investment project.
or
The investment promised an average rate of return which looked attractive to the board.
Word of the Day
Jan 19th
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ATM … we’re all using this word at least once in a while … “Let me get some cash from the ATM … Is there a (bank name) ATM near here?
ATM - automated teller machine, cash machine or cash dispenser. Just watch out for “shoulder surfing” 
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What is “shoulder surfing”??? Check us out soon and you’ll know!
Word of the Day
Jan 18th
Shape up your Business English with us! As of today, gain a fresh bite of business vocabulary to get you ahead!
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armchair economics - economic forecasting or theorizing based on insufficient data or knowledge of a subject (slang)
(or something we see on TV quite a lot these days ).
E.g. :
The anti-crisis macro-economic strategy was a failure because of the great deal of forecast based on armchair economics.
or
I don’t take his business advice for granted as he’s an armchair economist.
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