Basic Business English vocabulary for beginners 10
✓ Useful for TOEIC✓ Useful for Cambridge BEC
Round out your foundation in business English with this general vocabulary exercise. The terms included reflect the kind of language used in everyday workplace situations at all levels of an organization.
📚 Key vocabulary click-through rate (CTR) — the percentage of people who click on a link or advertisement after seeing it funnel — a model representing the stages a potential customer goes through, from awareness to purchase content marketing — a strategy focused on creating and distributing valuable content to attract and retain a defined audience KPI (key performance indicator) — a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives market share — the portion of total sales in a market captured by a particular company or product customer retention — a company's ability to keep its existing customers over a specified period of time product lifecycle — the progression of a product through introduction, growth, maturity, and decline stages demographic — statistical data relating to a population, such as age, gender, income, and education level psychographic — characteristics relating to consumers' attitudes, interests, values, and lifestyle choices upselling — encouraging a customer to purchase a more expensive or upgraded version of the product they are considering
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Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.
1. We have not been very ____________________ in promoting our products.
Correct answer: active.
2. We're investing money in areas where we think we can grow and be ________________________.
Correct answer: profitable.
3. The inflation rate has been ________________________ higher by rising food and energy costs.
Correct answer: pushed.
4. The ____________________ results surprised everyone.
Correct answer: better-than-expected.
5. I expect this to become the next big ________________________. (meaning: popular thing)
Correct answer: trend.
6. Job opportunities are sometimes referred to as "job ________________________."
Correct answer: prospects.
7. We expect this to ________________________ (meaning: change) in the months ahead.
Correct answer: turn around.
8. They are the world's largest ________________________ of anti-inflammatory drugs.
Correct answer: producer.
9. We used to make these cups from glass, but we ________________________ to plastic in 2004.
Correct answer: switched.
10. Our factory is inspected on a ________________________. (meaning: regularly)