Business Idioms (thành ngữ về thương mại) doc

Business Idioms (thành ngữ về thương mại) Dưới đây là một số thành ngữ thương mại mình giới thiệu với mọi người, các bạn hãy bổ sung thêm để bộ sưu tầm thành ngữ của các bạn thêm phong phú nhé! pay off - to succeed, to yield good results I hope that our plans for the new business will pay off. pay off a debt/loan - to finish paying back the money that one has borrowed from a bank/store etc. The furniture manufacturer was unable to pay off their loan so they went out of business. piece/slice of the action - a share in the activity or the profits of something The inventor wanted a piece of the action from the new computer that he had invented. plug a product - to promote a product The soccer star makes a lot of money when he agrees to plug a product. preferred customer - a customer who does much business with you and who you give special discounts to The man is a preferred customer and he always receives his products soon after he orders them. put one's nose to the grindstone - to work diligently/hard I put my nose to the grindstone and finished the job before the weekend. put (someone) on hold - to disconnect someone temporarily from the telephone I phoned the bank but they put me on hold before someone spoke to me. put (something) on hold - to postpone a project The construction company put the project on hold while they researched the problem with the bridge. put (someone) through - to transfer someone to someone else's telephone I phoned the credit card company and they quickly put me through to a supervisor. red ink - debt (the red ink on a financial statement) The automobile company has much red ink because of the bad economic conditions. red tape - rules and regulations that seem unnecessary (often from the government) There is a lot of red tape when you try to start up a new business. rule (someone) out of order - to rule that someone is not following the rules of a meeting The chairwoman ruled the salesman out of order when he began to speak at the meeting. run a meeting - to conduct a meeting My boss is not able to run a meeting very well. run an ad - to place/put an advertisement in a publication The government decided to run an ad to tell the public about the new gas tax. run short - to not have enough of something They ran short of gasoline at the gas station and had to close early. saddled with debt - to be burdened with debt Our company is saddled with debt and must do something about it quickly. second a motion - to agree with a proposal I seconded the motion where we decided to start one hour early every morning during the summer. [...]... opened turn over - to do business to a certain amount of money/product We turned over most of our stock last month The company turns over much money every month turnover - the rate at which a product is sold and replaced The turnover of drinks is very high in the store turnover - the rate at which employees join and leave a company The turnover of workers in the new restaurant business is very high work... strike while the iron is hot - to take advantage of an opportunity I decided to strike while the iron was hot and apply for the job as soon as I heard about it sweetheart deal - a deal made between friends/businesses so that both may receive a benefit We made a sweetheart deal with our landlord to have our rent reduced table a discussion - to postpone a discussion until a later time We tabled the discussion... work out the budget estimates for next year work overtime - to work more than one's regular hours I had to work overtime every Friday last month write off (a loan/debt) - to remove a loan/debt from a business record, to cancel a debt It was impossible for the bank to collect the money so they were forced to write off the loan . Business Idioms (thành ngữ về thương mại) Dưới đây là một số thành ngữ thương mại mình giới thiệu với mọi người, các bạn hãy bổ sung thêm để bộ sưu tầm thành ngữ của các bạn. phong phú nhé! pay off - to succeed, to yield good results I hope that our plans for the new business will pay off. pay off a debt/loan - to finish paying back the money that one has borrowed. bank/store etc. The furniture manufacturer was unable to pay off their loan so they went out of business. piece/slice of the action - a share in the activity or the profits of something