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término definición
Beverage
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a drink
Dividend
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a share of the profits of company, paid once or twice a year to the people who own the company’s shares
Equities
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company shares that can be bought and sold on a stock market
Limited company
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a company whose owners are legally responsible for only a limited amount of its debts
Proprietorship
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jednoosobowa dzialalnosc gospodarcza
Public limited company
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a company in which people can invest their money
Real estate
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the business of buying and selling land and property
Retail
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the sale of goods directly to the public for their own use
Sole trader
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jednoosobowa dzialalnosc gospodarcza
Third party
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relating to a person or organization that is not one of the two main people or organizations involved in a legal agreement or case
Utility
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public service such as gas, water of electricity
Vendor
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a company or person that sells a particular product or service
Bond
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obligacja
Bottom
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to reach the lowest point
Breakeven
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the point at which a business operation no longer loses money and can begin to make a profit
greater fool investor
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an investor who buys at high price believing there will always be someone they can sell to at an even higher price
peak
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the time when something is at its highest or greatest level
plunge
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to fall quickly from high position
staple
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an important product, that people eat or use regularly
trough
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a period when something that rises and falls regularly is at a low level, especially economic activity
value investor
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an investor who buys stocks they believe the market has undervalued
fixed cost
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koszty stałe / costs such as rent that a company has to pay that does not depend on how much it produces
operating profit
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the profit that a company makes from its normal activities or selling goods or services
(RRP) recommended retail price
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(RRP) recommended retail price
Record label
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a company that produces records
Royalty
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a payment that someone such as a writer or musician gets each time their work is sold or performed (tantiema)
Sales revenue
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income earned from selling products or services
Turnover
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the value of the goods and services a company sells in a particular period of time
Variable costs
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(koszty zmienne) a cost that changes according to how much of a product is made
Wholesaler
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(hurtownik) someone whose job is to sell large quantities of goods to shops or small business
Achieve
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to succeed in doing or having what you planned or intended, usually after a lot of effort
Handle
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to take action in order to deal with a difficult situation
Liaise
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miec kontakt ze sb/ if one person liaises with another or if people liaise, they talk to each other and tell each other what they are doing
Manage
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to organize and control the work of a company, organization, or institution
Objective
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something that you plan to achive especially in business or work
Reference
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a statement from someone who knows you or has worked with you that gives information about you
Set up
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to start such as business, organization or institution
Cap
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to set a limit on the amount of money that someone can spend or charge.
Earnings
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the amount of money that you earn
Exacerbate
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to make problem become worse
Faculty
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all the teachers in a school, college or university
Hike
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a sudden large increase in the amount or level of something
Placement
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a temporary job that is part of a course of study and that gives you experience of the work you hope to do at the end of the course
Resources
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something such as money, workers or equipment that can be used to help an institution or a business
Spark
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to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings
Spiraling
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the situation that continuously becoming worse more, or less
Subsidy
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an amount of money that the government or another organization pays to help to reduce the cost of a product or service.
Trend
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a gradual change or development that produces a particular result
Willing
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(skłonny) if you are willing to do something you do it when someone asks you, sometimes when you do not want to
Bind
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to limit what someone is allowed to do by making them obey a rule of agreement
Boost
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to help something to increase, improve or become more successful
deep pockets
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a lot of available money
drop out
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to leave something such as an activity, school or competition before you have finished what you intended to do
enhance
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to improve something or to make it more attractive or more valuable
lay off
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to end someone’s employment, especially temporarily, because there is nt enough work for them
miss out
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to lose an opportunity to do or to have something
redundant
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if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed
start over
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to begin doing something again from the beginning
thoroughly
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very carefully, so that nothing is missed
working party
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a group of people who examine a problem or situation and suggest a way of dealing with it
come along
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to arrive or become available
downsize
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to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of workers
fancy
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using when you are very surprised about something
put on weight
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to become fatter
sabbatical
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a period away from work when people such as college or university teachers can study, rest or travel
streamline
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to improve a business, organization, process etc. by making it more modern or simple
tutoring
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the act of teaching someone in a particular subject
benchmark
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an amount, level, standard, etc. that you can use for judging how good or bad other things are
feedback
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comments about how well or how badly someone is doing something, which are intended to help them do It better
personality clash
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a situation in which two people are very different from each other so that they cannot work together
accomplishment
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something difficult that you succeed in doing, especially after working hard over a period of time
brokering
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the activity of organizing business deals for other people
debating society
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a group of people who debate a subject by discussing it formally before making a decision, usually by voting
embark on
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to start a new project or activity usually one that will be difficult and will take time
lead
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a piece of information or a contact that may have bring new business
outgoing
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someone who is outgoing is friendly and enjoys meeting and talking to people
tender
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a formal written offer to provide goods or services for a particular price
venue
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the place where an activity or event happens
campus
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an area of land containing all the main buildings of school or university
draw up
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to prepare and write sth such as a document or a plan
heritage
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the art, buildings, traditions and beliefs that a society considers important to its history or culture
metropolis
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the big, exciting city
pour millions into (research)
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phrase spend or invest a lot of money into sth
procurement
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the process of buying supplies or equipment for a government, department or company
sit back
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to relax and stop making the effort to do sth
tailor something to/for
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to make or change something especially for a particular person or purpose
better of
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in a better situation or having more money
bury
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to cover or hide sth
cope (with)
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to deal successfully with a difficult situation or a job
cram
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to put too much into a space that is too small
errand
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a small job that involves going to collect or deliver something
fierce
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involving a lot of force or energy
headcount
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a count of all the people in a company
hesitate
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to pause before doing something, or to do something very slowly usually because you are nervous embarrassed or worried
mad dash
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an act of going somewhere very quickly in an extremely uncontrolled way
mess up
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to do sth wrong or spoil sth especially by making mistakes
oddly enough
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used for saying that something is not what you would expect in a particular situation
overhaul
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to completely change a system to make it work more effectively
polish up
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to improve the skill by practicing
pressure cooker
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a difficult situation in which people have to work very hard or experience a lot of strong emotions
quest
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a long difficult search
slick
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done in a very impressive way that seems to need very little effort
take a breather
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to have a rest
untold
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existing or present in an amount that is too large to be measured
crash
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an occasion when a computer or a computer program suddenly stops working
give someone a hand
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to help someone
hassle
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to annoy someone or to cause problems for them
in the know
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people in the know have more information about something than other people
in the loop
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belonging or not belonging to a group that has information and makes decisions about something
patch
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a piece of software that you add to a computer program in order to improve it or remove a fault
plug
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in – a piece of software or hardware that you add a computer to increase the range of things it can do
snail mail
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letters that are sent by post
stretched
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having difficulty doing everything that you should because you lack the necessary time, money, people or equipment
bulky
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too big to be carried or stored easily
carbon footprint
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the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by people
acquaintance
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someone who you know a little who is not a close friend
mustn’t grumble
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used as a reply to someone who asks you whether you are well for saying that you feel all right
small talk
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conversation about things that are not important
trivial
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not very interesting, serious or valuable
fine
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an amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law
forethought
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careful thought and planning that prepares you well for future event
forthwith
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immediately
officialese
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the way of speaking or writing used by people who work in government offices, especially when ordinary people cannot understand it
solicit
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to ask someone for something such as money or support
time frame
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the period of time during which something happens or must happen
unambiguous
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clear and with only one possible meaning
down time
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time when a computer or other machine is not working
drag someone kicking and screaming
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to make someone do something that they do not want to do
malicious
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deliberately wanting to hurt someone or cause damage
morale
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the amount of enthusiasm that a person or group of people feel about their situation at a particular time
outsource
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to arrange for work to be done by people from outside your company usually by a company that is expert in that type of work
recruit
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to get someone to work in a company or join an organization
subsidiary
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a company that is owned by a larger company
turnover
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a value of the goods and services that a company sells in a particular period of time
commitment
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a strong belief that something is good and that you should support it
craze
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something that suddenly becomes very popular, but only for a short time
elusive
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an elusive person or animal is difficult or impossible to find or catch
enchanting
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very interesting and attractive
fad
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something that is popular or fashionable for only a short time
fake
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to pretend to have feeling that you do not have
intrinsically
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relating to the essential qualities or features of something or someone
planned/built
the practice of making products that will quickly become old
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in obsolescence
fashioned or will not last long, so that people will need to replace them
rattle
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if something rattles it makes short sharp kosking sounds as it moves or shakes
roughly – approximately / w przybliżeniu
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roughly - approximately / approximately
rumble
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to make a continuous deep sound /huk
sake
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the purpose of doing, getting or achieving something/ wzgląd
sour
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if a situation sours it stops being successful or satisfactory/ gorzknieć
stream
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a continuous flow of people or things/ strumień
struggle
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to try hard to do sth that you find very difficult
take for granted
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to expect sth always to exist or happen in a particular way
trap
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a mistake or problem that you should try to avoid
white goods
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large pieces of electrical equipment use in people’s homes
cost effective
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giving the most profit or advantage in exchange for the amount of money that is spent
exacting
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needing a lot of skill and care
fit for purpose
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of a good enough standard for a particular use
flawed
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spoiled by sth such as fault or mark, or lacking something/ wadliwy
flimsy
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badly built or made, and so likely to break easily
heavy duty – strong and not easily damaged
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heavy duty - strong and not easily damaged
in the eye of the beholder
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phrase used for saying that different people perceive things differently
lean
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a lean business spends as little money and employs as few workers so that it will make a good profit
shoddy
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shoddy work, services or products are of a very low standard
stakeholder
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somebody who is affected by or who has an interest in the success or activities of a company
tolerance
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the amount by which the size of a part of a machine can be different from the standard size before it prevents the machine from operating correctly
admit
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to agree that sth is true especially when you are unhappy, sorry, or surprised about it
faded
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if sth fades it gradually becomes less clear or noticeable until it finally disappears
fitting
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a small part that you connect to sth
forklift
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a vehicle that uses two long metal bars at the front for lifting and moving heavy objects
heap
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a large pile(stos) of sth especially an untidy pile/sterta
loading bay
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an area from which goods can be loaded on and off trucks
logistics
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the activity of transporting goods to customers or to places where they are bought or sold
mislay
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to lose sth for a time especially because you cannot remember where you put it
night shift
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a period when some people work during the night in a workplace
overflow
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to flow over the top of container because it is too full
rack
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an object used for storing things that consists of a row of small shelves, spaces or hooks
round the clock
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happening or done all day or all night

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