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Basic Business Englisch (Subject) / Kapitel 1 (Lesson)

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• acquisition when a company or person buys another company or part of a company Erwerb eines Unternehmens
• assets all the things a person or company owns Vermögen
• business = enterprise = company = firm an organisation which produces and sells goods or which provides a service Betrieb, Geschäft
• cooperative large company or business organisation Genossenschaft
• costs total amount of money involved in operating the business Aufwand
• donation contribution: a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause Spende
• entrepreneur person who starts their own company or sets up business deals Unternehmer (in)
• franchise to sell someone the right to sell your goods or services in a particular place Alleinverkaufsrecht
• franchisee person or company tha has th right to sell a particular type of goods or service Lizenznehmer
• franchisor a business that franchises its goods or services Lizenzgeber
• Advertisement
• general partnership two or more people, businesses or industries working together as partners with unrestricted liability of its partners OHG, GbR, PartnG
• invest/investment using money in such a way that an increase in its value is expected (deposit accounts, stock, real estate) Anlage (von Geld)
• investor person or organisation that buys stocks or shares, or pays money into a bank in order to receive a profit Anleger
• joint venture tow or more organisations or countries working together through an alliance Gelegenheitsgesellschaft
• legal prerequisites formal procedures required by law before beginning something klagevoraussetzungen
• liability financial obligation, the responsibility to settle a debt (to pay what one owes) Haftung
• limited liability one´s financial obligation is restricted (limited) to the value of the shares or amount of capital invested in an organisation beschränkte Haftung
• limited liability partnerschip (LLP) two or more people, businesses or industries working together with limited liability of its partners KG
• private limited company (Ltd, LLC) company whose owners ar legally responsible for only part of any money that it owes if it goes bankrupt GmbH
• merger combining two or more companies to form a single company Firmenfusion
• non-profit organisation (NPO) organisation that helps people in some way rather than making a profit gemeinnützige Organisation
• owner person who has legal possession (ownershipt) of a company Besitzer, Eigentümer, Inhaber
• public limited company (PLC, plc) company in which people (public) can invest their money (buy shares) AG
• royalty fees periodic charge that the owner of a franchised business needs to pay to ramain part of the franchise system hoheitliche Abgaben
• share a divided-up unit of the value of a company Aktie
• shareholder person who owns shares in a company Aktieninhaber
• sole trader/ sole proprietor person who owns their own business and does not have a partner or any shareholders Einzelunternehmer
• stakeholder person who has an interest in a company´s activities Geschäftsinteressent
• stock/share price price at which a company´s shares are bought an sold Aktienpreis
• stock exchange a place where stocks or bonds are bought and sold. Also called a stock market Börse
• Advertisement
• subsidiary company which is owned (either wholly or in part) by another company (parent co.) Tochtergesellschaft
• subsidy Zuschuss
• (to) sue to bring legal action against someone klagen
• takeover the act of gaining control of a company by buying more of its shares than anyone else Übernahme
• tax-exempt not subject to taxation by a government steuerbefreit
• to go public shares in a company are made available to the public for purchase (the process of becoming a plc) Börsengang
• venture commercial project, such a starting a new company, in which risk is involved unternehmerisches Vorhaben
• venture capitalist someone who makes money by investing in high risk projects Risikofinanzier
• to enclose sth. (letter) to attach sth. (mail) etwas anhängen 
• corporation large company or business organisation Gesellschaft

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