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10 At the office
P a r t i :
Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1 revenue, 
2 thrive, 
3 com m ission, 
A
collaborate,
5 franchise, 
6 restructure, 
7 audit, 
8 subsidiary
Exercise 2
a thrive, 
b restru cture, 
c revenue, 
d collaborate, 
e com m ission, 
f subsidiary, 
g audit, 
h franchise
Exercise 3
1 e, 
2 c, 
3 h, 
4 a, 
5 g, 
6 b, 
7 d, 
8 f
Exercise A
1 collaborate/interact/cooperate,
2 o ptim ises/m axim ises, 
3 revenue,
A
 
restru cture, 
5 resolve/settle
Exercise 5
1 A 
takeover 
is the act of gaining control of a company 
by buying more of its shares than anyone else.
A 
m erger 
is the joining to ge th er of two separate 
companies o r organisations so that they become one.
2 The 
turnover 
of a company is the value of the 
goods o r services sold during a p a rtic u la r period 
of tim e. A 
profit 
is an am ount of money that
you gain when you are paid more fo r som ething 
than it cost you to make, get, o r do it.
3 The 
gross profit 
is the to ta l am ount of profit before 
any money has been taken away (e.g. through 
taxes). The 
net profit 
is the profit which rem ains 
when everything th at should be subtracted
from it (e.g. taxes) has been subtracted.
A
 
If someone has 
copyright 
on a piece of w ritin g
or m usic, it is ille g a l to reproduce or p erform it 
w ith o u t th e ir perm ission. A 
tradem ark 
is a name 
or sym bol th a t a company uses on its products and 
th a t cannot legally be used by another company.
5
M arketing 
is the o rg anisation of the sale of a 
product, fo r exam ple, deciding on its price, the 
areas it should be supplied to, and how it should be 
advertised. 
Advertising 
is the a ctivity of creating 
a d v e rtis e m e n ts and m aking sure people see them .
6 People o r organisations that