| A | B |
|---|
| Company | Often called a "corporation" in the United States. |
| Shareholder | He/she owns part of the capital of a company. |
| Department | Part of the firm which deals with marketing/production for example. |
| Currency | Foreign money. |
| Loss | Opposite of "profit" |
| Creditor | Opposite of "debtor". |
| Turnover | Sales volume. |
| Overheads | General running costs. |
| Executive | Can be loosely translated by "cadre" in French. |
| Chairman | He presides over meetings of the Board of Directors. |
| Wholesaler | The middleman who sells in bulk. |
| Factory | Where goods are manufactured. |
| Purchase | The same as "buy". |
| Merger | When two companies join together to form one unit. |
| Chief-Executive-Officer | He/She runs the company. |
| Information-Technology | Computers |
