Business idiom

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repeat customers

customers who often buy products from a particular company; stali klienci

Our repeat customers are offered special discounts.
Naszym stałym klientom oferujemy specjalne zniżki.
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board meeting

a meeting of comitee of people controlling a company, e.g. managers; posiedzenie
zarządu

I'm afraid Mr. Jones is not available at the moment; the board meeting must have
been prolonged.
Obawiam się, że pan Jones jest w tej chwili nieosiągalny; posiedzenie zarządu
musiało się przedłużyć.
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brand loyalty

the tendency of a group of customers to keep buying a certain brand of products
instead of trying others; lojalność w stosunku do danej marki

The manager is strongly convinced that brand loyalty of our customers results
from his marketing strategy.
Dyrektor jest przekonany, że lojalność naszych klientów wynika z jego strategii
marketingowej.
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Buyout

a situation in which people employed in a company buy all of its shares and take
control of it; wykupienie

The buyout of the company was reported in the latest news broadcast.
Wykupienie firmy zostało opisane w ostatnim programie informacyjnym.
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plc

- public limited company; przedsiębiorstwo publiczne z ograniczoną
odpowiedzialnością

I'd only apply for a job with JK plc as a last resort.
O pracę w JK (przedsiębiorstwie publicznym z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością)
starałbym się jedynie w ostateczności.
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Take over

to take control of a company; przejmować

The factory was taken over by a major competitor.
Fabryka została przejęta przez głównego konkurenta.
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Takeover

an act of taking control of a company; wykup, przejęcie

Takeover of the cotton mill was our main objective.
Przejęcie przędzalni stanowiło nasz główny cel.
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wholesaler

- a company that sells products to smaller shops; hurtownia

Our market is strongly dominated by the wholesalers.
Nasz rynek jest zdominowany przez hurtownie.
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factory-gate price

- the price at which products are sold to wholesalers; cena fabryczna

The factory-gate price they offered was quite affordable.
Cena fabryczna, którą zaproponowali, była całkiem przystępna.
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cash-in-hand

a payment made with cash , i.e. notes and coins with no record of it

They agreed on a cash-in-hand payment in oprder to avoid the tax.
Zdecydowali się na zalate gotowka w celu uniknięcia podatku.
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bill of lading

a list of the goods being sent and transported by ship; list przewozowy

Could you please send us a copy of the invoice as well as the bill of lading?
Czy mogliby państwo przesłać nam kopię faktury oraz listu przewozowego?
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brief [bri:f ]

- official instructions saying how a job should be done; instrukcje
- a short written report; krótkie streszczenie lub sprawozdanie

They are hoping to meet the requirements of the brief.
Mają nadzieję, że spełnią wymogi zawarte w instrukcji.

The manager expects us to hand in the brief before four p.m..
Dyrektor oczekuje, że wręczymy sprawozdanie przed szesnastą.
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bricks-and-mortar

- a company that operates in traditional ways only, and does not operate on the
Internet; firma wykorzystująca jedynie tradycyjne metody działania, nie
sprzedająca swych usług za pośrednictwem Internetu

Being an elder person, he runs a bricks-and-mortar business and does not wish to
change it.
Będąc starszą osobą, prowadzi tradycyjną firmę i nie życzy sobie zmian.
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clicks-and-mortar

a company that operates both in traditional ways and by using the Internet;
firma korzystająca zarówno z tradycyjnych metod działania jak i z Internetu

These days, a clicks-and mortar business they run seems the most effective sort
of company.
W dzisiejszych czasach firma korzystająca zarówno z tradycyjnych metod
działania, jak i z Internetu wydaje się najefektywniejszym rodzajem firmy.
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content provider

- a website containing mostly information; a business providing the news for a
website; informacyjna strona internetowa; firma dostarczająca informacji dla
takiej strony

This site is definitely my favourite content provider. You can really rely on
the news you find there.
Ta strona jest moją ulubioną stroną informacyjną. Na wiadomościach, które się na
niej znajdują, naprawdę można polegać.
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downsize

- to reduce the number of workers of a company or organization in order to make
it smaller and reduce costs; zredukować liczbę pracowników

Now that the decision to downsize has been taken, noone at the company feels
secure at their post.
Teraz, kiedy zapadła decyzja o redukcji pracowników, nikt w firmie nie czuje się
bezpiecznie na swoim stanowisku.
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After-sales service

- information and service provided by a company to its customers after they have
bought a product; serwis posprzedażny

The after-sales service provided to our customers makes our offer more
attractive.
Serwis posprzedażny zapewniany naszym klientom sprawia, że nasza oferta jest
bardziej atrakcyjna.
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AGM (Annual General Meeting)

- a meeting of all the members of a company held every year to discuss important
issues such as financial situation etc.; Doroczne Walne Zgromadzanie
Akcjonariuszy

AGM will take place this week. Auditors' attendance is obligatory.
Doroczne Walne Zgromadzenie Akcjonariuszy będzie miało miejsce w tym tygodniu.
Obecność rewidentów księgowych jest obowiązkowa.
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back office

- a department of a financial institution where the work of people employed in
the institution is checked. The back office workers check whether business deals
have been made correctly and in a legal way.; zaplecze instytucji finansowej
(banku, biura maklerskiego itp.)

Every business deal must be checked at the back office.
Każda umowa musi zostać sprawdzona na zapleczu biura maklerskiego.
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blue-collar worker

- a person that does physical or manual work; pracownik fizyczny, robotnik

Blue-collar workers demanded a pay rise.
Pracownicy fizyczni zażądali podwyżki.
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brown goods

- electrical equipment used for entertainment (radios, television sets,
computers); sprzęt domowy służący głównie celom rozrywkowym (odtwarzacze radiowe
I telewizyjne, komputery)

The manager emphasised the need for developing our brown goods' offer.
Dyrektor podkreślił potrzebę rozwoju naszej oferty dotyczącej sprzętu domowego
takiego jak telewizory, radia itd..
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market leader

- a company that sells the biggest amount of products of a certain type or a
product that is sold more often than others of its type; lider na rynku

They have become a market leader in courier services.
Stali się liderem na rynku usług kurierskich.
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aggregate

- total, including everything; całkowity, łączny

We have to calculate the aggregate value of all shares purchased this month.
Musimy obliczyć łączną wartość wszystkich akcji zakupionych w tym miesiącu.
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golden hello

- large amount of money paid to someone for accepting an important job (usually
involving changing jobs and moving to another company); "złote cześć", zapłata
za zmianę miejsca pracy

So I hear he was offered a golden hello� I wonder what his decision will be.
Słyszałem, że zaproponowali mu "złote cześć"... Ciekawe, jaka będzie jego
decyzja.
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interoffice

- describing communication between different offices/departments of the same
organization or company; międzybiurowy

The manager informed us about his final decision through an interoffice mail.
Dyrektor poinformował nas o swojej ostatecznej decyzji przez mail międzybiurowy.
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loss leader

- a product sold at a very low price to attract customers and encourage them to
buy products of the same brand or in the same shop; produkt sprzedawany poniżej
kosztów w celu zachęcenia klientów do robienia zakupów w danym sklepie lub
kupowania produktów określonej firmy

We decided to use these CDs as a loss leader, which resulted in sales increase.
Postanowiliśmy użyć tych płyt kompaktowych jako produktu przyciągającego
klientów, co spowodowało wzrost sprzedaży.
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shorthand

- a rapid way of writing that uses a system of symbols to represent letters,
words or phrases; stenografia

take shorthand - stenografować

You cannot become a professional secretary without the skill of taking dictation
in shorthand.
Nie możesz zostać profesjonalną sekretarką bez umiejętności stenografowania.
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USP (unique selling proposition, unique selling point)

- a special quality that makes a product or service different from others and
therefore more attractive; unikatowa cecha produktu lub usługi

We cannot compete with rival companies unless a reasonable USP strategy is
developed.
Nie możemy konkurować z naszymi rywalami, chyba że opracujemy rozsądną strategię
dotyczącą unikatowej cechy produktu.
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product placement

- the use of a product in a film or a TV broadcast in order to advertise it;
forma reklamy polegająca na umieszczeniu produktu w filmie lub programie
telewizyjnym

I don't think product placement is a fair way of advertising.
Sądzę, że umieszczanie produktów w filmie nie jest uczciwą formą reklamy.
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white goods

- electrical equipment (washing machines, fridges) used in homes; sprzęt AGD

As far as white goods are concerned, XYZ are supposed to become a local market
leader by the end of the year.
Jeśli chodzi o sprzęt AGD, przypuszcza się, że firma XYZ zostanie liderem na
rynku lokalnym przed końcem tego roku.
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white-collar worker

- a person working in an office rather than doing physical work; pracownik
umysłowy, pracownik biura

The management board have agreed that no white-collar workers will be employed
this year.
Zarząd uzgodnił, że w tym roku nie zostaną zatrudnieni żadni pracownicy
umysłowi.
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actuarial

involving calculations concerning risks which are involved in an insurance;
aktuarialny

As far as the post you are interested in is concerned, accountancy and actuarial
qualifications are absolutely necessary.
Jeśli chodzi o stanowisko, którym jesteś zainteresowany, niezbędne są
kwalifikacje związane z księgowością i aktuarialne.

You will be required to use actuarial tables in order to determine life
assurance premiums.
Będziesz musiał używać tabel aktuarialnych w celu ustalenia wysokości
ubezpieczenia na życie.
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counter-offer

a more attractive offer made in reply to another one; kontroferta

Surprisingly enough, XYZ Ltd made a counter-offer for the property.
Niespodziewanie XYZ zaproponowali kontrofertę dotyczącą nieruchomości.
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to fill/fulfil an order

to deliver products which have been requested by a customer; realizować
zamówienie

We expect that you compensate for resulting production problems resulting from
delay in fulfilling the order.
Oczekujemy od państwa rekompensaty za problemy produkcyjne wynikające z
opóźnienia realizacji zamówienia.
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order processing

dealing with orders (putting data into computer, dealing with relevant documents
such as invoices, dispatch notes, etc.); obsługa zamówienia

She was mainly responsible for order processing.
Przede wszystkim była odpowiedzialna za obsługę zamówień.
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white-collar crimes

crimes commited by office workers, where employees steal money from their
company; przestępstwa urzędnicze

She left after being wrongfully accused of white-collar crimes, such as fraud.
Odeszła po tym, jak została niesłusznie oskarżona o przestępstwa urzędnicze,
takie jak oszustwo.
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cash cow

a product that provides profits; �Śkopalnia złota’

This service is another potential cash cow for our company.
Ta usługa stanowi kolejną potencjalną kopalnię złota dla naszej firmy.
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incidental expenses / incidentals

additional, usually small amounts of money spent by a company or business
person; koszty dodatkowe

She never pays attention to incidentals such as taxis or meals – her company
pays the bills after all.
Ona nigdy nie zwraca uwagi na koszty dodatkowe jak taksówki czy posiłki – w
końcu to jej firma za to płaci.
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arbitrage

the process of buying foreign currency or company shares on one market and
selling it on another at almost the same time for profit; arbitraż walutowy

Sellers were overwhelmed by arbitrage buyers on the London stock exchange.
Osoby zajmujące się arbitrażem walutowym stanowili przytłaczającą większość na
giełdzie londyńskiej.
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giveaway prices

very low prices

During their advertising campaign, they were selling most products at giveaway
prices.
Podczas kampanii reklamowej sprzedawali większość produktów po bardzo niskich
cenach.
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bull market

a period during which share prices are rising; hossa

Market analysts’ forecast concerning a beginning of bull market appears
unbelievable.
Przewidywania analityków giełdowych dotyczące rozpoczęcia hossy wydają się
niewiarygodne.
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pricing

setting a price to a product; wyznaczenie ceny

Special pricing arrangements connected with our promotional offer have been
discussed.
Omówione zostały ustalenia dotyczące wyznaczenia specjalnych cen związanych z
naszą ofertą promocyjną.
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pricing policy

a company’s policy concerning setting prices to its products or services;
polityka cenowa firmy

Haroldson criticised current pricing policy, which resulted in a lively
discussion.
Haroldson skrytykował aktualną politykę cenową, co wywołało żywą dyskusję.
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slump

[verb] (about prices, orders, etc.) to fall sharply; spaść, załamać się
[noun] a sudden rapid fall (of prices, orders, etc.); spadek

I’m afraid the orders are going to slump.
Obawiam się, że liczba zamówień gwałtownie spadnie.

We must consider all the possible results of the recent slump in the stock
market.
Musimy wziąć pod uwagę wszystkie możliwe skutki ostatniego spadku na giełdzie
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break even

to make neither a profit nor a loss; nie przynosić ani straty, ani zysków,
osiągnąć próg rentowności

I’ll be delighted if we manage to break even this year.
Będę zachwycony, jeśli uda nam się w tym roku osiągnąć próg rentowności.
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make a go of a business

to build up a successful business; założyć dobrze prosperującą firmę, odnosić
sukcesy w interesach

I couldn’t believe his luck. He’s made a go of his restaurant though everybody
thought he’d go bunkrupt.
Nie mogłem uwierzyć w jego szczęście. Prowadzi dobrze prosperującą restaurację,
mimo że wszyscy sądzili, że zbankrutuje.
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attn

abbreviated form of �Śfor the attention of’; skrócona wersja wyrażenia �Śdo
wiadomości’

Your aplication should be sent to XYZ, attn: John Smith.
Swoje zgłoszenie powinieneś wysłać do XYZ z dopiskiem: do wiadomości John’a
Smith’a.
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job opening / opening

a vacant post which needs filling; wakat

Just in case, inform me about any job openings you have.
Na wszelki wypadek informuj mnie o wszelkich wakatach, jakie będziecie mieli.
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asap

abbreviated form of �Śas soon as possible’; skrócona forma wyrażenia
�Śnajszybciej, jak to możliwe’, używana w e-mailach i notkach

Contact me asap.
Skontaktuj się ze mną najszybciej, jak to możliwe.
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bar chart

a chart where data is illustrated in the form of columns; wykres słupkowy

As the bar chart below shows, the situation remains unchanged.
Jak pokazuje wykres słupkowy poniżej, sytuacja pozostaje bez zmian.
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back order

an order that has not been fulfilled; zamówienie zaległe

Poor organisation of work resulted in accumultion of back orders.
Na skutek kiepskiej organizacji pracy nagromadziło się wiele zaległych zamówień.
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lame duck

a company or businessman in financial difficulties; firma lub biznesmen w
ciężkiej sytuacji finansowej

You don’t expect the bank to help lame duck companies, do you?
Nie spodziewasz się, że ten bank będzie pomagał spółkom w ciężkiej sytuacji
finansowej, prawda?
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lead time

the time between placing an order and receiving the product; okres realizacji
zamówienia

The board decided to cut the lead time and reduce costs at the same time.
Zarząd postanowił skrócić okres realizacji zamówień i jednocześnie zredukować
koszty.
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to make a killing

to make a huge profit; zarobić bardzo dużo, obłowić się

He really made a killing through his good fortune and that’s why so many people
are jealous.
Naprawdę obłowił się dzięki temu, że miał szczęście i dlatego tak wielu ludzi mu
zazdrości.
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work permit

a document allowing someone to work in a certain country; pozwolenie na pracę

It’s been three weeks since Peter applied for a work permit but he still hasn’t
obtained it.
Minęły trzy tygodnie od kiedy Peter złożył wniosek o pozwolenie na pracę, ale
wciąż go nie dostał.
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flexitime / flextime

the system where employees work flexible hours, i.e. start work at different
hours; system ruchomego czasu pracy

I really like working flexitime. I can start work early three times a week and
then have a morning off.
Naprawdę lubię pracować w systemie ruchomego czasu pracy. Mogę zaczynać pracę
wcześnie trzy razy w tygodniu, a potem mieć wolny ranek.
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merger

a combination of two or more companies; fuzja, połączenie przedsiębiorstw

The merger with XYZ will be considered unless the market situation changes.
Fuzja z XYZ zostanie wzięta pod uwagę, chyba że zmieni się sytuacja na rynku.
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chain store

a shop that belongs to a chain, i.e.a group of shops of the same company; sklep
sieci

Managing a typical chain store, he wasn’t able to make decisions concerning the
design of the shop.
Jako kierownik typowego sklepu sieci, nie mógł podejmować decyzji dotyczących
wystroju wnętrza.
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overtime

extra time spent working

If you work overtime, you work longer hours than normally

nadgodziny, praca w godzinach nadliczbowych

No sooner had she demanded payment for her overtime work than she was fired.
Kiedy tylko zażądała wypłaty za nadgodziny, została wyrzucona z pracy.
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sleeping partner

a partner in a company who does not work in it; cichy wspólnik

He was made a sleeping partner in the phenomenally successful company.
Został cichym wspólnikiem firmy odnoszącej niezwykłe sukcesy.
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to pull off a deal

(v) to succeed in negotiating a deal - odnieść sukces w negocjowaniu jakiejś
transakcji
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hard money

(n) change; metal coins - monety; I need some hard money - have you got any
silver?
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one-off deal

(n) the deal which is made only once - jednorazowa transakcja
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dull market

(n) an inactive market - rynek w zastoju;

The market is dull today an there's a lull in trading.
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to swap(US) / to bed and breakfast (UK)

(v) to sell one's holding at a loss afer rading close fo the day, reg-ister the
loss for tax purposes and buy this holding back on the next day. Such
transactions are done to minimize the impact of capital gains tax - po
zamknięciu giełdy sprzedać swoje akcje ze stratą, zaksięgować poniesioną stratę
i od-kupić swoje akcje następnego dnia. Tego typu transakcje są zawierane, aby
zminimalizować podatek od zysków kapitałowych;

Unit trusts may be less expensive to bed and breakfast than shares.
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cream puff

(n) (US) a car that is used but in splendid condition - używany samochód w
doskonałym stanie
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to boom

(v) to expand or to become prosperous - pro-sperować;
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on the back burner / on hold

(adv) (US) in suspension; put off for consideration at a later time - w
zawieszeniu
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to fall down on one's job

(v) to fail in one's job - nie wypełniać należycie swoich obowiązków;
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fanzine

(n) a magazine for fans - magazyn dla fanów
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starch ratings

(n) (US) a method of assessing the effectiveness of an organization's
advertising - jedna z metod oceniania skuteczności reklamy danej firmy;

According to starch ratings this advertising agency is A1.
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fat cat

(n) a privileged person (esp. a wealthy businessman); a tycoon - potentat
handlowy / giełdowy / przemysłowy itp.; gruba ryba;

This fat cat may easily cannibalize your bread and butter business.
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to sell off

(v) to get rid of one's stock at a reduced price - sprzedać towar w magazynie po
obniżonej cenie;

They are going to sell off their old stock at the end-of-season sale.
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to take a beating

(v) to pay too much for sth - zapłacić za dużo za coś
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Footsie

(n) a popular name for the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of 100 Shaes -
popularne określenie wskaźnika giełdowego 100 akcji w Financial Times
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to milk sb\sth

(v) to exploit sb\sth to the utmost - wykorzystać kogoś/coś do końca;
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insider dealing / insider trading

(n) illegal transactions made on the basis ofconfidential inforation (most
insider dealing concerns trading in stocks / shares whose value is likely to be
affected by the release of news of which only a few people know) - nielegalne
transakcje zawarte na podstawie poufnych informacji (określenie dotyczy głównie
kupna i sprzedaży akcji, których cena rynkowa może się zmienić pod wpływem
informacji znanych niewielkiej grupie ludzi);

Several directors of our company are accused of insider dealing and using SUPSI.
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blue-button

(n) an employee of a stockbroking firm who is allowed to enter the floor of the
London Stock Exchange but is not authorized to trade (from a blue button worn by
such an employee) - pracownik firmy maklerskiej, który ma prawo wstępu na salę
operacji giełdowych londyńskiej giełdy papierów wartościowych, ale nie jest
upoważniony do zawierania transakcji (nazwa pochodzi od niebieskiego guzika,
jaki nosi ten pracownik)
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blue chips / blue-chip investments / blue-chip stocks (shares) / alpha stocks /
shares

(n pl) risk-free shares in good companies; shares of the best sort; first rate
shares (from the colour of the highest denomination of gambling chips) -
pierwszorzędne akcje lub papiery wartościowe (od koloru żetonów w ruletce, które
mają najwyższą wartość);

My client is an ultra who can be satisfied only with blue chips.
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shark repellent / shark repellant

(n) any defensive tactic in the event of a taeover bid (e.g. chaging a company's
rules to require stockholders approval before a takeover can be accomplished) -
wszelkie sposoby, jakich może użyć firma, której złożono ofertę przejęcia, w
celu pokonania przeciwnika (np. wprowadzenie nowych zasad, według których
wymagana jest zgoda akcjonariuszy zanim nastąpi przejęcie firmy);

What shark repellants is the company going to use to fend off the raiders?
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silver wheelchair

(n) a large sum of money received by the company's top directorsin compensation
for his / her loss of position as a result of a takeover (the silver wheelchair
can make the company seem less attractive to the raider) - duże sumy pieniędzy
wypłacane głównym dyrektorom firmy jako forma rekompensaty za utratę stanowiska
w wyniku przejęcia firmy (praktyka ta powoduje, że firma staje się mniej
atrakcyjna dla osób, które chcą ją przejąć);

The silver wheelchair has made the potential raiders dry up.
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keen competition / stiff competition

(n) a very strong competition - bardzo silna konkurencja;

Though we confront really keen competition here, we are not off the pace but
streets ahead of our rival businesses.
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go-getter

(n) a determined person who is always ready to fight for his goals - osoba
zdecydowana walczyć o realizację swoich celów;
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siks

(n pl) (acronym) Single Income Kids - akronim oznaczający jedną pensję i dzieci
(na utrzymaniu)
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softs

(n) traded commodities other than metals (e.g. wheat, coffee) - towry inne niż
artykuły metalowe (np. pszenica, kawa);

Softs drooped considerably.
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to flip

(v) (US) to buy and then sell shares rapidly in order to make a fast proft
-kupować akcje i natychmiast je sprzedawać, aby szybko zarobić na transakcji; He
hopes to raise the wind by flipping.
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to go off heavily

(v) (of a product) to sell very badly - (o to-warze) źle iść
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armchair research

(n) searching for information in reference books (e.g. directories) - szukanie
informacji w informatorach (publikacjach informacyjnych);

Just twist their arm a little and get them to do some armchair research for you.
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running shoes / to get one's running shoes / to give sb his / her running shoes

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy, wyrzucać ,

The new worker turned out to be a mental job and a total screw-off so he got his
running shoes immediately.
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front office

(n pl) a) the chief administrative offices of a company - główne biura
administracji firmy; b) mana-gers, executives - menedżerowie, dyrektorzy;

You'll have to go through channels until your project is accepted by the front
office.
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subliminal advertising

(n) advertising that attempts to leave certain impressions on the subconscious
mind of the person who sees or hears it without realizing that this is being
done - reklama oddziałująca na podświadomość; reklama, która ma na celu
pozostawienie pewnych wrażeń w pod-świadomości osoby, która ją widzi lub słyszy,
ale jednocześnie osoba ta nie uświadamia sobie, że została poddana jej
oddziaływaniu; reklama podprogowa
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bear market / bear run

(n) a market that is going down / where prices are falling - rynek o zniżkowej
tendencji kursów; bessa; It's a bear market today and the prices are losing
ground.
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spurt

(n) (of stock / share prices) a sudden increase - (o cenach akcji) nagły wzrost
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to sell one's saddles

(v) (US) to have no money - nie mieć pieniędzy; He has sold his saddles so he
will have to sell up in order to pay his debts.
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junk mail

(n) advertising material sent through by post - bezwartościowe materiały
reklamowe przesłane pocztą;
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in the backfield

(adv) in the back of the auction hall - na tyłach sali aukcyjnej
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to go to a great / considerable expense

(v) to pay much money to get sth - ponieść duże koszty, aby coś osiągnąć;

They went to a great expense to educate their son at Harvard Business School.
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rubber-chicken

(n) (US) bad banquet food, occupationally eaten by politicians or businessmen -
zwrot określający niesmaczne jedzenie serwowane na oficjalnych bankietach
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to fix a price

(v) to set a price - ustalić cenę;
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upset price

(n) (US and Scottish) the lowest price which the seller will accept - najniższa
cena jaką zaakceptuje sprzedawca
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one for the book

(adj) (US) remarkable - wspaniały;
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to throw money at sth

(v) to spend big amounts of money on sth - wydać duże pieniądze na coś
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to take off for cash

(v) to reduce the price of goods when somebody pays in cash - udzielić rabatu z
racji zapłaty gotówkowej
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badly off

(adj) poor - biedny;

He must be really badly off if he works for such a doggy company.
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to shoot up

(v) (of stock / share prices) to go up fast - (o cenach akcji) iść w górę bardzo
szybko
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packet / pile / bundle / bale / chunk / oodles of mon-ey / dough etc.

(n) a very large amount of money - bardzo duże sumy pieniędzy;

With that packet we are in tall cotton.
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rank and file

(n) ordinary members of the trade union - szeregowi członkowie związku
zawodowego;
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giveback / pay-cut

(n) (US) a reduction in salary offered by one or more employees (usu. of high
rank) when their employer's business is in difficulty - obniżenie zarobków,
zaproponowane przez jednego lub więcej pracowników (zwykle na wysokich
stanowiskach), w sytuacji gdy ich firma ma kłopoty finansowe;

When the company was in deep water, several top-ranking employees offered a
giveback to help the manager get out from under.
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gold brick

(n) a dishonest imitation - podróbka
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to be out (an amount of money)

(v) to lose (some money) - stracić (jakąś sumę pieniędzy)
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to cadge for sth

(v) to borrow money or small things without having any intention of returning
them - naciągać (kogoś) na coś
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deadheading

(n) (US) promoting junior members of staff over some senior ones - faworyzowanie
młodszych pracowników firmy
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dib

(n) a dollar (US) - dolar
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to blue money

(v) to waste money by unwise spending - przepuszczać / trwonić pieniądze;
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to go better

(v) (of stock / share prices) to rise; to improve - (o cenach akcji) iść w górę;
wzmocnić się
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London fix

(n) setting the value of an ounce of gold - ustalanie cen złota na rynku
londyńskim
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swank(y) / swish / ritzy / nifty / toney / tony / posh / snaz-zy /snazzy

(adj) very elegant; luxurious; rich - bardzo elegancki; luksusowy
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to bump up

(v) to increase; to raise - podnieść;
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lay-off

(n) the period during which workers are unemployed because there's little work -
okres, w którym pracownicy są tymczasowo bezrobotni, ponieważ nie ma dla nich
pracy;

The company is undergoing a strategic review and many workers have already been
laid off / are on a lay-off.
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bargain price

(n) a specially low price - wyjątkowo niska cena
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goldmine

(n) sth very profitable - żyła złota; coś bardzo dochodowego
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gentleman's C

(n) (UK) a satisfactory (but not a high) rating given to a company -
zadowalająca (ale nie wysoka) ocena przyznana firmie;

The business is picking up, the company has got gentleman's C recently.
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K's

) - tysiąc dolarów
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silver

(n) coins - monety
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rubber-stamp

(n) a person (esp. an official) or an organization who authorizes or agrees to
some activity automa-tically, without giving it proper attention - osoba
(zwłaszcza urzędnik) lub organizacja, która autoryzuje lub zatwierdza coś
automatycznie bez zastanowienia
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to be at one's peak

(v) to be at one's highest point (subse-quently expected to fall) - osiągnąć
najwyższy szczyt (z któ-rego można już tylko spaść)
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up or out position

(n) (US) a high-pressure job or position, where an executive is either promoted
quickly or fired (equally quickly) - bardzo stresująca praca, w której można być
równie szybko awansowanym, jak i zwolnionym;

Be careful, this job is an up or out position and you may find yourself in the
hot seat very quickly.
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head buyer

(n) the most important buyer in a store - kluczowy klient dla danego sklepu;

Our shop-assistant is just waiting on our head buyer.
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pulling teeth time

(n) the first half hour of the auction which comes before the prime time -
pierwsze pół godziny trwania aukcji, przed prime time, czyli czasem, najlepszej
sprzedaży na aukcji;

There were no serious bids during the pulling teeth time yesterday.
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to go through the roof

(v) (of stock / share prices) to rise suddenly to an unreasonable level - (o
cenach akcji) osiągnąć niebotyczny poziom;
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account side

(n) the half of an advertising agency which attracts and keeps clients (the
other half is
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two bit

(adj) costing twenty five cents - kosztujący dwadzieścia pięć centów
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dummy

(n) a member of a board of directors who has no direct interest in the compay
but represents sb who does; a person who lends his name to a business deal
hiding the real buyer or seller - figurant; członek rady nadzorczej, który nie
ma bezpośrednich udziałów w firmie, ale reprezentuje kogoś, kto je posiada;
osoba, która użycza swojego nazwiska dla jakiejś transakcji handlowej w celu
nieujaw-niania prawdziwego nazwiska kupca lub sprzedawcy;

This man is a dummy of our executive director and he fronts for him.
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slog

(n) an acronym for slowing of growth - dosł. zwolnienie tempa wzrostu
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rigging the market

(n) an action that influences a market by overriding market fores (it may be
done by one dealer buying a substantial number of shares/stocks or a significant
quantity of a commodity, thus pushing up the market price) - manipulowanie
kursami; sterowanie rynkiem; tworzenie sztucznej tendencji rynkowej (np. zakup
znacznej ilości akcji lub jednego towaru może spowodować wzrost ich ceny
rynkowej)

Shares have put on a spurt as a result of rigging the market.
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windfall

(n) a profit that is not expected (e.g. a sudden, big win or unexpected legacy)
- nieoczekiwany zysk, zarobek, dochód (np. duża wygrana lub spadek); zysk
nad-zwyczajny;

He got a windfall of one million dollars from a distant relative and struck it
rich.

His new house must have cost an arm and a leg.
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kitty

(n) money which has been collected by a group of people to be used later (e.g.
for an office party) - wspólny fundusz (pieniądze zebrane np. na przyjęcie w
biurze); fundusz składkowy
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reet and compleat

(adj) (US) excellent; smart - wyśmienity; elegancki
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maximal awareness

(n) the point at which a consumer is convinced enough by a product's advertising
to buy the product - dotarcie do klienta; uświadomienie klientowi, że potrzebuje
produktu reklamowanego przez tę firmę
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contrarian

(n) a person who thinks that the market will move in the opposite direction (up
or down) from where the majority believes it is moving - osoba, która
przewiduje, że tendencja na rynku będzie zawsze kształtować się odwrotnie do
przewidywań większości;

According to this contrarian the best time to buy is when everybody says sell.
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punter

(n) a person who gambles in securities in the hope of making quick profits
spekulant; osoba, która spekuluje papierami wartościowymi w nadziei osiągnięcia
szybkiego zysku;

This punter loves playing with financial fire and there's nothing more painful
to him than waiting out bad market.
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to keep tabs on sb\sth

(v) to keep being informed about, to keep watch on sb / sth - mieć oko na kogoś,
mieć kogoś na oku;
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earn-out

(n) (US) an employee incentive scheme whereby the employee is offered share
options that give him / her an interest in the company for which he / she works
- możliwość otrzymania akcji danej firmy przez pracowników tej firmy jako forma
wynagrodzenia i dodatkowej motywacji do pracy
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wrongful dismissal / unfair dismissal

(n) dismissing sb from a job because of some wrong reasons - bezprawne
zwolnienie z pracy;
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the hard core

(n) (of the strikers) the decisive, controlling group which is often the most
extreme - najważniejsza grupa strajkujących (radykalny odłam komitetu
strajkowego);

The hard core warned the other members of the union not to cross the picket
line.
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to burn one's fingers

(v) to suffer a financial loss through careless or ill-judged action - sparzyć
się na czymś; ponieść stratę finansową na skutek złej lub nieprzemyślanej
decyzji;

It's a chancy business and you may burn your fingers.
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droid

(n) an inferior, mechanical sort of person; a robot - osoba wykonująca czynności
mechanicznie, osoba pracująca jak robot
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pep-talk

(n) a talk with a person that gives him / her encouragement, especially when he
/ she has not been successful so far - rozmowa zwierzchnika z podwładnym mająca
na celu dodanie otuchy w pokonywaniu przez niego trudności
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to knock oneself out

(v) to work very hard, almost to the point of exhaustion; to do one's utmost - pracować bardzo ciężko, na granicy wycieńczenia;
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to know one's onions / business / beans / stuff

(v) to be very competent in one's work - znać się na swojej pracy
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to milk the profits

(v) to drain a company of its profits by granting unreasonabl hih salaries to the directors - pozbawić firmę zysku, wypłacając wygórowane pensje jej dyrektorom Milking the profits caused smash-up of the whole business.
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to be in the hot seat

(v) to have a job which involves making many difficult decisions - mieć stresującą pracę, która wymaga podejmowania wielu trudnych decyzji
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auction fever

(n) a disease which makes potential buyers believe that everything offered for sale at an auction is a good bargain - gorączka aukcyjna; przekonanie, że kupno każdego z przedmiotów oferowanych na auk-cji to doskonały interes;

He must have been suffering from an auction fever to buy this boat anchor.
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mallies

(n) young people who hang around shopping centres - młodzi ludzie włóczący się po centrach handlowych
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shipping order

(n) a large order - duże zamówienie;
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to knock off

(v) to finish work - skończyć pracę
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to be in the market for sth

(v) to wish to buy sth - mieć zamiar coś kupić
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something's got to give

(in negotiations) a resolution is necessary now - the situation is tense and perilous - (w ne-gocjacjach) należy coś przedsięwziąć, aby uniknąć impasu;

The negotiations between the management and the union have reached the deadlock and something's got to give in order to strike a happy medium.
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the board

(n) board of directors; a group of people elected by shareholders to run a company; the management - rada nadzorcza;

Let me have a look at the organogram as I want to know who is on the board here.
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wooden ticket

(n) a fictitious trade in a share that a broker promised to sell, bu couldn't get anyone to buy (he will quietly try to cancel the transaction later on) - fikcyjna transakcja akcją, którą makler obiecał sprzedać, ale nie znalazł kupca (co później zmusza go do nieoficjalnego odwołania transakcji);

That deal is nothing but a wooden ticket and he'll have to get out of it on the QT.
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bouncer ([i]US[/i]) / rubber cheque / dud cheque

(n) a cheque returned by a bank as worthless because the person writing it does not have enough money in the account to pay it - czek zwrócony przez bank z adnotacją, że osoba wystawiająca go nie ma na swoim koncie pieniędzy na jego pokrycie;

He received his bouncer with the words not sufficient funds written on it.
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fin

(n) five dollars (US) - pięć dolarów
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bar

(n) one million dollars (US) - milion dolarów
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gravy train

(n) (US) a job, business etc. that gives big profits for little or no work - zajęcie, interes itp., który przynosi duże zyski przy bardzo niewielkim nakładzie pracy
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sky-high

(adj) (of prices) extremely high - (o cenie) astronomiczna;
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well-heeled / well-fixed

(adj) rich - bogaty;

You must be well-heeled if you spend money like water.
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fringe account

(n) a customer who is not very profitable for the supplier - klient, który nie przysparza zysków dostawcy;

Fringe accounts are not offered any discounts.
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ball-buster / ball-wracker / bun-buster

(n) a very hard task or job - bardzo ciężkie zadanie lub bardzo ciężka praca;

This work is a real ball-buster and I'm up to my eyes at the moment, I think I need a week off.
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to knock the competition / to beat the competition

(v) to get the advantage over competing firms - pokonać konkurencję;

We keep getting shipping orders for our user-friendly washing machines and I suppose we'll knock our competition very soon.
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Wall Street

(n) the Street in New York where the Stock Exchange is situated (it ha become synonymous with the American financial centre) - ulica w Nowym Jorku, przy której znajduje się giełda papierów wartościowych; przen. wielka finansjera amerykańska;

In his sharp business suit he looked like the whole Wall Street thing.
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to smell blood

(v) to anticipate (usu. with joy) the destruction of one's opponent - z góry cieszyć się na myśl o klęsce swojego przeciwnika
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precooked

(n) prepared in advance - przygotowany na zapas
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customer appeal

(n) sth that attracts customers to a prod-uct - coś, co sprawia, że klienci interesują się danym produktem
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to be down on one's luck

(v) to suffer a period of misfortunes - przeżywać okres niepowodzeń
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to be up for auction

(v) to be ready to be auctioned - być wystawionym na aukcję;

This painting will be up for auction next week.
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tuppence

(n) twopence (UK) - moneta dwupensowa
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to weasel out of sth

(v) to withdraw from; to evade (esp. an obligation, contract etc.) in a sneaky way - wycofać się z czegoś (zwłaszcza zobowiązania, kontraktu) w nieuczciwy sposób;

Listening to all his weasel words I have an impression that he wants to weasel out of our agreement.
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knockdown goods

(n pl) goods sold in parts to be assembled by the buyer - towary sprzedawane w zestawach do składania przez kupującego;

Our knockdown goods are very popular mainly among the know-how enthusiasts and toolies.
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to trade in

(v) to deal in sth; to sell sth - sprzedawać coś;

He has just set up a store but I don't know what he trades in.
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to button down the price

(v) to agree on the price; to make the price precise - umówić się co do ceny; ustalić cenę
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to turn over

(v) to have a certain amount of sales - mieć obrót;
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to play the honest broker

(v) to act for both parties in negotiations - działać w imieniu obydwu stron podczas negocjacji
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gander

(n) a look; a glance - przelotne spojrzenie
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hyper / hype artist

(n) (US) a publicist; a promoter; an advertiser - osoba zamieszczająca reklamy; This hype artist is a hot property on Madison Avenue.
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to beat a ban

(v) to do sth which is forbidden (before the ban is enforced) - ominąć zakaz (zanim nabierze on mocy prawnej)
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to pull out (of sth)

(v) to stop being a part of a deal / agreement; to withdraw from sth, etc. - wycofać się z czegoś;
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to flack / to flak

(v) to push a product or service - reklamować produkt lub usługę
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toolies

(n) (US) technical staff (engineers, programmers etc.) who deal with numbers,
science and mechanical devices - personel techniczny (np. inżynierowie,
programiści, mechanicy)
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to go places

(v) to do very well in one's work; to have a successful career - mieć
powodzenie; robić karierę
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current account / cheque account / drawing account ([i]UK[/i]) / demand deposit
/ checkng account

(n) (US an account on hich the customer cases and draws cheque, but receives no
interest - rachunek bieżący; nie przynoszące procentów konto, na którym
realizuje się i wystawia czeki;

If you put your money into a current account it won't bring in any interest.
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to get out of line

(v) to disobey; to ignore orders - nie stosować się do poleceń;
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think tank

(n) a group of experts who advise or put forward plans - grupa ekspertów, która
doradza i przedstawia plany; doradcy;

He is a flash at business and recently he's been admitted to the think tank.
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to check up on sth

(v) to examine sth in order to find out if it is true or false - sprawdzić coś
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buy

(n) bargain - okazja; interes; It's a good (or bad) buy.
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shop steward

(n) a man chosen by his fellow workers to represent them in their trade union
[Note: trade union (UK) = labor union (US)] - związkowy mąż zaufania; osoba
wybrana przez współpracowników jako ich reprezentant w związku zawodowym;

Our shop steward has promised to bargain over the strike pay.
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to deliver the goods

(v) to complete a contract; to do what had been agreed or promised - wywiązać
się ze wszystkich zobowiązań;

He is a sort of managerial Mr Clean - he always delivers the goods and never
backs out of the contract.
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to hand over (to sb)

(v) to pass responsibilities to sb else - przekazać komuś władzę / kierownictwo
itp.;

The manager decided to take a back seat to someone younger and handed over
to the Veep; the handover went smoothly.
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slaughter-house

(n) a shop whose owner buys goods from small manufacturersat ery low prices -
sklep zajmujący się skupem towarów od drobnych wytwórców po bardzo niskich
cenach
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chop: to get the chop / to give sb the chop

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy,

Get on the stick or you'll get the chop.
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to the tune of sth

(adv) to the amount of sth - na kwotę
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to pay out

(v) not to pay the whole amount of money on the spot, but in regular periods of
time, usu. in small amounts - spłacać;

We have bought a new house and now we're paying out.
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to call in

(v) a) to demand payment of debts - żądać spłaty długów;

The bank has called in my overdraft but I have no money reserve to fall back on.
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asking price

(n) the price which the seller hopes to get for the product he / she is selling
- cena wywoławcza;

The asking price is 500$, I wonder what his upset price may be.
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shaky / shady

(adj) of doubtful honesty; unreliable - podejrzany; niepewny;
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to win one's spurs

(v) to be treated as fully competent - przen. zdobyć ostrogi w jakimś zawodzie;
być kompetentnym
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mullet

(n) broker's derogatory term for a customer - pogardliwe określenie klienta w
slangu maklerów giełdowych;
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soft soap

(n) flattery; persuading by gentle means - łagodna perswazja
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freepost

(n) (UK) a system where a person can write to an advertiser to place an order or
can ask to be sent further information, without paying for a stamp - system
polegający na możliwości uzyskiwania informacji lub składania zamówień listownie
bez opłaty pocztowej (na koszt producenta)
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to come across sth

(v) to find sth by chance - natknąć się na coś przypadkiem;
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railroads

(n pl) shares in railroad industry - akcje towarzystw kolejowych;
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bear

(n) a speculator who sells hoping for a fall in price so that he may buy at a lower price before he has to make a de-livery. The difference between his buying and selling prices is his profit - spekulant grający na zniżkę, różnica między ceną kupna i sprzedaży akcji stanowi jego zysk;

There is a famous saying of the bears: the tree doesn't grow to the sky, so when prices are going up, it's probably time to get out.
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at a crawl

(adv) very slowly - w bardzo wolnym tempie
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affairs

(n pl) business matters in general (usu. of some importance) - ogólnie: interesy;

Our businessmen are on top of the company's affairs.
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high grade

(adj) first quality; superior - pierwszorzędny;
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Big Business / big business

(n) the world of large, powerful business organizations - dosł. wielki świat biznesu;

The proposal went over big with big business.
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shop lifter / shoplifter

(n) a thief who steals goods from shops while pretending to be a customer - złodziej sklepowy;

Retailers go high-tech in the war on shoplifters and install electronic equipment worthy of Big Brother.
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to zero out

(v) not to pay taxes legally - legalnie nie płacić podatków

He can't be alled a tax-dodger, he just always finds a tax loophole and zeroes out.
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kingpin

(n) the most important person in a company - najważniejsza osoba w firmie;

As a kingpin of the company he must be on the inside.
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to gear up (for sth)

(v) to get ready (for sth) - szykować się (na coś);
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to bet the ranch

(v) (US) to take a considerable risk in stock exchange dealing or other financial transaction - ponosić duże ryzyko, grając na giełdzie lub dokonując innych transakcji finansowych
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to drop a bundle

(v) (US) to lose a large amount of money - stracić dużą sumę pieniędzy;
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thunderbolt

(n) a sudden and unexpected event which causes great shock - grom z jasnego nieba;
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to slate sb

(v) to choose sb for a purpose or office - wyznaczyć kogoś do sprawowania jakiejś funkcji;
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Gimmie what?

a typical opening at an auction - typowa formułka otwierająca licytację (dosł. co mi dacie?)
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Lady Macbeth Strategy

(n) a strategy undertaken during a hostile takeover by a paty who seems at first to be acting as a white knight but subsequently joins the aggressor - strategia jednej ze stron, podczas próby przejęcia firmy, polegająca na udawaniu sprzymierzeńca firmy zagrożonej ofertą przejęcia a następnie przyłączenie się do agresora (strony składającej ofertę przejęcia firmy);

It seems that our white knight is likely to take up Lady Macbeth Strategy.
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bargain hunter

(n) a stockbroker buying shares when the prices are low - spekulant giełdowy wykupujący walory w okresie zniżki kursów; gracz giełdowy;

This bargain hunter hungs back even on good shares, bottom fishing for the lowest prices.
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to be in deep water / to be in dire straits / to be in low water

(v) to be in financial troubles - mieć kłopoty finansowe;
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Acapulco spread

(n) an extremely complicated transaction with multiple commissions - niezwykle skomplikowana transakcja z licznymi prowizjami;
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bargain-hunter

(n) a person who is interested only in these things which he can buy cheaply - osoba zainteresowana kupnem tanich rzeczy, polująca na towary po okazyjnych cenach;

This bargain-hunter wants to get everything at a bargain price.
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snip

(n) sth very cheap; a bargain - coś bardzo taniego; okazja
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scoop

(n) a large profit quickly gained - duży zysk osiągnięty szybko;

He must feel the scoop if he has a stake in this business. I'm sure he'll do well out of it.
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klupper

(n) a worker who works particularly slowly - osoba, która pracuje bardzo wolno;
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front / cut-out

(n) an apparently honourable organization that is acting as a screen to hide some illegal or dishonest activity - pozornie uczciwa organizacja będąca przykrywką przestępczej działalności;

The firm operated only as a front / cut-out for the secret trade of weapons.
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to buy out sb

(v) to buy sb's interest in a business - wykupić czyjeś udziały w przedsiębiorstwie;
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grand

(n) one thousand dollars or pounds (note: no plural, e.g. three grand) - tysiąc dolarów (uwaga: nie ma liczby mnogiej)
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to farm out work

(v) to have another person or company do your work for you - zlecić osobie lub firmie wykonanie określonej pracy
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grifter

(n) sb who earns money in dishonest business ventures - osoba zarabiająca pieniądze na nieuczciwych transakcjach
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silver wing

(n) a fifty-cent coin - moneta pięćdziesięciocentowa
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brand-switching

(n) buying one brand and then changing it into another - przerzucanie się z jednej marki danego produktu na inną
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heavyweight

(n) a VIP - very important person (esp. in business) - bardzo ważna osoba; osobistość; VIP;

Jamaica Wine House in Castle Court (London) is one of the most popular watering holes of people from the business upper circles. Many establishment heavyweights - like London's Stock Exchange Chairman, Sir Nicholas Goodison, and the directors of Barclay's Bank - go here for a glass of claret or sherry. (Newsweek / Oct 24, 1988)
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to cough up

(v) to pay money (esp. reluctantly) - zapłacić (zwłaszcza niechętnie)

He is so tightfisted but they made him cough up several bucks.
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slant

(n) an attitude or opinion that a publicist is trying to sell to the public - pogląd lub opinia, którą osoba reklamująca dany produkt próbuje sprzedać potencjalnym klientom;

The seller succeeded in presenting our mineral water with a healthy, ecological slant.
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inertia selling

(n) a method of marketing or selling: an article is sent by post to a person who has not ordered it (it is assumed that if the goods are not returned they are purchased) - jedna z metod marketingu i sprzedaży, polegająca na tym, że określony towar jest wysyłany pocztą do osoby, która go nie zamawiała (przyjmuje się, że jeśli przesyłka nie została zwrócona, towar został zakupiony);

Sometimes inertia selling pays off and it suddenly turns out that many people are in the market for our goods.
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one-man show

(n) an enterprise, a business etc. controlled by one person - firma jednoosobowa;

He needs a grubstake for his one-man show.
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handout

(n) an information sheet which is given (free of cost) to the public - biuletyn informacyjny rozdawany bezpłatnie;
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to be out / to go out (on strike)

(v) to strike - strajkować;

There is a hold-up in our production process as the workers have been out (on strike) for the last two weeks.
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to clear one's costs / expenses

(v) to make neither a pro-fit nor a loss - nie mieć ani zysku, ani strat; zarobić na pokrycie kosztów; produkować / sprzedawać po kosztach

We have reached a break-even point - we are just clearing our costs.
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to walk off / out

(v) to go out on strike - strajkować;

When the workers walked out the manager found the fill-ins.
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stunt

(n) a way of attracting public attention by means of an unusual show, usu. involving much skill (e.g. a plane writing a message in the sky) - sposób przyciągania uwagi publiczności za pomocą niezwykłego widowiska (np. samolot piszący reklamę na niebie);

This stunt has proved to be a successful ploy.
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gains

(n pl) the stocks / shares which show an increase in price - akcje, których ena wzrasta;

Kangaroos were among the gains yesterday; they traded up to fifteen cents before the close.
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skittish market

(n) an extremely volatile market - niezwykle chwiejny rynek;

The market is skittish today and there's a real seesaw of prices.
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high-flying stocks

(n) stocks which are high-rated on the stock exchange - akcje, które mają wysokie notowania na giełdzie
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on a roll

(adj) highly successful, enjoying a winning impetus - odnoszący same sukcesy
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paying-in slip

(n) a credit slip, a form to fill when depositing money in a bank - potwierdzenie wpłaty (formularz)
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to plug sth

(v) to publicize or advertise sth - reklamować coś
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Jonestown defense

(n) (US) any form of defensive tactics against a hostile takeovr bid, so extreme as to appear suicidal - jedna z form obrony stosowana przeciwko złożonej ofercie przejęcia firmy, która jest tak ekstremalna, że aż sprawia wrażenie samobójczej;

The company's situation was so complicated that any strategy it might use to thwart the hostile raid appeared to be a Jonestown defense.
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suicide by fountain pen

(n) cosigning sb else's loan - wspólnie z kimś podpisać czjąś pożyczkę; żyrować;

Don't you think that our suicide by fountain pen would be rather an overkill?
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cheapie

(n) an item cheaply made or sold - taniocha
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let's show a little respect for this one

sth excellent is being displayed - coś niezwykłego / unikatowego właśnie zostaje wystawione na licytację
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double sawbuck / double saw

(n) twenty dollars (US) - dwadzieścia dolarów
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cold in hand

(adj) lacking money - cierpiący na brak pieniędzy;

This deadbeat is continually cold in hand.
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yellow pages

(n pl) a section of a telephone directory (printed on yellow paper) which lists various businesses - część książki telefonicznej (wydrukowana na żółtym papierze), która zawiera spis różnych firm;

If you don't know the telephone number of the Great Yellow Father, you should look it up in the yellow pages first.
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torture testing

(n) pushing products to their limits during product testing in order to find out hidden flaws or damages - testowanie nowego produktu za pomocą prób wytrzymałościowych w celu wykrycia ewentualnych wad / usterek;

We went to town on torture testing these products and no flaws have been noted.
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to be in the trenches

(v) to be in direct contact with people - mieć bezpośredni kontakt z ludźmi
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blue-collar workers

(n pl) manual (usu. factory) workers (from the blue colour of their working clothes) - pracownicy fizyczni (od niebieskiego koloru ubrania roboczego);

He started his career as a blue-collar worker but quickly rose through the ranks and became the owner of this factory.
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to mount up

(v) to increase rapidly - wzrastać gwałtownie;

This company is a maret onster and its shares are mounting up.
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feeler

(n) a quiet inquiry intended to find out what others are thinking - badanie, mające na celu poznanie opinii ludzi na dany temat;

We have put out a feeler to psyche out our customers and find out what makes them tick.
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nicker

(n) one pound (UK) - jeden funt
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to bring (sth) under the hammer

(v) to sell (sth) by auction - sprzedać coś na aukcji;

The Fra Angelico's painting was brought under the hammer yesterday and on presenting it, the auctioneer exclaimed: let's show a little respect for this one.
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mental job

(n) a neurotic or psychotic person - psychol;
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to go sick / to report sick

(v) to excuse oneself from work because of illness - iść na zwolnienie z powodu choroby;
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to make out a cheque to sb

(v) to write sb's name on a cheque - wypisać na kogoś czek;

I have no money in my account but if it comes to the push I'll kite the cheque.
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high-pressure selling

(n) an aggressive method of selling where a seller tries to talk a customer into buying sth that he / she really does not want - agresywna metoda sprzedaży polegająca na tym, że sprzedawca stara się na siłę namówić klienta na zakup rzeczy, której klient tak naprawdę nie chce
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up the spout / down the tube

(adj) a) (of a thing) in pawn - (o rzeczy) zastawiony / zestawiona w lombardzie; b) (of a person) ruined - (o człowieku) zrujnowany;
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to axe sb / to get the axe / to give sb the axe

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy

The company is suffering from cash-flow problems and many employees have been axed.
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to keep up with the competitors

(v) to operate as good as one's competitors - nadążyć za konkurencją; wytrzymać konkurencję;

Our competitors are certainly not dragging their feet, it may be quite difficult to keep up with them, I'm afraid.
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brainstorming

(n) an exchange of ideas, thoughts during intensive discussions in small groups that leads to a better understanding and solution of problems - burza mózgów; wymiana myśli, poglądów podczas dyskusji w małych grupach, która prowadzi do twórczych rozwiązań
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to feel sb out

(v) to get an insight into another person's character and motivations - poznać czyjś charakter, dotrzeć do kogoś;
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plush(y)

(adj) luxurious; stylish; costly - luksusowy; stylowy; drogi;
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to clear off a debt / to wipe off a debt

(v) to pay a debt in full - spłacić dług w całości
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ifty

(adj) uncertain, doubtful - niepewny
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butty

(n) a small contractor (esp. in coal-mining), who is paid by the mine-owners to get certain work done (butty employs a group of workers called a butty gang who do this work and share the profit with a butty) - drobny przedsiębiorca (zwłaszcza w górnictwie), który na zlecenie właś-cicieli kopalni zatrudnia grupę robotników (butty gang), którzy wykonują określoną pracę i dzielą się z nim zyskiem;

This butty gang did the work up brown.
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to go to the wall

(v) to go bankrupt in business - zbankru-tować
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to headhunt

(v) to look for especially competent managers and offer them jobs in other companies - wyszukiwanie bardzo zdolnych pracowników zajmujących kierownicze stanowiska i oferowanie im pracy w konkurencyjnych firmach;
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to mark down

(v) to reduce the price (of shares, securities etc.) - zredukowaćcen (np. akcji, papierów wartościowych);

Coppers have been marked down by thirty percent.
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pitchman

(n) a person who sells small items on the street or at a fair - handlarz sprzedający drobne artykuły na targu lub na ulicy;

I can never remember where this pitchman has his pitch.
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puffery

(n) an exaggerated claim given to a product or service - przesadna, nachalna reklama;

Describing this fleabag as one for the book is a puffery on wheels.
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stale cheque

(n) an out-of-date cheque, the one which has not been presented for pyment within six months of the date when it was drawn - czek przeterminowany; czek, który nie był przedstawiony do wykupu po sześciu miesiącach od daty wystawienia;

He didn't cash this cheque as it was a stale cheque.
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to plunge into debt

(v) to start having debts - wpaść w długi
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to come across with (the money)

(v) to give (the mon-ey) esp. reluctantly - dać pieniądze (zwłaszcza niechętnie)
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in-house

(adj) working inside a company's building - pracujący w budynku firmy
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dicey

(adj) risky and dangerous - ryzykowny i niebezpieczny
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works

(n) factory - fabryka;
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matchmaker

(n) sb who connects currency buyers and sellers (for a fee) - osoba, ktra pośredniczy między sprzedawcami i kupcami walut;

He is employed in forex as a specialized matchmaker.
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to break a deadlock

(v) to find the way to start negotiations again - przełamać impas;

The union was first to break a deadlock and a compromise has been worked out.
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to level off

(v) (of stock / share prices) to tend to become steady (not rising r flling much) - (o cenach akcji) stabilizować się;

Share prices were levelling off on P.E. yesterday.
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greenmailer

(n) a person (with a sufficient shareholding in a company) who makes the company buy back its own shares (at a price higher than the market price) and in return withdraws a takeover bid - osoba (posiadająca odpowiedni pakiet akcji w danej firmie), która zmusza tę firmę do wykupienia jej własnych akcji w celu ich umorzenia po cenie wyższej niż rynkowa, w zamian za to wycofuje ofertę przejęcia tej firmy;

This greenmailer made a run on our company and took millions in greenmail to drop it.
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to run at a risk

(v) to be likely to suffer harm - narażać się na niebezpieczeństwo
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to be on the floor

(v) to be very poor - być bardzo biednym;

His business plans have fallen through and he is on the floor now.
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blackleg ([i]UK[/i]) / scab ([i]US[/i]) / fink ([i]US[/i]) / rat

(n) a strike-breaker; an employee who refuses to stop working during a strike - łamistrajk;

When the union called for an all-out strike, there were sev-eral blacklegs who dropped out in the hope of promotion.
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rake-off / kickback

(n) (US) (from the rake used by casino croupiers) illegal commission paid to sb who helps in a bu-siness deal - (nazwa pochodzi od słowa rake - grabki używane przez krupiera) nielegalna prowizja za pomoc w transakcji
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to black

(v) (UK) to declare it wrong to work or cooperate with (a business firm, factory, an institution etc.) - bojkotować daną firmę, fabrykę, instytucję itp.;

The union blacked the factory which used sweated labour.
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shark

(n) sb who attempts a hostile corporate takeover; a raider - najeźdźca; osoba składająca ofertę przejęcia firmy;

Our shark-watchers have tabbed this businessman as a potential shark.
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story-board / storyboard

(n) a series of drawings which give the outline of a film or a TV commercial - seria rysunków stanowiących scenariusz reklamy filmowej lub telewizyjnej
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to get the hang of sth

(v) to master a particular skill needed - opanować daną umiejętność; rozumieć o co chodzi
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jerry-builder

(n) a person or a firm who builds very cheap and bad houses (called
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bear hug

(n) a notice which is given to the board of a tar-get company, saying that a takeover bid will soon be made - zawiadomienie przedstawione radzie nadzorczej firmy o za-miarach kupna całego pakietu akcyjnego firmy w celu wchłonięcia jej przez inną firmę;

We've just received a bear hug from a large, multinational company based in Cairo.
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def

(adj) (US) outstanding; terrific (from rap music lyrics) - wspaniały (z tekstów piosenek w stylu rap);
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to fit out

(v) to supply with the necessary machinery - zaopatrzyć (coś) w potrzebne maszyny, sprzęt;

When our factory is fitted out, someone will have to teach the workers to get the hang of the new machines.
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to grind sb (down)

(v) to drive a hard bargain; to force a seller to accept a low price - ostro się targować; zmusić sprzedającego do zaakceptowania niskiej ceny;

I ground him down to a rock bottom price.
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to clean up

(v) to make a profit (usu. on a single transaction) - dobrze zarobić (zwykle na pojedynczej transakcji);

It was a one-off deal and he cleaned up a million dollars.
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to nail sth down

(v) to make securely final (esp. a business deal, a contract etc.) - doprowadzić coś do szczęśliwego końca (zwłaszcza transakcję handlową itp.);

The contract is on ice. We're just going to sew it up and nail it down tomorrow.
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to buy (sth) on the arm / on the cuff / on the HP (hire purchase) / on the never-never / on the nod / on tick

(v) to buy sth on credit - kupować na kredyt;

He has just opened an account with this shop so he buys things on the HP, and pays back in dribs and drabs.
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stagflation

(n) stagnation and inflation - stagnacja i inflacja; stagflacja;
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kerbside conference

(n) a discussion of selling techniques between a trainee salesman and the person who is training him - dyskusja na temat różnych strategii sprzedaży prowadzona pomiędzy sprzedawcą praktykantem a osobą przeprowadzającą szkolenie;

If you have any problem you should take it up with your sales trainer during the kerbside conference.
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sawbuck

(n) a ten-dollar bill (US) (from the Roman numeral X which resembles a carpenter's sawbuck) - banknot dziesięciodolarowy (nazwa pochodzi od rzymskiej cyfry X [dziesięć], która przypomina kozły do cięcia drzewa)
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killing

(n) huge profit - olbrzymi zysk, udana operacja;
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to wait out

(v) to defeat or deal successfully with sb / sth by waiting - przeczekać kogoś / coś;
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the fourth estate

(n) the press; newspapers and their staff. In Britain any powerful group, outside the government and the church, that can influence the affairs of the state - ogólnie prasa: gazety i dziennikarze. W Anglii określenie to oznacza każdą ustosunkowaną grupę poza rządem i kościołem, która ma wpływ na wydarzenia w kraju
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cannibalism / cannibalization

(n) a situation where one of a company's products is selling well at the expense of another (this usually happens when the products are too similar) - sytuacja, w której jeden z produktów danej firmy dobrze się sprzedaje kosztem drugiego (to zwykle się zdarza, gdy dwa produkty są bardzo podobne);

The new product quickly became a top-selling item and the resultant cannibalism swept other products off the board.
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low-pressure selling

(n) a non-aggressive method of selling where a salesman encourages a customer to buy sth without trying to force him/her - łagodna metoda sprzedaży, która polega na zachęcaniu, a nie na zmuszaniu klienta do zakupu danego produktu;

Many customers don't like being pushed and will hold much more with low-pressure selling than with high-pressure selling.
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C-note

(n) a one-hundred dollar bill (US) (from the Roman numeral for 100) - banknot studolarowy (nazwa pochodzi od rzymskiej cyfry C oznaczającej 100)
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land office business

(n) a financially successful, active enterprise - aktywnie rozwijające się przedsiębiorstwo, które może poszczycić się finansowym sukcesem;

He owns a plushy rug joint which is a land office business.
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boat anchor

(n) (US) an ugly item of enormous size - coś brzydkiego ogromnych rozmiarów
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switch-selling / bait-and-switch

(n) (UK) a method of selling by which a customer is shown a cheap article (the bait) and is then persuaded to buy something more expensive - metoda sprzedaży polegająca na tym, że sprze-dawca najpierw pokazuje klientowi tani artykuł (przynętę), a potem namawia go do kupna czegoś droższego;

When this salesman is broken in he will know all the tricks of bait-and-switch.
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five-and-dime / five-and-ten

(n) a variety store selling relatively cheap - sklep z tanimi towarami
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to buy in

(v) to buy a supply of sth - wykupić; zabezpieczyć się, kupując coś na zapas;

We should buy in all the necessary things before the shop puts up the prices again.
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to fold up

(v) to stop trading - zwinąć interes
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hype

(n) excessive claims made in advertising - rozdmuchana reklama;

There was much hype surrounding the opening of the new Mickey D's.
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mill

(n) one million dollars (US) - milion dolarów
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the lost days

(n pl) (the number of) working days lost by industrial disputes in a particular factory - dni robocze stracone z powodu dysput w danej fabryce
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clip joint / gyp joint

(n) a business establishment in which customers are cheated (usu. by being charged excessively high prices for inferior goods) - podrzędny, ale bardzo drogi lokal, w którym obowiązują bardzo wysokie ceny za produkty niskiej jakości
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flack / flak

(n) a PR (public relations) person - osoba pracująca w dziale public relations (kreująca wizerunek danej firmy)
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nabob

(n) a rich and important businessman - bogaty i ważny biznesmen;

He has traded up and become a nabob.
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double-dutch

(n) speech (or writing) that sounds mea-ningless and cannot be understood - bełkot
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to call off

(v) to cancel - odwołać
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to be (an amount of money) to the good / better off

(v) to be in a state of profit - mieć zysk; być (o daną kwotę) do przodu
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to clean (clear) sb out / to take sb to the cleaners

(v) to take sb's money; to ruin sb - ogołocić kogoś z pieniędzy
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Blue-Sky Laws

(n pl) (US) state laws created to protect the public from securities fraud - ustawy podjęte w celu zabezpieczenia ludzi przed oszustwami emisyjnymi
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business-like

(adj) having or showing the ability to be calm, cool and collected - solidny, dokładny, metodyczny i opanowany; rzeczowy
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red tape

(n) excessive formality or paperwork - biurokratyzm;

Our business is dead in the water because of the red tape and all these low-key bureaucrats.
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top banana / top dog

(n) manager - szef; kierownik;

Who is the top dog here?
Mr X has just taken the head of the whole show.
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to pay for one's purchases at a supermarket - zapłacić za swoje zakupy w supermarkecie;

When you check out, make sure that you get the receipt, otherwise you will have no comeback if there's something wrong with the goods.
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top-flight / top-ranking

(adj) holding the most important position - zajmujący najwyższe stanowisko;
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one-man company

(n) (in Britain) a private company that is entirely controlled by one man - firma jednoosobowa;

This one-man company is running at a loss.
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to reach an all time high / low

(v) to reach the highest / lowest price ever - osiągnąć minimum / maksimum cenowe
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to make a splash

(v) to have a great success - odnieść duży sukces;
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to be on the breadline

(v) to be so poor as to have only enough income to pay for the bare necessities of life - mieć bardzo małą pensję, wystarczającą jedynie na najbardziej podstawowe rzeczy;

He is on the breadline, no wonder he is so hard pressed for money.
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to knock sth down (to a bidder)

(v) to sell sth at an auction (esp. at a low price) - sprzedać coś na aukcji (zwykle za niską cenę);

The glass with some hairlines was knocked down for a low price to a bidder in the backfield.
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smashing

(adj) excellent - wspaniały;
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sparklers

(n pl) diamonds - diamenty;
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fresh out of money

(adj) lacking money - bez pieniędzy;

I'm fresh out of money; I have only nickels and dimes in my pocket.
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to pull the wool over sb's eyes

(v) to trick sb (esp. by hiding the facts) - mydlić komuś oczy; okpić / nabrać kogoś
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Mickey D's

(n) (US) Mc Donald's (the company now uses this name in some of its ads which are aimed at young consumers) - firma Mc Donald's, czasem używa nazwy Mickey D's (w niektórych reklamach) aby trafić do dzieci
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stand out test

(n) a test designed to assess to what extent a package on a shelf catches the eye of a customer - test mający na celu ustalenie, w jakim stopniu opakowanie towaru stojącego na półce przyciąga uwagę klienta;

The stand out test has proved that the new product packaging cuts no ice with our customers.
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not worth a sou

worth no money at all (sou [su:] - a for-mer French coin of fluctuating values) - niewart ani grosza (sou - dawna moneta francuska o zmiennej wartości)
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dead book

(n) the register of defunct (= dead) companies - spis nieistniejących irm;

Their drop-dead date is approaching and they are likely to be listed in the dead book very soon.
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to recap

(v) to recapitulate; to repeat (esp. in a summary form) - streścić główne zagadnienia, podsumować;
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to bounce for sth

(v) to pay for sth - zapłacić za coś;

I was about to bounce for the drinks when I learnt it was all buckshee.
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to strike oil

(v) to have a great and unexpected success - odnieść ogromny i nieoczekiwany sukces;
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to mark up

(v) to increase the price (of shares, securities etc.) - podwyższyć ceę (p. akcji, papierów wartościowych);

The price of these shares has been marked up by 10%.
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shove / to get the shove / to give sb the shove

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy, wyrzucać

If these workers keep dogging it they'll get the shove.
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bagging the Street

(n) concealment of information about the sale of stock from dealers by institutional investors - zatajanie przez inwestorów instytucjonalnych informacji o sprzedaży akcji i nieujawnianie tej informacji maklerom
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to come off well

(v) to be lucky in the end - wyjść dobrze na czymś
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funk money

(n) money that is transferred in a hurry (and sometimes secretly) by a frightened owner from a country where economic or political conditions are bad, to another country where they are good - transfer pieniędzy (dokonany często potajemnie) z kraju o niestabilnej sytuacji politycznej do kraju, w którym jest bezpiecznie;

The former republics of Yugoslavia have lost out much on funk money.
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to flub the dub

(v) to avoid one's work or duty - obijać się;
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to call off a deal

(v) to stop an agreement - zerwać umowę
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to start business from cold / to start business from scratch

(v)(UK) to begin a new business without previous turnover to base it on - zaczynać nowy biznes od zera, nie posiadając kapitału; startować od nowa;

If we don't find any bankroller, we'll start business from cold.
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six bits

(n) seventy five cents - siedemdziesiąt pięć centów
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still life

(n) a painting of lifeless objects (e.g. cut flow-ers, fruit) (note: pl. still lifes) - martwa natura (np. kwiaty w wazonie, owoce) (uwaga: liczba mnoga - still lifes);
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the queen bee of sth

(n) the most important part (of sth) - najważniejsza część czegoś
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to sack sb / to get the sack / to give sb the sack

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy, wyrzucać

Jobbing backwards, the manager feels that this worker shouldn't have been sacked; it was a wrongful dismissal.
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agitation / aggravation / distortion

(n) (US) a flaw - usterka; skaza;

The bookcase had so much agitation that the auctioneer rejected it on the spot.
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candy-store problem

(n) (US) a situation involving a great variety of good choices - sytuacja, w której dokonuje się wyboru wyłącznie pomiędzy dobrymi rozwiązaniami;

Wall Street is booming, confidence is zooming and brokers have only candy-store problems.
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tape-watcher

(n) a small investor who monitors his / her investments by watching te transaction tape - drobny inwestor, który śledzi zmiany cen swoich akcji na taśmie dalekopisu giełdowego;

This tape-watcher has observed that the prices rule lower.
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to cash up

(v) (of shopkeepers and cashiers) to count the cash received during the day - policzyć pieniądze zarobione w ciągu dnia pracy sprzedawcy lub kasjera
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wildcat strike

(n) a strike organized by workers without informing the main union office - strajk zorganizowany przez robotników bez powiadomienia głównego związku zawodowego;

The union was unable to call off the wildcat strike.
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to throw money at sth

(v) to spend big amounts of money in the hope of solving a problem - wkładać / ładować w coś duże pieniądze (w nadziei na rozwiązanie jakiejś kwestii)
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gold bug

(n) (US) an investor who uses gold reserves as a cushion against inflatio - inwestor, który posiada złoto jako zabezpieczenie przed inflacją;

This gold bug has got his mind set only on London fix.
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deuce

(n) two dollars (US) - dwa dolary
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to pay through the nose

(v) to pay a great deal too much money for sth (not worth it) - przepłacić coś;

It's not a high grade whisky but a blind tiger - you've paid through the nose.
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shark watcher

(n) a consultant who tries to identify possible sharks among the buyers of a company's shares - konsultant giełdowy, którego zadaniem jest rozpoznanie potencjalnych najeźdźców wśród klientów kupujących akcje danej firmy;
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redlining

(n) an illegal policy aimed at preventing people of other-than-white races from buying houses in special (usu. rich) areas - nielegalna strategia zmierzająca do tego, aby ludzie o rasie innej niż biała nie mogli kupować domów w określonych (zwykle eleganckich) dzielnicach;

As many residents in this ritzy district have been blockbusted, redlining has become a common tactic nowadays.
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bite

(n) showing some interest in an offer - zainteresowanie ofertą
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bracket creep

(n) the raising of wage-earners into higher income-tax brackets - zaklasyfikowanie pracowników najemnych do wyższego progu podatkowego;

Cost-push inflation and the resulting steady uptick in workers' wages will inevitably lead to the bracket creep.
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half a century

(n) fifty pounds (UK) - pięćdziesiąt funtów
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to front for sb

(v) to act as one's agent or spokesman - występować jako agent lub rzecznik kogoś
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to brush sb off

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy, He wasn't even eased out; the boss brushed him off like a wad of tissue.
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six bit

(adj) costing seventy five cents - kosztujący siedemdziesiąt pięć centów
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to put the bite on sb (for sth)

(v) to borrow money from sb - pożyczyć pieniądze od kogoś; naciągnąć kogoś na (kwotę)
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a paying proposition

(n) sth that will bring profit - coś co przyniesie zysk
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pitch

(n) a place in a street or market where a trader regularly places his stall - miejsce na targu lub na ulicy, gdzie kupiec rozkłada swój stragan
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line / graft / game / racket / calling

(n) one's occupation / business - praca; zajęcie
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to go through the floor

(v) (of stock / share prices) to fall suddenly to an unreasonably low level - (o cenach akcji) osiągnąć najniższy (minimalny) poziom
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to blow money

(v) to spend extravagantly - przepuszczać pieniądze
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to break off (negotiations)

(v) to stop (negotiations) - zerwać (negocjacje)
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to put sth on the market

(v) to start to offer sth for sale - wypuścić coś na rynek;

We've put this product on the market and we are selling it at a slaughtered price.
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high ticket / big ticket

(adj) expensive - drogi;
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spot cash / cash on delivery

(n) immediate delivery and immediate payment - natychmiastowa dostawa i natychmiastowa zapłata; zapłata przy dostawie;

Our terms are spot cash.
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hard-up (for money)

(adj) short of money; poor - cierpiący na brak pieniędzy;

He is hard-up as he earns just chicken feed.
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hard-wearing (shoes)

(n) (shoes) that do not wear out quickly - buty, które się szybko nie niszczą
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to go naked

(v) to sell a stock one does not possess - sprzedać akcję, której się nie posiada
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to run up a score

(v) to start having debts - brać na kredyt; zaciągać dług
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plum

(n) one hundred thousand pound sterling - sto tysięcy funtów szterlingów
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plug nickel

(n) a counterfeit five-cent coin - fałszywa moneta pięciocentowa (hence sth of no value; usu. in the expression not worth a plug nickel - określenie to oznacza coś, co nie ma żadnej wartości (niewart złamanego grosza)
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the tops

(n) the best - najlepszy
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to move

(v) to sell - sprzedawać
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to straddle the fence / to sit on the fence

(US to straddle the fence, UK to sit on the fence) to avoid taking a public position; to remain neutral or ambiguous - zachować neutralność
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schlock shop / schlock joint

(n) a junk shop; a store that sells merchandise of inferior quality - sklep, w którym sprzedaje się tanie wyroby bardzo niskiej jakości;
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daddylac

(n) (US) an expensive car that has been given to a young boy or girl by his / her parents (teen and high school slang) - (w slangu nastolatków) drogi samochód podarowany młodej dziewczynie lub chłopcu przez rodziców;
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meeting of the minds

(n) mutual agreement while dis-cussing the terms of a contract - porozumienie obu stron co do warunków kontraktu;
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to be high on sb\sth

(v) to be enthusiastic about sb/sth - mieć dobre zdanie o kimś
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whipsaw

(n) a violent movement in market prices - gwałtowne skoki cen na rynku
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lame duck

(n) a company or a businessman in financial difficulties - firma lub biznesmen w tarapatach finansowych;

This company is a lame duck that continually falls down on its payment.
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to pay down / to put money down

(v) to make a deposit - wyłożyć pieniądze;

What's the damage? How much am I supposed to pay down?
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above-the-line advertising

(n) advertising that uses the traditional media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines and posters - reklama ukazująca się w tradycyjnych mediach, a więc w telewizji, kinie, gazetach, magazynach oraz na plakatach;

The company is going to focus more on the above-the-line advertising.
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to PR the public

(v) to put a message across to the public - nawiązać kontakt z ludźmi;

After working many years in a praisery he has acquired much spin control and knows how to PR the public well.
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bright

(adj) in good demand - ożywiony; o mocnej tendencji rynkowej;

Today the market shows a brighter turn; there's a specially brisk demand for dollar stocks.
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to fudge on sth

(v) to refuse to give a direct answer to a given question, problem etc. - kręcić; dawać komuś wymijające odpowiedzi;
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chaser

(n) an employee whose duty is to hurry others in their work - pracownik, którego zadaniem jest motywowanie innych do bardziej efektywnej pracy;

The chaser told us to stop goofing off and push off to work again.
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hostess party selling

(n) a method of selling certain items (e.g. household goods) directly by the manufacturer's agent at a party to which all potential customers are invited - metoda sprzedaży niektórych towarów (np. artykułów gospodarstwa domowego), która polega na sprzedaży bezpośredniej, przez agenta pracującego dla wytwórcy, na przyjęciu, na które zaproszeni są wszyscy potencjalni klienci; sprzedaż bezpośrednia;

Can you fix me up with the list of the prospects who are supposed to be invited to our next hostess party selling?
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to pull oneself together

(v) to prepare oneself to do sth - współdziałać
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to fall back on / upon sth

(v) to use when there is failure or lack of other means - wykorzystać coś w momencie niepowodzenia;
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ace in the hole / ace up one's sleeve

(n) sth which is held secretly in reserve until needed; a hidden advantage - as w rękawie; atut; rezerwa
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shekel

(n) a dollar (US) (note: pl.
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to be in the loop / to be in the wired

(v) to be secure in the proper circles (esp. those involving political or business power) - znajdować się w uprzywilejowanych kręgach władzy
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to dry up

(v) to become fewer - zmniejszyć się
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deducts

(n pl) tax deductions from one's income - podatek odprowadzany od pensji;
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rinky-dink

(adj) (of an article) junk; second-hand - (o towarze) podrzędny; złej jakości;

The USA leads in the list of sales of rinky-dink clothing to the Third World countries.
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spout / hock shop

(n) a pawnbroker's shop - lombard;
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barometer stock

(n) one of a few widely held securities, the market prices of which are considered by investors to be a measure of the market condition - akcje najlepszego przedsiębiorstwa będące barometrem rynku;

Our barometer stock shows that the market is jumpy today.
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to have the shorts

(v) to lack money; to be short of money - mieć mało pieniędzy;

He knocks down just small change so he always has the shorts. I wonder how he still can make ends meet.
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loose cash

(n) money at hand; available money - gotówka, którą nosi się przy sobie
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hit rate

(n) the rate at which a target is reached (such as the number of mail shots needed before a customer makes an order for a product advertised on them) - tempo w jakim dany cel zostaje osiągnięty (np. liczba wysłanych ulotek reklamowych zanim klient złoży zamówienie na reklamowany produkt);

This company keeps raining people with all possible junk mail and mail shots; I wonder what their hit rate may be.
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to back sb

(v) to support sb - wspierać kogoś
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personality promotion

(n) the promotion in which famous person advertises a given product by saying positive things about it - reklama, w której sławna osoba wypowiada się pozytywnie o reklamowanym produkcie;

Cindy Crawford was chosen for the personality promotion of L'oreal shampoo.
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to run out of sth

(v) to finish the supplies of sth - wyczerpać zapas czegoś;

We are running out of bread; you'd better stock up on it.
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shopaholism

(n) a condition in which people become clin-ically addicted to buying (Newsweek / Dec 18, 1988) - stan, w którym ludzie stają się uzależnieni od robienia zakupów;

Shopaholics are actually most sought-after buyers.
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buttoned-up

(adj) neat and trim - schludny; zapięty na ostatni guzik;
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hit list

(n) a list of persons who are to be dismissed - lista pracowników, którzy mają zostać zwolnieni z pracy (dosł. lista osób przeznaczonych na odstrzał);
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dead-end job

(n) a job with no prospects - praca bez perspektyw
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to deal sb out

(v) exclude sb from an activity or business venture - wykluczyć kogoś z danego przedsięwzięcia / interesów;

We'd better deal him out from this venture or he will crab the whole deal.
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the big score

(n) a success; a spectacular achievement - spektakularny sukces / osiągnięcie
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Dow Jones Average

(n) an index of share prices on the New York Stock Exchange, basd on a group of 30 major companies* - wskaźnik zmian kursów giełdowych akcji 30 największych amerykańskich korporacji przemysłowych;

Dow Jones Average showed a dead cat bounce yesterday.
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managed trade

(n) (US) a buzzword in US foreign policy circles. In essence managed trade means improving the trade balance by relying on negotiated results, rather than on market forces - dosł. handel kierowany, modne określenie używane w amerykańskich kręgach polityki zagranicznej, które oznacza, że poprawa bilansu handlowego następuje po wynegocjowanych osiągnięciach, a nie na podstawie sił rynkowych;

To free traders, such ideas (of managed trade) are anathema. Taken too far, they warn, managed trade could cause overall world trade to shrink and prices in managed industries to rise. (Newsweek / March 5, 1990)
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up tick / uptick

(US) a short-lasting rise in a price - krótkotrwała zwyżka cen, (n) going up; raising - wzrost
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to be short (of / in a certain stock / share) / to be in a bear position

(v) to be in a bearish position; selling stocks one does not own - sprzedawać akcje, których się nie posiada;

He is short in several shares expecting them to fall back soon.
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fake

(n) not real, just an imitation intended to deceive - fałszywy
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to undersell

(v) to sell goods at much lower prices than one's competitors - sprzedawać po niższych cenach niż konkurencja;

He owns a slaughter-house and undersells his competitors.
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to dog it

(v) to avoid work; to refuse to exert oneself - olewać pracę;
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shop floor

(n) the place where ordinary, manual workers (as distinct from the management) do their work - miejsce pracy zwykłych robotników fizycznych (w odróżnieniu od miejsca pracy kierownictwa)
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soft touch

(n) a person who freely lends money - ktoś kto ma lekką rękę do pożyczania pieniędzy (komuś);
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heavy demand / keen demand

(n) many willing buyers for a given product(s) - duży popyt na jakiś towar
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shoppe

(n) (US) a small shop (usu. selling some special kinds of goods, often for collectors) - mały sklepik (zwykle ze specjalnymi, kolekcjonerskimi przedmiotami)
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to boot sb out: to get the boot / to give sb the boot

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy

He won't have a chance of dying with his boots on as he has just been given the boot.
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the House

(n) The London Stock Exchange - giełda londyńska;

He works on the Houe as a waiter.
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vidaholic

(n) a TV addict - osoba nałogowo oglądająca telewizję;
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Street name

(n) the name of a brokerage house on which the shares of the clients o the bank are registered - firma maklerska (spółka powiernicza), na którą zarejestrowane są akcje klientów banku;

Fill me in so I know what street name it is.
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to be pushed (for money)

(v) to be short of money - cierpieć na brak pieniędzy;

He is pushed so he's running his business on the cheap.
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a Chinaman's chance

(n) no chance at all - brak jakiejkolwiek szansy;
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the real Mc Coy

(n) sth genuine, not an imitation (after Kid Mc Coy, the famous prize-fighter who had many imitators) - oryginał, nie podróbka (nazwa pochodzi od nazwiska Kida Mc Coya, słynnego boksera, który miał wielu naśladowców);

She found the real Mc Coy in this gift shoppe.
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The World of International Finance. The Stock Exchange and the Banks AAA / triple-A

(US) letters indicating that a share, bond or a bank is very reliable - litery oznaczające, że akcje, obligacje lub bank są wiarygodne;

This is an AAA share of one of the Fortune 500.
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to check-out

(v) a) (of a salesman) to add up purchases and collect money at a store - (o sprzedawcy) podliczyć zakupy klienta i wziąć za nie pieniądze; skasować klienta;

You'll be checked out at the cash desk over there.
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no-account / no-count

(n) a worthless, untrustworthy person - nieodpowiedzialna osoba, której nie można zaufać;
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The bank has written of hi debts. to write out a cheque

(v) to write the words and figures on a cheque, then sign in - wypisać czek;

I'd rather you put money down than write out a cheque.
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to ring the register

(v) to make a profit - osiągnąć zysk
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to can sb

(v) be dismissed from one's employment, zostać wyrzuconym z pracy,

Since they canned him, his business career has been on the skids.
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wildcatter

(n) a player on the stock exchange - gracz na giełdzie;
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follower

(n) an organization which is not the leader in its market (either in terms of market share or product innovation) - firma, która nie jest znacząca na rynku (zarówno pod względem udziału w rynku, jak i innowacyjnych produktów);

This company is a follower copying the market leaders instead of coming up with anything ingenious of their own.
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hot money

(n) a) money attracted from abroad by high interest rates or brought to a relatively safe place in a time of political trouble - pieniądze przelane z zagranicy do kraju, który oferuje wyższe stopy procentowe lub, który posiada stabilną sytuację polityczną; kapitał spekulacyjny;

Lots of hot money is being transferred to Switzerland which has always been the prototypical tax haven for Europe's wealthy.
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to be into sb / to be in the red / to be in hock to sb

to owe sb money - być dłużnym komuś pieniądze;
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weasel words

(n pl) a language designed to deceive - zamierzona dwuznaczność wypowiedzi
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back office / backroom

(n) (US) the department in a stock-broking firm that deals with matters other than the buying and selling of shares (e.g. share dividends, shareholder registration, payments etc.) - dział w firmie maklerskiej zajmu-jący się sprawami innymi niż kupno i sprzedaż akcji (np. reje-strem akcjonariuszy spółki akcyjnej, dywidendą rozdzielaną w formie nowych akcji);

Working in the back office he mastered all the nuances of boilerplate language.
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to go over big

(v) to succeed very well; to be approved of - odnieść sukces; zostać zaaprobowanym
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whispering campaign

(n) an effort to discredit sb or sth (e.g. a company, product) esp. by starting false ru-mours - próba zdyskredytowania kogoś poprzez rozpowszechnianie fałszywych plotek;

There's a whispering campaign against our new Personnel Manager; it seems that some people want to make things hot for him.
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pink slip / to get the pink slip / to give sb the pink slip

(v) a written notice of dismissal from employment usually put into the pay envelope - zwolnienie z pracy wręczone na piśmie (zwykle z kopertą, w której znajduje się pensja);

There are going to be pink slips in pink-collar jobs.
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A-bomb / hot-rod

(n) (US) a car specially modified to have extra acceleration and speed - samochód specjalnie dostosowany do osiągania dużych prędkości; wyścigówka;
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flop

(n) a failure in a business venture - klapa w inte-resach
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sideline

(n) work done in addition to one's main activity - dodatkowe zajęcie (obok stałej pracy)
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jitney

(n) a five cent coin (US) - moneta pięciocentowa
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rosy glow forecasts

(n pl) overly optimistic forecasts - zbyt optymistyczne prognozy
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to be in business

(v) to be in a commercial firm - zajmować się handlem; pracować w jakiejś branży (biznesu);

What business is he in?
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dabster

(n) (UK) an expert, specialist - ekspert, specjalista
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to hoover

(v) to acquire stocks / shares as quickly as if one were sucking them u wih a vacuum cleaner - wykupywać akcje w tempie przypominającym pracę odkurzacza;

A stock-watch service that tracks buying pattern said that a Japanese broker was hoovering Warner stock.
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to put money down

(v) to pay cash - płacić gotówką
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flesh peddler

(n) a derogatory term for a person working in an employment agency - pejoratywne określenie osoby pracującej w biurze pośrednictwa pracy
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scrip

(n) a) a dollar (US) - dolar; b) money - pieniądze
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to scalp

(v) to buy and sell shares quickly in small quantities (usu. at low prces to make small but quick profits - szybko kupować i sprzedawać akcje w małych ilościach (zwykle po niskiej cenie), w celu osiągnięcia nieznacznego, ale szybkiego zysku;

Most professional traders use scalping as their primary trading weapon. They're constantly making lightning moves in and out of the marketplace to capitalise on price movements of a fraction of a cent up or down (Penthouse, 17 Jul / 1987)
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bread and butter

(adj) (of basic, fundamental income); concerned with the things that are necessary for life - da-jący podstawowe utrzymanie
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Mister Big

(n) the chief or the most important person - szef lub najważniejsza osoba w firmie;

Mister Big is tied up at the moment, his office looks like Grand Central Station and telephones are ringing off the hook.
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a City man

(n) a man who is engaged in commerce or banking and finance - mężczyzna pracujący w branży handlowej, finansowej lub bankowej
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paper profit

(n) an unrealized profit on a security that is still being held - zysk rachunkowy; zysk papierowy
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drop-dead date

(n) (US) a date on which a company is expected to have run out of funds - przewidywany dzień wyczerpania się zasobów finansowych przedsiębiorstwa
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back off

(n) a sudden sinking of stock price after a rise - nagły spadek ceny akcji po jej uprzednim wzroście;

Chemicals had been on for several days but yesterday they suffered a considerable back-off.
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scuttlebutt

(n) a gossip; presumed confidential information - plotka;
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four bit

(adj) costing fifty cents - kosztujący pięćdziesiąt centów
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to hit the jackpot

(v) to have a big success (esp. financial) - odnieść duży sukces (zwłaszcza finansowy)
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to shoot for / at sth

(v)(US) to try to reach sth; to aim at sth - starać się coś osiągnąć
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to clear a cheque

(v) to pass a cheque through the banking system; to have the money transferred from the payer's account to another - sprawdzić czek i przekazać pieniądze z konta osoby wystawiającej czek na konto odbiorcy czeku;

The bank took six days to clear the cheque.
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skeleton staff

(n) few members of staff left to carry on essential work while most of the employees are absent - najmniejsza liczba pracowników, niezbędna do prawidłowego funkcjonowania firmy (podczas gdy reszta pracowników jest na zwolnieniu lekarskim);
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black money

(n) any income not reported to avoid paying tax - dochód nie zgłoszony w urzędzie podatkowym; lewe pieniądze;

There's black economy here, many people moonlight and earn black money.
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harvesting strategy

(n) a strategy of retaining the maxi-mum possible profit from a product or business and keep-ing investment to a minimum. Cash cows are often treated in this way - strategia polegająca na utrzymywaniu maksymalnych zysków z danego produktu lub biznesu przy równoczesnym ograniczeniu do minimum wydatków na inwestycje. Dochodowe przedsiębiorstwa są często traktowane w ten sposób;

Since the government has taken up the harvesting strategy, it is not leaving anything for investment; it is trying to milk the calf of private business instead of letting it grow into a cow.
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blue-sky securities

(n pl) securities that are either worthless or highly speculative - papiery wartościowe bez wartości lub wysoce ryzykowne;

The dishonest broker cheated his client and passed a blue-sky security off as a lock-up.
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plastic card

(n) a credit card - karta kredytowa
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trouble shooter

(n) person whose job is to solve problems within the company - osoba, której zadaniem jest rozwiązywanie konfliktów i problemów w danej firmie;

As a trouble shooter you will have to pour oil on troubled waters.
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kippers

(n pl) members of an auction pool, i.e. people who illegally conspire among themselves not to bid on an item so that one of them would get the item for a low price - ludzie, którzy umawiają się między sobą, że nie będą podbijać ceny danego przedmiotu na licytacji, aby ktoś z nich mógł nabyć ten przedmiot za niską cenę;

The kippers were paid to sit on their hands.
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boilerplate language

(n) an overly detailed and ob-scure language found mainly in standard contracts - niezwykle napuszony i zagmatwany język urzędowy, z jakim można się często spotkać w typowych umowach
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pink-collar jobs

(n) jobs traditionally held by women of the middle class (e.g. secretaries, teachers) - zawody, tradycyjnie wykonywana przez kobiety, należące do klasy średniej (np. sekretarka, nauczycielka);
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to outsell sb

(v) to sell more than sb else - sprzedawać więcej towarów niż inni
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futures / futures contracts

(n pl) contracts that are made for delivery of e.g.currenciesor commodities at a fix-ed date in the future - transakcje giełdowe na przyszłą dostawę; transakcje terminowe;

He speculates in currency futures as they are highly leveraged and relatively cheap.
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open shop

(n) a factory (etc.) where the employer is free to employ persons who are not members of a trade union - fabryka (itp.), w której pracodawca ma prawo zatrudnić pracowników, którzy nie należą do związków zawodowych;

We work on an open shop basis here.
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to draw up a want list

(v) to make a list of things which you need - sporządzić listę potrzebnych zakupów
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at best

(adv) at the most advantageous price obtainable - po najkorzystniejszej cenie;
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sweatshop

(n) a factory which uses sweated labour, i.e. people who work very hard for little money - przedsiębiorstwo wyzyskujące robotników;

I wonder why he is still working in this sweatshop; it's a dead-end job.
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wages-price spiral

(n) spiralling inflation or inflation-ary spiral: inflation that gets worse and worse, because higher prices result in demands for higher wages which in turn increase costs and thus cause higher prices - spirala inflacyjna; sytuacja, w której inflacja pogłębia się, ponieważ wyższe ceny powodują żądania wyższych zarobków, co z kolei wpływa na wzrost kosztów, a przez to i na wzrost cen
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pretty penny

(n) (UK) a large amount of money - duża suma pieniędzy;
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to go through channels / to go through the propper channels

(v) to send a request or complaint through the correct chain of command - przeprowadzać coś drogą urzędową
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hairlines

(n pl) a network of small cracks - siateczka drobnych pęknięć;
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to stock up on sth

(v) to get supplies of sth - zgromadzić zapas czegoś
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giro / the giro system

(n) (UK) a banking system in which money can be transferrd from ne acount to another without writing a cheque - żyro; system bankowy, w którym pieniądze mogą być przenoszone z jednego konta na drugie bez wypisywania czeku;

I've transferred some money to my daughter's account by giro.
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twenty

(n) a twenty-dollar bill (US) - banknot dwudziestodolarowy
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boll weevil

(n) a non-union worker (from an insect which destroys the cotton crop - hence a spoiler in the organization of labour) - pracownik nie należący do związku zawodowego (boll weevil - kwiaciak bawełniany; insekt, który niszczy bawełnę - stąd: szkodnik w miejscu pracy);

If there is a closed shop agreement, the employer will not hire any boll weevil.
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trickledown

(n) the stimulation of a whole economic system by the enrichment and encouragement of those in the upper reaches - stymulacja całego systemu gospodarczego poprzez popieranie i faworyzowanie najbogatszych warstw społeczeństwa
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Chinese Wall / green baize door

(n) the procedural bar-riers that prevent information known to people in one part of the business from becoming known to those in another part - zabezpieczenia proceduralne, zapobiegające wymianie informacji między pracownikami różnych firm; reguła chińskiego muru;

He is in the know, but because of the Chinese Wall he will never spill the beans.
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to put (a product) on the map

(v) to promote and advertise successfully a relatively unknown product or service - skutecznie reklamować mało znany produkt lub usługę
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to skinny sth down

(v) to reduce sth (esp. to a minimum) - zredukować coś (zwłaszcza do minimum)
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to hire sb away

(v) (US) to tempt a person away from his job by offering him more money or better conditions - podkupić pracownika, oferując mu lepszą pensję lub korzystniejsze warunki zatrudnienia
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floor

(n) the huge trading area of the New York Stock Exchange, where stocks and onds are traded (as opposed to the pit) - sala na giełdzie nowojorskiej, na której handluje się akcjami i papierami wartościowymi (w odróżnieniu od pit);

He is a two-dollar broker and you'll find him in the floor during Hammond's time.
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perking

(n) holding in one's own name stock / shares real-ly belonging to anotherperson (in order to hide that the person is the actual owner - this practice is illegal in many countries particularly if the stocks / shares have been bought illegally e.g. as an insider trading deal) - posiadanie akcji, które w istocie należą do innej osoby, w celu ukrycia faktu, że ta osoba jest ich właścicielem (ta praktyka jest nielegalna w wielu krajach, zwłaszcza jeśli akcje zostały nabyte nielegalnie, np. na podstawie poufnych informacji);

His numerous dishonest practices included perking.
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stable push

(n) inside information - poufna informacja
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to bid in / to buy in

(v) (of a seller at an auction) to buy back the thing which you are trying to sell because no one will pay the price that you want - odkupić swoją własność wystawioną na aukcji, ponieważ nikt nie chciał zapłacić za nią żądanej ceny;

He wanted to sell his table made of treewood but as there were no buyers in sight, it was eventually bid in for him.
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setback

(n) (of stock / share prices) a fall in prices after a period wen they were rising - spadek cen po uprzednim okresie wzrostu;

After a setback there is an upturn in the price of equities again.
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swag shop

(n) a) a shop where stolen goods are sold - sklep, w którym sprzedaje się rzeczy pochodzące z kradzieży; b) a shop selling cheap goods of poor quality - sklep, w którym sprzedaje się tanie rzeczy bardzo niskiej jakości;

He flogged a hot car in a swag shop.
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to blow sth to sb

(v) to buy sth that is expensive for sb - kupić komuś lub sobie coś drogiego;

He sometimes blows himself to a high-ticket gadget.
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hold-up

(n) a delay - opóźnienie
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(rock) bottom (price)

(n) the lowest possible (price) - możliwie najniższa cena;
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to cash in

(v) (US) to give up, to withdraw from a business deal or risky activity (like a gambler who cashes in his gambling chips at the end of the game) - zrezygnować, wycofać się z interesu lub z ryzykownego przedsięwzięcia (tak jak hazardzista, który po zakończonej grze wymienia żetony na pieniądze);

After he had dropped a bundle on that dicey venture he cashed in.
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to talk shop

(v) to discuss work or business matters when off duty - omawiać sprawy służbowe poza godzinami pracy;

Businessmen often talk shop at mob scenes while being served rubber-chicken.
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to have charge of sth / to be in charge of sth

(v) to control sth - mieć kontrolę nad czymś; być kierownikiem
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single cut

(n) a diamond with grooves cut in one direction only - diament oszlifowany w jednym kierunku
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cash cow

(n) an enterprise that creates a lot of surplus cash flow (as opposed to paper profits) - przedsiębiorstwo, które przynosi duże nadwyżki gotówki (w przeciwieństwie do zysku rachunkowego)
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to cash sth in

(v) to sell an investment for cash - zamienić coś na gotówkę;
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call-in pay / call-back pay

(n) pay given to a worker who has been called back to work after his normal working hours - wynagrodzenie pracownika, za pracę w godzinach nadliczbowych;

He has told the boss that his call-back pay doesn't come up to his expectations.
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to keep a shop

(v) to be a shopkeeper; to own a shop - prowadzić sklep;

He keeps a shop and does a roaring trade.
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to send sth under plain cover

(v) to send sth in an ordinary envelope, with no company name printed on it - wysłać coś w zwykłej kopercie, bez pieczątki firmowej nadawcy
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impulse buyer

(n) a person who buys something not because he / she has planned to buy it but because when he / she sees it he / she gets a sudden desire to possess it. Goods sold in this way are called impulse goods and their sale - impulse sale - osoba, która dokonuje zakupu w sposób niezaplanowany, pod wpływem impulsu lub nagłej chęci posiadania danego artykułu;

She never draws up a want list, she's an impulse buyer.
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to skim

(v) to fix a high price on a product in order to bring in maximum profits (usu. in cases of new products which do not have any competition in the market; once rival products are launched the price will have to be reduced) - ustalenie wysokiej ceny na nowy produkt po to, aby wyciągnąć z niego maksymalny zysk (zwykle dotyczy to produktów, które są jedyne na rynku; w momencie pojawienia się konkurencyjnych produktów, cena zostaje obniżona);

We are skimming the market with the new model of typewriters before the market is glutted with them.
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to shop around

(v) to compare prices in different shops before purchasing anything - chodzić po sklepach i porów-nywać ceny przed ostatecznym dokonaniem zakupu;

She always wants to buy things at a dead bargain so she always shops around before she makes up her mind.
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to turn up

(v) to appear - pojawić się
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to charge sth up to sb / to mark sth up to sb

(v) to put on sb's account - obciążyć czyjś rachunek jakąś sumą;

The dinner is on the house; charge the bill up to the company's account.
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horse trading

(n) sharp and hard bargaining - ostre i ciężkie targowanie się;
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two-spot

(n) two dollars (US) - dwa dolary
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knockout

(n) (US) share or shares of Coca-Cola Stock whose New York Stock Exchange Symbol is K.O. - akcja / akcje Coca-Coli, których symbolem na giełdzie nowojorskiej jest K.O.
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rug joint

(n) an elegant club; hotel - elegancki klub; hotel
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cost-push inflation / cost-induced inflation

(n) inflation caused by increased wage demands which lead to high-er prices and in turn to further wage demands - inflacja spowodowana wzrostem kosztów (podwyższenie zarobków powoduje wzrost cen, co z kolei prowadzi do podwyżki płac); inflacja kosztowa;
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to fleece sb / to skin sb

(v) to rob sb of all his money - oskubać kogoś z pieniędzy
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sparkplug

(n) an energetic person (esp. a staff member) who motivates and activates others - energiczna osoba (najczęściej należąca do personelu), która motywuje i zachęca innych do działania
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nickels and dimes / peanuts

(n) a very small amount of money - bardzo mała ilość pieniędzy; grosze
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powerhouse

(n) a formidable organization - potężna organizacja;

For some time, this company was a real powerhouse and the queen bee of office computing.
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to turn

(v) to earn - zarabiać
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to kite / to fly a kite

(v) to write a cheque when one doesn't have funds - wystawiać czek bez pokrycia;

He made out a cheque to me which turned out to be a kite.
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to go halfies / halvies / halvsies / snooks / snucks

(v) to share equally; to go half-and-half - dzielić koszt czegoś;

In a pinch we can go snooks on it.
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to strike a happy medium

(v) to reach a successful compromise - osiągnąć porozumienie
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gallery

(n) a building used for auctions - budynek, w którym odbywają się aukcje
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to take a back seat (to sb)

(v) to allow sb else to take control or to have the more important job - pozwolić komuś przejąć kontrolę (nad czymś); usunąć się w cień;
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off-price label

(n) a label on a product which shows a re-duced price - etykieta z nową ceną po przecenie danego towaru;

I had a gander at the prices but I didn't notice the off-price label on this dress.
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broadside

(n) (US) a publicity leaflet - rodzaj ulotki;

There is a great deal of soft soap in this broadside.
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pitch

(n) the reasons for buying (an article) given to a buyer - sposób mówienia charakterystyczny dla sprzedawców;
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to traffic in sth

(v) to trade illegally in sth (e.g. drugs - hence drug-trafficking); a person who carries such illegal trade is called a trafficker (e.g. a drug-trafficker) - handlować nielegalnie czymś (np. narkotykami; drug-trafficking - handel narkotyam); osoba prowadząca taki nielegalny handel nazywa się trafficker (drug-trafficker - handlarz narkotykami, diler);

He traffics in crack.
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to pay back

(v) to give money back to someone - zwrócić komuś pieniądze;

He was into me, but now he's paid everything back and he's out of debt.
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hot shot

(n) an especially gifted and effective person - szczególnie uzdolniona i efektywnie pracująca osoba;
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to fob sth off (on / upon sb)

(v) to sell sb an article of poor quality by making him / her think it is good - wepchnąć komuś gorszy towar, zapewniając o jego wysokiej jakości;

Remember the Latin phrase caveat emptor and don't let yourself be fobbed off with any cheapie.
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bargain-basement price

(n) a very low price - bardzo niska cena
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to wait out the market

(v) to wait for the better market - wyczekiwać na korzystną koniunkturę
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scorched earth

(n) a destructive antitakeover measure by which a company takes stes to make itself less attractive - środki przedsięwzięte przez firmę zagrożoną ofertą przejęcia, mające na celu przedstawienie tej firmy w niekorzystnym świetle;

The target company has just started spreading adverse publicity material about itself as a part of its scorched earth tactic.
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tapped out

(adj) without any money - bez pieniędzy;

He is tapped out and he has started running up a score.
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to get the drop on sb

(v) (US) to put sb in an inferior position; to seize an advantage - zepchnąć kogoś na gorszą pozycję; wykorzystać okazję i zdobyć nad kimś przewagę
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spoiling the market

(n) causing the market price of a se-curity or commodity to rie or fall suddenly by buying or selling an excessively large quantity at one time - spowodowanie spadku lub wzrostu ceny rynkowej papierów wartościowych lub towaru, poprzez nagły i jednorazowy wykup lub sprzedaż znacznej ich ilości;

His dealings in a line resulted in spoiling the market.
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blue-chip rate / prime lending rate

(n) the rate of interest at which British and American banks lend money to their largest and most creditworthy customers - stopa procentowa od kredytów udzielanych najlepszym klientom;

This is a long firm and it will never be granted a blue-chip rate.
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competitors are not dragging their feet

competitors are not lagging behind - konkurencja nie wlecze się w tyle
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to gazump

(v) (of a person selling a house) to demand a higher price after it has already been agreed - (o osobie sprzedającej nieruchomość) podwyższyć cenę nieruchomości po wcześ-niejszym ustaleniu niższej ceny;

Though we've buttoned down the price he may always gazump me.
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to pass (sth) off (as sth else)

(v) to present sth falsely in order to cheat a customer - wcisnąć coś komuś;

The seller wanted to do a snow job on me and pass off this palate destroyer as the first-quality French wine.
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turnover

(n) the amount of sales - obrót;

This year we are shooting for a 50 % increase in turnover.
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at the gut level

(adv) at the most basic, primitive level - na najgłębszym poziomie odczuwania
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on call

(adv) ready to go to work if called for - na zawołanie;

We are not looking for a servant who lives in, but rather for someone who would be on call.
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gee

(n) one thousand dollars (US) - tysiąc dolarów
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to go off briskly

(v) (of a product) to sell very well - (o to-warze) świetnie się sprzedawać;
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outfitter

(n) a shopkeeper who sells clothes - sprzedawca w sklepie z ubraniami
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to live it up

(v) to have a wild good time - prowadzić hulaszczy tryb życia
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to be in tall cotton / to be sitting pretty

(v) to be very successful; to enjoy excellent fortune - być ustawionym
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to be dressed to the teeth / to the nines / to kill

(v) to be dressed very smartly - być bardzo elegancko ubranym;
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yellow dog contract

(n) a contract (now illegal) be-tween a company management and a new employee in which the employee promises not to join a labour union while employed by the company - nielegalna umowa pomiędzy zarządem firmy a nowym pracownikiem, zgodnie z którą pracownik zobowiązuje się nie wstępować do związku zawodowego w czasie, gdy jest zatrudniony w danej firmie;

They bulldozed the new worker into signing a yellow dog contract.
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smart money

(n) money owned by clever investors who know what they are doing (esp. what risks they are taking in making investments) - pieniądze posiadane przez sprytnych inwestorów, świadomych ryzyka jakie podejmują;

The smart money says this business is not a paying proposition.
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hot new issue

(n) a new stock or bond that is met with heavy demand, driving up th market price when it is first offered publicly - nowa akcja lub obligacja ciesząca się dużym popytem, co powoduje wzrost jej ceny rynkowej, gdy po raz pierwszy jest wystawiona na sprzedaż;

This dolphin bought our hot new issue and blew it back immediately.
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to bring out

(v) to produce (sth new) - wyprodukować (coś nowego)
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to wrap sth up

(v) to complete; to finish sth - skończyć coś
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to get off the ground

(v) to succeed (esp. initially) - odnieść sukces (zwłaszcza na początku działalności); stanąć na nogi
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picket line

(n) a line of picketers, i.e. a group of workers who gather at the entrance of the factory and per-suade other employees not to do any work in order to force the management to agree to their terms - szereg pikietujących (np. grupa robotników), którzy zbierają się przy wejściu do fabryki i przekonują innych pracowników, aby nie podejmowali pracy, dopóki kierownictwo nie przyjmie ich warunków
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rep

(n) a representative - reprezentant, przedstawiciel

Our company's rep is a hot shot who knows his way around.
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to fall back

(v) (of stock / share prices) to become lower - (o cenach akcji) obniżyć się
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chancy business

(n) risky business - ryzykowne przedsięwzięcie
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to get out of the red / to come out of the red

(v) to be no longer in debt - wyjść z zadłużenia; wyjść na prostą;
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to pay through the nose

(v) to pay too much for sth (which is not worth the money) - przepłacić coś;

If you gave him 50$ for such ticky-tacky it means that you paid through the nose.
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to have money tied up in sth

(v) to have money invested in one way, so that it cannot be used for other investments - mieć zamrożony kapitał;
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to arrange a deal / to arrive at a deal / to clinch a deal / to come to a deal / to conclude a deal / to cut a deal / to do a deal / to make a deal / to set up a deal / to swing a deal (with somebody)

(v) to do a piece of business (esp. of buying and selling); to come to an agreement - zawrzeć transakcję (z kimś);

If the bottom line is satisfactory we'll clinch a deal.
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purse-proud

(adj) excessively proud of one's wealth - niezwykle dumny z pieniędzy;

He is so much purse-proud and loves putting on the ritz.
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valium picnic

(n) (US) a popular term for a quiet day on the New York Stock Exchange - popularne określenie cichego, spokojnego dnia na giełdzie nowojorskiej
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dawn raid

(n) a quick buy of substantial amounts of a com-pany's stock on the markt before the market becomes aware that something is going on (the purpose of this secrecy is to avoid the rise in the share price which might be caused by rumours of a takeover bid) - nagły i szybki wykup znacznej ilości akcji danej firmy na giełdzie, zanim zostanie ogłoszona sprzedaż tych akcji. Cała ta konspiracja ma na celu uniknięcie wzrostu cen akcji, jaki mógłby nastąpić w wyniku pogłosek o planowanym przejęciu firmy;

The dawn raid took everybody by surprise and the company couldn't even fall back on its black book.
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to dream up

(v) to invent - wymyślić;
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neglected

(n pl) (of a security) receiving no attention - (o papierach wartościowych) nie cieszący się zainteresowaniem
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USP / unique selling proposition

(n) a special quality which each product possesses and which makes it different from other products and hence attractive to customers - coś specjalnego, wyjątkowego (unique) co każdy produkt posiada i co odróżnia go od innych roduktów (przez co staje się atrakcyjny dla klientów);

A catchy brand name and a reasonable price make this product a unique selling proposition.
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spin (control)

(n) (in public relations) the ability to sell a certain attitude or opinion to the public by presenting it in the proper light - umiejętność przekazania, sprzedania swojej opinii odbiorcom / klientom, poprzez zaprezentowanie jej w odpowiedni sposób
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rock bottom price

(n) the lowest possible price - najniższa cena
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on the fly

(adv) hastily in passing; without preparation - w przelocie; pośpiesznie;
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to turn up

(v) to appear - pojawić się
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to deal in sth

(v) to do a piece of trade (of buying and selling) - handlować czymś;

He is in the rag trade; he deals in kicky clothes in the Seventh Avenue.
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horse trading

(n) sharp and hard bargaining - ostre i ciężkie targowanie się;
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to dub up

(v) to pay (usu. unwillingly) - zapłacić (zwłaszcza niechętnie);

He is so cheeseparing but we've made him dub up several pounds.
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two-spot

(n) two dollars (US) - dwa dolary
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flextime / flex time / flexitime

(n) flexible working time - nienormowany / ruchomy czas pracy;

Flextime helped us to reduce absenteeism of many mother tracks.
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board meeting

a meeting of comitee of people controlling a company, e.g. managers; posiedzenie zarządu

I'm afraid Mr. Jones is not available at the moment; the board meeting must have been prolonged.
Obawiam się, że pan Jones jest w tej chwili nieosiągalny; posiedzenie zarządu musiało się przedłużyć.
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brand loyalty

the tendency of a group of customers to keep buying a certain brand of products instead of trying others; lojalność w stosunku do danej marki
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Buyout

a situation in which people employed in a company buy all of its shares and take control of it; wykupienie

The buyout of the company was reported in the latest news broadcast.
Wykupienie firmy zostało opisane w ostatnim programie informacyjnym.
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plc

- public limited company; przedsiębiorstwo publiczne z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością

I'd only apply for a job with JK plc as a last resort.
O pracę w JK (przedsiębiorstwie publicznym z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością) starałbym się jedynie w ostateczności.
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Take over

to take control of a company; przejmować

The factory was taken over by a major competitor.
Fabryka została przejęta przez głównego konkurenta.
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Takeover

an act of taking control of a company; wykup, przejęcie

Takeover of the cotton mill was our main objective.
Przejęcie przędzalni stanowiło nasz główny cel.
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wholesaler

- a company that sells products to smaller shops; hurtownia

Our market is strongly dominated by the wholesalers.
Nasz rynek jest zdominowany przez hurtownie.
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actuarial

involving calculations concerning risks which are involved in an insurance; aktuarialny

As far as the post you are interested in is concerned, accountancy and actuarial qualifications are absolutely necessary.
Jeśli chodzi o stanowisko, którym jesteś zainteresowany, niezbędne są kwalifikacje związane z księgowością i aktuarialne.

You will be required to use actuarial tables in order to determine life assurance premiums.
Będziesz musiał używać tabel aktuarialnych w celu ustalenia wysokości ubezpieczenia na życie.
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factory-gate price

the price at which products are sold to wholesalers; cena fabryczna

The factory-gate price they offered was quite affordable.
Cena fabryczna, którą zaproponowali, była całkiem przystępna.
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cash-in-hand

a payment made with cash , i.e. notes and coins with no record of it

They agreed on a cash-in-hand payment in oprder to avoid the tax.
Zdecydowali się na zalate gotowka w celu uniknięcia
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bill of lading

a list of the goods being sent and transported by ship; list przewozowy

Could you please send us a copy of the invoice as well as the bill of lading?
Czy mogliby państwo przesłać nam kopię faktury oraz listu przewozowego?
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brief

[bri:f ]-official instructions saying how a job should be done; instrukcje
-a short written report; krótkie streszczenie lub sprawozdanie

They are hoping to meet the requirements of the brief.
Mają nadzieję, że spełnią wymogi zawarte w instrukcji.

The manager expects us to hand in the brief before four p.m..
Dyrektor oczekuje, że wręczymy sprawozdanie przed szesnastą.
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bricks-and-mortar

bricks-and-mortar - a company that operates in traditional ways only, and does not operate on the Internet; firma wykorzystująca jedynie tradycyjne metody działania, nie sprzedająca swych usług za pośrednictwem Internetu

Being an elder person, he runs a bricks-and-mortar business and does not wish to change it.
Będąc starszą osobą, prowadzi tradycyjną firmę i nie życzy sobie zmian.
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bar chart

a chart where data is illustrated in the form of columns; wykres słupkowy

As the bar chart below shows, the situation remains unchanged.
Jak pokazuje wykres słupkowy poniżej, sytuacja pozostaje bez zmian.
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back order

an order that has not been fulfilled; zamówienie zaległe

Poor organisation of work resulted in accumultion of back orders.
Na skutek kiepskiej organizacji pracy nagromadziło się wiele zaległych zamówień.
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