Business center
Business center
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Expressions a deal goes through back down be flexible be stuck in a rut button your lip buy time come up with do your homework give something away go along with have something up your sleeve have your hands tied lose face make a wrong move make or break make up your mind negotiations break down play off competing parties put their heads together split the difference tried and tested |
advertising an advertisement an ad an advertiser a campaign telemarketing a slogan Words that sell easy free fun guarantee health how to love money new now proven results safe save your |
Negotiating agree reach an agreement make a decision do a deal implication participant party persuade position Verbs expressing responsibility be responsible for handle manage run organise |
Make and do make: a decision, a mistake, a phone call, a plan, a suggestion, an offer, a profit do: some sport, business, the shopping, someone a favor, your work, the purchasing, the marketing Verbs expressing responsibility accurately easily economically efficiently fast hard quickly quietly rapidly smoothly well |
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Informal expressions Guess what? You've got to be joking! Forget it! Suppose so. Negotiating Could you just run over the options again? The first option consists of .... What if we chose the second option? We could negotiate that if you were prepared to .... Are there any other ways we could reduce the cost? We couldn't possibly accept less than .... Formal expressions Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention, please? I have some very important information to announce. I'd like to clarify .... That's difficult to say. Yes, I understand, but .... What about if ...? How does that sound? Well, so long as .... I'm sure I must have misunderstood. I'm afraid that's not possible. Agreed. Agreeing I am in complete agreement with you. Absolutely. Exactly. Point taken. We seem to be agreed, then. I couldn't agree more. I'd go along with that. Movement I would suggest that you .... ... is the option that we strongly advise. ... as long as .... Could I just make a point here? If you prefer, I could .... How does that option sound? Supposing that .... What about if ...? On those terms we might .... |
Introductions and welcoming On behalf of ..., I'd like to welcome you all here today. My name's ..., and I'm ..., and I'll be chairing the meeting .... Summarizing and closing I think that covers everything. We have agreed to .... Can I just clarify what I think we've agreed to? It's been a pleasure doing business with you. Is that correct? Word formation Verb – Past of verb – Noun (person) – Noun (activity) manage – managed – manager – management organize – organized – organizer – organization produce – produced – producer – production provide – provided – provider – provision handle – handled – handler – handling run – ran – n/a – running distribute – distributed – distributor – distribution sell – sold – seller/sales rep – sales/selling buy – bought – buyer – buying purchase – purchased – purchaser – purchasing Rejecting I take your point, but .... No way. That's not exactly what we had in mind. Fair enough, but .... Setting the agenda If this is OK with you, I'd like you to begin by presenting .... As you all know, .... ..., as I am sure you realize, .... I've drawn up an agenda. Feel free to ask any questions. Sales conditions a special offer a fixed price a monthly charge be included |
