Business collocations
Collocations are words which often go together in English. It is just the way some words are combined and seems natural to English language speakers.
As these are done ‘naturally’ rather than by any rules it is important to learn them. There are many collocations in English and in business this is just a selection.
Look at the collocations below and then try the quiz.
balance the booksaffect the bottom lineunique selling pointsdraw a conclusionmeet targetsdismiss an offergenerate businesslay off stafftake on staffbreak off negotiationsaffect the bottom linemarket forcesmake a loss/profit |
target marketstrong competitionclose a dealannual turnoverchair a meetinggo into partnershipgo bankruptcease tradinglaunch a new productget to the pointopen a meetingclose a meeting |