image [imid] the set of beliefs that the public at large holds of an organization
industrial action [industrijska akcija] general term for strikes, go-slows, work-to-rules
industrial belt [industrijski pojas] - an area with lots of industrial companies, around the edge of a
city
institutional or advertising [institucionalno oglaavanje] - advertising that mentions a companys
name but not specific products
insulated or isolated [izolirano] - alone, placed in a position away from others
intangible assets [dugotrajna imovina] - assets whose valeu can only be quantified or turned into
cash with difficulty (goodwill, copyright, patents)
interview [intervju] - attend
intuitive [intuitivno] - understanding or knowing without consciously using reason
inventory [popis, inventar] - the stock of any item or resource used in an organization
job description [opis posla] - a short account of what a job consistof
job security [sigurnost od gubitka posla] - knowing that there is little risk of losing ones job
labour input - manual work
labour relations [odnosi] relations between employers and employees, managers and workers
management and unions
lead time [potrebno vrijeme] the time needed to perform an activity
liability [obveza] all the money that a company will have to pay to someone else in the future,
including taxes, debts, and interest and mortgage payments
life cycle the standard pattern of sales of a product over the period that it is marketed
limited partnership [ogranieno partnerstvo] there must be at least one working partner with
unlimited liability and others can invest capital in his firm but are liable only for the amount they have
invested
line authority [linijski autoritet] the power to give istructions to people at the level below in the
chain of command
line filling adding further items in that part of a product range which a line already
line stretching [proirivanje linije] lengthening a product line by moving either up-market or
down-market
liquidity [likvidnost] the ease with which an asset can be spent or sold
location [lokacija] the geographical situation of a factory or other facility
luxury [luksuz] - that is expensive and not really necessary but is pleasing and enjoyable
luxury brand [luksuzni brand] brand that is expensive and not really necessary but is pleasing and
enjoyable
management [menadment] is a matter of organising people
managerial accounting - preparing budgets and other financial reports necessary for management
manual workers [fiziki radnici] - people who work with their hands
market mix [marketinki miks] - all the various elements of marketing programme, their integration,
and the amount of effort that a company can expend on them in order to influence the target market
market opportunities [trine mogunosti] - possibilities of filling unsatisfied needs in sectors in
which a company can profitably produce goods or services
market research [istraivanje trita] collecting, analysing and reporting data relevant to a
specific marketing situation
market segmentation [podjela trita] - dividing a market into distinct groups of buyers who have
different requirements or buying habits
market share [trini udio] - the sales of a company expressed as a percentage of total sales in a
given market
marketing [marketing] is the process of planning, designing, pricing, promoting and distributing
ideas, goods and services, in order to satisfy customers needs
media planning [odabir metoda oglaavanja] - the process of planning the advertising for a product,
using different methods such as tv, newspaper, and magazines
mixed economy an economy where some resources are allocated via the market mechanism and
some via the state
motivate [motivirati] to inspire, to induce, to give a reson ot incentive to someone to do sth
municipal enterprise [gradsko poduzee]- a business owned by the local authority
national campaign [nacionalna kampanja] -the advertising of a particular product or service during
a particular period of time
nationalisation [nazionalizacija] the purchase of a private company by the public sector.
nationalised industry [dravno poduzee] an enterprise wholly owned by the state
nationalised industry consumer council the consumer watchdog of a nationalised industry
natural monopoly [prirodni monopol] when only one firm has the domination on the market, has
no enemies
net [neto] - an amount after things have been taken away
niche - a small, specialized, but profitable segment of a market
opportunities [prilike] - possibilities of filling unsatisfied needs in sectors in which the company can
produce goods or services effectively
output [proizvodnja] the amount of goods or services produced by a person, machine, factory,
company, etc.
outsourcing [kupnja prije proizvodnje proizvoda] - buying products or processed materials from
other companies rather then manufacturing them
overdraft [prekoraenje] an arrangement by wich a customer can withdraw more from an account
than has been deposited in it
overheads [fiksni indirektni trokovi] - various expenses of operating a business that cannot be
charged to any one product, process and department (e.g. utilities)
packaging [pakiranje] - wrappers and containers in which product are sold
partnership [udruenje] - 2 or more people put in capital and share the work and profits, making up
rules as they want, but there are possible quarels among partners, all partners are liable
personal selling [osobna prodaja] - prospects for customers, spreads information about a
companys products or services, assits with technical problems
pirate [pirati] - a person or oranization that dishonestly copies and sells films, tapes etc.
place [sluba] distribution channels, locations of points of sale, transport, etc.
plant [tvornica, pogon] the buildings, machines, equipment and other facilities used in the
production process
point of sale [prodajno mjesto] - place where goods are sold to the public - shops, stores, kiosks,
market stalls
primary sector [primarni sektor] agriculture and extraction of raw material from earth
privatisation [privatizacija] selling of government-owned firms to the private sector.
producer, industrial or business market - individuals and organizations that acquire goods and
services that are used in the production of other goods, or in the supply of services to others
product [proizvod] something useful and intended to be sold that comes from nature or is made in
a factory
product concept [koncept proizvoda] an idea for a new product, which is tested with target
consumers before the actual product is developed
product elimination [povlaenje proizvoda] - is the process of withdrawing products from the
market when they are no longer profitable
product features [osobine proizvoda] - attributes or characteristics of a product: quality, price,
reliability
product line [proizvodni asortiman] is a group of closely related products, which usually have the
same function and are sold to the same customer groups through the same outlets
product mix [proizvodni miks] together,a companys items, brands and products conslitule its
product mix
product placement when a company pays for its products to be seen in films and TV programs
productivity [produktivnost] - the amount of output produced
profit [zarada] excess of revenues over expenses
profitability [profitabilnost] - the extent to which an activity provides financial gain
promotion [promocija] to be raised to a higer or better job
public corporation [javna korporacija] an enterprise wholly owned by the state
public relations [odnosi s javnou] - maintains, protects and improves the image of a company
public sector [javni sektor] - areas of the economy run by the local or national government (health
care, education)
quarantee/warranty [garacija] - a promise by a manufacturer or seller to repair or replace
defective goods during a certian period of time
racionalization [racionalizacija] - the use of reasoning rather than emotions or belifs
recived wisdom [primljena mudrost] generally held beliefs
recruitment agency [agencija za zapoljavanje] - search firm
report to [odgovarati] to be responsible to someone and to take instructions from him or her
responsibility [odgovornost] - having control of something as part of your job
revenue [prihod] - money received from the sale of goods or services
rewards [nagrada] - money or something else given in recognition of good work
rhetoric [retorika, govornitvo] language used to persuade people to believe in something
salary [plaa] a fixed regular payment made by employers, usually monthly, for professional or
office work
sales promotions [promocija prodaje] - temporary tactics designed to stimulate earlier or stronger
sales of a product
sales representative [osobni prodava] - someone who contacts existing and potential customers,
and tries to persuade them to buy goods or services
secondary sector [sekundarni sektor] manufactoring, raw materials era turned into finished
products (administration, law, finance, selling)
seniority [iskustvo] - having a higher rank because one is older
shareholders or stockholders [dioniari] - a company s owners
shelf [polica] a surface in a store on which goods are displayed
shopping goods [kupovna dobra] - are high involvement products for which consumers generally
search for information, compare prices, and take time to make a selection
skilled [iskusan, kvalificiran] having particular abilities, acquired by traininig
sole trader [privatnik, obrtnik] a business owned by one person, small amount of capital, big
liability but its easy to set up and keeps all the profit.
speciality goods - are durable goods with unique characteristics that informed consumers have to
go to a particular store to buy
status [status, drutveni poloaj] - respect, prestige or importance given to someone
stock or inventory [inventar] (the value of) raw materials, work in progress, and finished
products stored ready for sale
subcontractor [podpoduzetnik] any company that provides goods or services for another one
subordinate [podreen] - people working under someone else in a hierarchy
target customers [ciljana muterija] - a defined set of customers whose needs a companys plans to
satisfy
tax accounting [raunovodstvo poreza] - calculating an individuals or a companys liability for tax
tenore the period of holding a job
tertiary sector [tercijarni sektor] commercial services that help industry produce and distribute
goods to the final consumers and education, healt care, tourism
the cah flow [novani tok] shows the flow of cash in and out of the business between balance
sheet dates
the marketing concept [marketinki koncept] producers task is to find wants and fill them (you
dont sell what you make, you make what will be bought)
the profit and loss acount [raun dobiti i gubitka] shows earnings and expenditure, gives figures
for total sales or turnovers or costs, expenses and overheads
the selling concept [prodajni koncept] - resisting consumers have to be persuaded by hard-selling
techinques to buy non-essutial goods or services (products are sold rather than bought)
to be offended [biti uvrijeen] - to have hurt feelings because someone is being disrespectful
to convert itself to change from one thing to another
to serve needs - to satisfy people's desires or requirements
to stumble on to be uncertain, disbelieving
to be dubious to discover something by accident
to launch a product [lansirat proizvod] - to introduce a new product onto the market
to picket [demonstrirati] - to protest outside a factory or other workplace, and try to persuade
workers and delivery drivers not to enter
to resign [napustiti, ustupiti] - to give up a job or position
to withdraw money [povui novac] - take money out of a bank account
trade union [trgovinska unija] a union for workers with a particular type of job
traditional or subsistence economy little specialisation, people grow their own food and make
products to fulfill their own needs
treshold effect - the point at which advertising becomes effective
trial balance [pokusna bilanca] - a test to see if all the debits and credits in a set of account books
match
turnover [godinji promet] - total sales revenue of a company through the year
tyranny [tiran] unlimited and unfairly used power
uneconomic [neekonomino] - too expensive, wasteful, loss-making
utilities [energenti] electricity gas and water
volume [koliina, volumen] the amount of space that a substance or object contains or fills (the
total amount of something)
wages [plaa] money paid (per hour or day or week) to manual workers
British American:
a go slow slowdown
annual General Meeting - annual stockholders meeting
bank holiday - public holiday
chairman - president
company - corporation
creditors - accounts payable
current account - checking account
curriculum vitae or CV - resume
debtors - accounts receivable
depreciation amortization
flexitime - flextime
go-slow - slowdown
hoarding - billboard
labour - labor
managing director chief executive officer
market research - marketing research
overheads - overhead
profit and loss account - income statement
programme - program
property - real estate
salespeople - salespersons
shareholder - stockholder
shareholders equity - stockholders equity
shop - store
stock inventory
Prijevodi (translation):
accrued expenses - obraunati , a neplaeni rashodi
achieve postii, ispuniti, ostvariti
acquire (stei) a stake (uloiti novac) - kupiti
adequate wage or salary - plaa
advertising reklamni, oglaenje
aimed namjeren
applicant kandidat, molitelj
application molba
application form molbeni obrazac
apply primijeniti, zatraiti
apply for prijaviti se za
apply to primijeniti na
awareness svjesnost
bad debt charges - rashod nastao ispravkom za sumnjiva i sporna potraivanja
bank loan - bankovni zajam
board of director upravni odbor
candidate kandidat
cash - novana sredstva
caving - uruava
channel kanal, voditi
communicate komunicirati
consist of sadrati
contacts with people kontaktirati ljude
contains sadrati, obuhvaati
cost of sales - trokovi prodaje
creditors - obveze prema vjerovnicima
Sinonimi (istoznanice):
a host of - a large number off
a mortician - someone who arranges funerals
a physician - a medical doctor
a plumber - someone who fixes water pipes
ailments - (non-serious) illnesses
assue to take responsibility
bad health illness
career - permanent job
company - corporation
convert change
costly - expensive
current account - checking account
cut drastically - to slash pri
decline - reduction, elimination
dismantle - take a part
dispose - uses or spend
disposed off - spent, used or consumed
economize - be economical
extra income - additional revenue
fiercely competitive - a cut-throat
flexitime - clocking in
global or worldwide - planetary
go bust - go broke
grapples with - deal with
has now reached a ridiculous level - has now reached fever pitch
having a baby - maternity leave
inexpensive low-cost
institutional - prestige
inventory - stock
major companies - corporate heavyweights
manual labour - blue-collar worker
margin mark-up
motivation - job satisfaction
obvious evident
office work - white collar worker
official value of an asset - the book value
on our behalf - done for us
outsourcing - contracting out
pay a lot of money for - spent a fortune
poor or unemployed people the underclass
profit margin - mark-up
property - real estate
redicoulous level - fever pitch
remembered (or not forgotten) born in mind
rich or wealthy people - affluent
severe measures against law-breakers - crackdown
shareholder - stockholder
shop - store
spend a fortune - cost the ea
successes achievements
to coerce - to compel people to do sth against their will
to cut drastically - to slash their prices
to resort to force - to use violence
took 40c off - knocked 40c off
total sales before costs are deducted - turnover
Suprotnosti (oposites):
a fail - increase
a superior - subordinated
account payble - account receivable
appoint a manager - dissmised
assertive - timid
assets - liability
assume responsibility - delegeted
business failure - success achivment
cautions and careful - happy to take risks
compulsory - course
current assets (kratk. imov.) - fixed assets (dug. imov.)
debit - credit
debtor - creditor
decisive - liking consensus and conciliation
demand - supply
depozite money - to withdraw money
employer - unemployer
free market economy - planned economy
group oriented - individualistic
income/revenue (prihodi) - expenditure (izdaci)
intuitive - logical, rational and analytic
lay off a person - haire
liberal - conservative
long term liabilities - current liabilities
long term loan - short term loan
loss - profit
make a payment - received a payment
nationalize - privatize
net - gross
own - your
part time student - full time student
payable (plativo) - receivable (prihvatljivo)
postgraduate student - ungraduate student
private sector - public sector
profit - loss
purchase - sell
retail - wholesale trade
self-conscious - self confident
shortage - surplus
spend - earn
strengths - wicknesess
tangible assets (materijalna imovina) - intangible assets (nematerijalna imovina)