Module 4

acquisition

alliance

annual general meeting/AGM

annual retainer

at the core

audit and compensation committees

balance sheet

bear

board

board of directors

bonds

bonus share

bull

chairman/ chairwoman/ chairperson/ chair

chief executive officer/CEO

company secretary

congenially

corporate profitability

dawn raid

decent return on investment

direct

direction

directive

directly

director

directory

dividend

earnings

earnings per share

entrenched management

estimate

executive chairman

executive committee

executive director

executive officer

executive(adj)

executive(noun)

expenditure

expense(s)

expensive

extended

extension

extensively

feature

financial statement

fund

gilts

hefty knock

hostile takeover

incentive bonus

income

incomes policy

index

inflated

inflation

inflationary

Inland Revenue

integrity

investment

investor

managing director/MD

merger

multiple-year term

negotiable

negotiations

non-executive

non-executive chairman

non-executive committee

non-executive director

non-executive officer

non-negotiable

on the stock market

ordinary share

portfolio

preference share

price/earnings ratio

profit

profit and loss account

profitability

profitable

profitably

publicly traded company

quoted company

return

revenue

senior

share

share price

share repurchase program

shareholder

stag

stakeholder

stock

stock exchange

stock market

stock markets crash

stock markets rise

stock option award

stock split

strategic joint venture

teething problems

the primary responsibility

the stock market closes up/down

thorny problem

to appeal to

to approve

to be entitled

to be responsible to smb

to be up for election

to carry the can

to come under fire

to conjure up images

to do a favour

to do business

to do (roaring) trade

to evaluate (the attractiveness)

to extend

to fall by the wayside

to go public

to have a huge impact on

to inflate

to invest

to issue shares

to keep minutes

to make a bid

to make a complaint

to make demands on smth

to make extra provisions

to make profit

to make progress

to make smb redundant

to make success

to make the cheque out

to meet the requirements

to negotiate

to nose-dive

to operate on a rotating system

to override smb’s decisions

to pay dividends

to protect the shareholders’ assets

to put across

to put back

to put down to

to put forward

to put in a good word for smb

to put off

to put on to

to put one's finger on

to put one's foot in

to put out

to put paid to

to put through

to put up

to put up with

to ride rough-shod

to ride the storm

to rubber-stamp

to run counter

to select

to some extend

to take a back seat

to take the risk

to type-cast

to undermine

to wipe off

to woo

to yield

trade directory

transparency

turning down acquisition

unearned income

vested interest

volatile

with a goal of two-thirds

yield