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ITALIAN/ENGLISH BUSINESS GLOSSARY
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Manual of Business Spanish
Michael Gorman and María-Luisa Henson
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ITALIAN/ENGLISH BUSINESS GLOSSARY
Vincent Edwards
and
Gianfranca Gessa Shepheard
London and New York
Vincent Edwards is Head of Research at the Business School, Buckinghamshire College (A College of Brunel University).
Gianfranca Gessa Shepheard is a freelance translator.
First published 1997 by Routledge
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Business Glossary
Key to glossary
Grammatical abbreviations
abbr |
abbreviation |
adj |
adjective |
adv |
adverb |
conj |
conjunction |
det |
determiner |
n |
noun |
nf |
feminine noun |
nfpl |
plural feminine noun |
nm |
masculine noun |
nmpl |
plural masculine noun |
pp |
past participle |
pref |
prefix |
prep |
preposition |
vb |
verb |
Symbols
* denotes slang term
(US) term particular to USA
(GB) term particular to Great Britain
NB: Contexts are given in parentheses after term and part of speech or before multiple translations
Parts of speech are provided for all headwords and for translations where appropriate. Subterms are only supplied with parts of speech where it is considered necessary to indicate gender or to avoid ambiguity
Italian-English
abbandonare |
vb abandon vb abbandonare un impiego quit vb |
abbandono |
nm waiver n |
abbassare |
vb (price, interest rate) bring down vb, lower vb |
abbonamento |
nm season ticket n |
abbondanza |
nf abundance n |
abbreviate |
vb abbreviate vb |
abbreviato |
adj abbreviated adj |
abbreviazione |
nf abbreviation n |
abbuono |
nm allowance n |
abile |
adj abile nell´uso dei computer computer literate adj |
abilità |
nf ability n, skill n |
abitudine |
nf abitudini del consumatore consumer habits npl |
abolire |
vb abolish vb |
abolizione |
nf abolition n abolizione delle tariffe elimination of |
|
tariffs |
abrogare |
vb (offer) revoke vb |
abusare di |
vb abuse vb |
abuso |
nm abuso di autorità/di fiducia abuse of power/ |
|
confidence |
accaparramento |
nm takeup n |
accaparrare |
vb forestall vb |
accedere a |
vb access vb |
accelerare |
vb accelerate vb, expedite vb |
accelerazione |
nf acceleration n |
accendere |
vb (machine) turn on vb |
accentramento |
nm centralization n |
accentrare |
vb centralize vb |
accertamento |
nm assessment n |
accertare |
vb assess vb |
accessibilità |
nf accessibility n |
accesso |
nm access n |
accessorio |
adj auxiliary adj |
accettazione |
nf accettazione condizionata qualified acceptance |
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accettazione del consumatore consumer acceptance |
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accettazione da parte del mercato market |
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acceptance mancata accettazione non-acceptance |
4 BUSINESS GLOSSARY: ITALIAN-ENGLISH
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presentarsi al banco di accettazione (airport) check |
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in vb |
accludere |
vb enclose vb |
accomiatarsi |
vb take leave of sb vb |
accompagnatore |
nm accompagnatore turistico courier n |
acconsentire a |
vb consent vb |
acconto |
nm down payment, part payment |
accordo |
nm (agreement) arrangement n treaty n, |
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understanding n accordo commerciale trade |
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agreement accordo di compensazione di cambio |
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exchange clearing agreement accordo di |
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contingente quota agreement accordo formale |
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formal agreement accordo tra gentiluomini |
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gentleman’s agreement accordo internazionale |
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international agreement accordo di mantenimento |
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dei prezzi fairtrade agreement Accordo Monetario |
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Europeo (AME) European Monetary Agreement |
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(EMA) accordo operativo working agreement |
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accordo di prezzo imposto fair-trade agreement |
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accordo salariale wage agreement accordo di |
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scambio barter agreement accordo verbale verbal |
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agreement mettersi d’accordo agree vb raggiungere |
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un accordo make a treaty per tacito accordo by tacit |
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agreement venir meno ad un accordo break an |
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agreement violare un accordo break an agreement |
accreditare |
vb accredit vb accreditare un conto di una somma |
|
credit sth to an account |
accredite |
nm credit n nota di accredito credit note |
accrescere |
vb (value) enhance vb |
accumulare |
vb accumulate vb, hoard vb |
accumularsi |
vb accumulate vb |
accumulato |
adj accumulated adj |
accumulazione |
nf accrual n saggio di accumulazione rate of accrual |
accusare |
vb charge sb with sth vb |
acquirente |
nmf vendee n |
acquisire |
vb acquire vb acquisire il controllo (company) take |
|
over vb |
acquisitivo |
adj acquisitive adj |
acquisizione |
nf acquisition n acquisizione di controllo takeover n |
acquistare |
vb acquire vb, purchase vb acquistare in blocco buy |
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in bulk acquistare all’ingrosso buy sth wholesale, |
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buy in bulk acquistare di seconda mano buy sth |
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second hand |