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1. go into: to start working in a particular type of job or business to start something such

as a business, organization, or institution.

My friends will go into to the clothing market.

The clothing market will be gone into by my friends.

2. establish: to start an organization or company

I will establish myself as a manager.

Myself will be established as a manager.

3. move into: to begin a new business or new type of business.

We move into a new store to offer the same products.

A new store is moved to offer the same products by us.

4. open: if a new business, building etc opens, or if someone opens it, it becomes

available for people to use for the first time to bring a business, organization, or

project into existence.

The business will open on the weekend when everyone has time.

On the weekend will be opened when everyone has time.

5. incorporate: business to form a corporation (=a company that can raise money by selling

shares).

She incorporated more products for her business a month ago.

More products were incorporated for her business a month ago by her.

6. bootstrapping: the activity of building a business from nothing, with very little

money put in from outside the business.

Bootstrapping helps people grow with their businesses.

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Peolpe are helped grow with their busineddes by bootstrapping.

7. constitute: formal to formally establish an organization, institution, government etc

and give it the authority to operate.

The company constitutes laws that protect its employees.

Laws that protect its employees are constituted by the company.

8. establishment: the process of starting or creating something such as an organization.

Arón has rented an establishment to start with his business.

An establishment was rented to start with his business by Arón.

9. found: to start an institution such as a school or college, especially by providing

money.

Lionel Messi founded an NGO that protects the children of his country.

An NGO that protects the children of his country was founded by Lionel Messi.

10. relaunch: to start something again and hope that it will be more successful than

before.

Evo Morales relaunched his candidacy as president and won.

His candidacy was relaunched as president and won by Evo Morales.

11. set up: to make it possible for someone to start a business, organization, or institution.

He was setting up the organigram chart to correct many failures.

The organigram was being set up chart to correct many failures by him.

12. start-up: business the process of starting a business or other activity.

A Startup is recommended for young people with a low budget.

For young people with a low budget is recommended by a startup.

13. advertising campaign n [C] an organization’s programme of advertising activities

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over a particular period with specific aims, for example an increase in sales or

awareness of a product agenda n [C] 1 a list of the subjects to be discussed at a

meeting 2 the things that someone considers important or that they are planning to do

something about.

The Coca Cola advertising campaign was an example for large companies.

For large companies was been an example the advertising campaign by Coca Cola.

14. asset n [C] something belonging to an individual or a business that has value or the

power to earn money.

The most important asset of the organization is the workforce.

The workforce is been the most important asset by the organization.

15. attend v [I,T] to go to an event such as a meeting

The workers are attending the Gloria group trainings.

The Gloria group trainings are being attended by the workers.

16. attribute n [C] a characteristic, feature, or quality.

Some products attributes may improve in the future.

In the future may be improved attributes by some products.

17. balance sheet n [C] a document showing a company’s financial position and wealth

at a particular time. The balance sheet is often described as a ‘photograph’ of a

company’s financial situation at a particular moment.

The balance sheet reflects the economic situation of a company.

The economic situation of a company is reflected by the balance sheet.

18. bank statement n [C] information sent regularly by a bank to a customer, showing

the money that has gone into and out of their account over a particular period.
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I have received my bank statement for last month yet.

My bank statement has being received for last month yet by me.

19. benchmark n [C] 1 something that can be used as a comparison to judge or measure

other things 2 good performance in a particular activity in one company that can be

used as a standard to judge the same activity in other companies — benchmark v [T],

benchmarking n [U]

We use the benchmark of each adt to time each implementation and its variants over

a sample of 100 benchmarks.

The benchmark is used of each adt to time each implementation and its variants over

a sample of 100 benchmarks by us.

20. benefits package n [C] the total amount of pay and all the other advantages that an

employee may receive such as bonuses, health insurance, a company car etc.

The employee benefits package includes the family basket.

The family basket is included by the employee benefits package.

21. board also board of directors n [C usually singular] the group of people who have

been elected by shareholders to manage a company.

The company's board of directors makes the best decisions in the company.

The best decisions in the company are made by the company's board of directors.

22. bonus n [C] an extra amount of money added to an employee’s wages, usually as a

reward for doing difficult work or for doing their work well.

They received a bonus for working all the night.

A bonus was received for working all the night by them.

23. boom n [C,U] 1 a time when business activity increases rapidly, so that the demand
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for goods increases, prices and wages go up, and unemployment falls 2 a time when

activity on the stockmarket reaches a high level and share prices are very high.

The boom has created job opportunities.

Job opportunities has being created by the boom.

24. boom v [I] if business, trade, or the economy is booming, it is very successful and

growing.

Moix resulted in a boom for embroidery industry.

Emboidery industry was resulted in a boom by Moix.

25. brand n [C] a name given to a product or group of products by a company for easy

recognition.

Coca Cola has the most popular brand in drinks.

The most popular brand in drinks is had by Coca Cola.