Unit 6 A career in accountancy

Word Definition Polish

accountancy British English the profession or księgowość
(n) work of keeping or checking
financial accounts, calculating
taxes, etc.
accountant (n) someone whose job is to keep księgowy(wa)
records of how much money a
business has received and spent
ambitious (adj) determined to be successful or ambitny
powerful
balance sheet a statement of how much money a bilans
(n) business has earned and how
much money it has paid for goods
and services
calculation (n) when you add, multiply or divide obliczanie
numbers, for example, to find out
the answer to a sum
capable (adj) if you are capable of doing zdolny (do)
something, you are able to do it
because you have the right skills or
knowledge
career (n) a job or profession that you do for a zawód
long time, especially one in which
you can move to a higher position
cash flow (n) the movement of money coming przepływ gotówki
into a business as income and
going out as wages, materials, etc.
communication the process by which people komunikacja
(n) exchange information or express
their thoughts and feelings
competent good at your work or able to do a kompetentny
(adj) job well
day-to-day jobs or activities are ones that you codzienny
(adj) do every day as a normal part of
your life, your job, etc.
debt (n) a sum of money that a person or dług
organisation owes
demand (n) if there is a demand for something, popyt
a lot of people want it
developing a developing country is a poor kraj rozwijający się
country country that is trying to increase its
(n phr) industry and trade and improve life

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for its people
disorganised someone who is disorganised is niezorganizowany
(adj) bad at arranging or planning things
expect (v) to think that something will happen oczekiwać

figure (n) a number representing an amount, liczba

especially an official number
inefficient (adj) a system, organisation or person niewydajny
that is inefficient does not work well
and wastes time, money or energy
irregular (adj) not happening at regular times nieregularny

job prospect a job which you may get in the możliwość pracy
(n) future
keep track (v to pay attention to something, so śledzić
phr) that you know what is happening
latest (adj) the most recent najnowszy

ledger (n) a book in which a business, bank, księga rachunkowa

etc. records how much money it
receives and spends
liability (n) legal responsibility for something, odpowiedzialność
especially for paying money that is
owed, or for damage or injury
monitor (v) to watch or measure something monitorować
carefully for a period of time to see
how it changes
opportunity (n) if you have an opportunity to do możliwość
something, you get a chance to
do it
owe (v) if you owe money to someone, you być dłużnym
need to give it back to them
because you borrowed it from them
paperwork (n) work such as writing letters or praca biurowa
reports
prepare (v) to make something ready, so that it przygotowywać
can be used
profession (n) a job for which you need special zawód
education and training, for
example, being a doctor or a
teacher
profit (n) if you make a profit when you sell zysk
something, you get more money for
it than you spent on it

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promote (v) to give someone who works for you awansować
a higher job
quality (n) something that a person or thing cecha
has as part of their character or
nature, especially something good
quarterly (adj) produced or happening four times kwartalny
a year
report (n) a written or spoken description of a raport
situation or event, giving people the
information they need
respected (adj) admired by many people szanowany

rewarding (adj) a job that is rewarding makes you dający satysfakcję

feel happy and satisfied
sale (n) when you sell something to sprzedaż
someone
set (v) if you set a date, price or amount, ustalać
you decide what it will be
spreadsheet a computer program that you use arkusz kalkulacyjny
(n) for showing and calculating lists of
numbers
statement (n) a written report with information sprawozdanie
about the financial activities of an finansowe
individual or business
submit (v) to write something formal and give składać
it to someone to look at or consider
supplier (n) a company or person that provides dostawca
a particular product
tax (n) money that you have to pay to the podatek
government
tax return (n) the form on which you have to give zeznanie podatkowe
information so that your tax can be
calculated
trust (v) to believe that someone is good ufać
and will do what they say or what is
right
unreliable (adj) unreliable people or things cannot niesolidny
be trusted to do what they should
do

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