business english

to whom it may concern

please find attached
fyi - for your information
asap - as soon as possible
moving you to bcc - the person will no longer be part of the conversation (ir order to save his/her time)
cc'ing someone - join the subject/add someone
team building - integration of work-partners
collaboration - work together
cooperation - help someone with something
start from scratch - start from the very beginning
meet deadlines - be on the schedule
to give the green light
go over budget - spend too much money
sign off on - approval
ahead of the curve - foresee the problems that may arise
a ballpark figure - estimation
kick off - start
white collar - a big company's employee
by the book - to follow the exact rules
to corner the market - to dominate the market
get in on the ground - an early successful investment
think outside the box - think in non-traditional ways
touch base - get in touch with someone
word of mouth - a spreaded information from mouth to mouth
a yes man - submissive
red tape - slow-moving bureaucracy process
to play hardball - to negotiate aggressively and not give up
downsizing - a company firing people
get/have one's foot in the door - make a first contact, get someone know you are interested
to drop the ball - to give up
in the black - making money
in the red - losing money
staff shakeup - a company firing people and employing new staff
target demographic/end user
mission statement - goal of the company
roi - return on investment

random concepts
nuances - subtle differences in meaning
to stand someone in good stead - to be useful to someone in the future
pompous - arrogant and self-important
stark - extreme and obvious, often used with “difference” or “contrast”
to be conceived as - to be thought of as
mundane - boring, uninteresting or ordinary
to pigeonhole someone - to label someone and put them in a restrictive category
to distort - to change something (like information) so that it is not true or accurate any more
tribalism - the behaviour and attitudes that come from strong loyalty to your own social group
a lifespan - the length of time a person is expected to live