Word List 20

 base salary

 

 cash bonus

 

abbreviation: using abbreviations when you send text messages save time

 

abrupt: the tone used in your email needs to be businesslike but not too abrupt

 

ad: ad is a shorten and informal form of the word advertisement

 

advertised: i would like to apply for the post of sales representative advertised on your website

 

aim: aim for short simple sentences in your emails

 

answerphone: leave a message on sb's answerphone

 

application: thank you for your application for the post of sales representative

 

attached document: please find my cv as an attached document.

 

badly: badly-written emails are difficult to read and understand

 

ban: ban the use of internal email

 

bin: overfamiliar messages from people who i don't know well go straight into the bin

 

businesslike: your emails should sound businesslike and efficient

 

business: the object of modern business communication is to be fast and efficient.

 

button: it is easy to write an email, you type it onto your computer screen, hit a button and off it goes

 

confidential: emails are not as confidential and secure as most people think, so be careful what you write

 

contact: email is an efficient and easy way for people to keep in contact

 

cramped: i don't like messages with no spaces between paragraphs, they look so cramped

 

disclaimer: a disclaimer is written paragraph at the end of an email stating that a company doesn't take responsibility for things such as viruses etc.

 

disorganised: a lot of emails seem disorganised and this only adds to the stress of people's job

 

error: email messages are often full of spelling and typing errors

 

experience: i am afraid that you don't have the neccsary qualifications and sufficient experience

 

further to: further to our previous correspondence, please find the attached document with information about my referees

 

inappropriate: informal tone is inappropriate in a business email

 

internal: nowdays most companies use email for their internal communication needs

 

line break: use extra line breaks to seperate text into paragraphs

 

look forward to: i look forward to hearing from you

 

offend: have you ever been offended by an email?

 

promote: in our company we prefer to promote face-to-face communication

 

punctuation: correct punctuation and spelling is easier to read

 

re-distribute: re-distribute emails

 

referee: please supply me with the names and email addresses of two referees who can supply references for you

 

reference: provide an up-to-date reference for sb.

 

reflect: reflect badly on, reflect well on

 

with regard to..: with regard to your request for work

 

regarding: regarding our previous correspondence

 

regret: i regret to say that i am unable to consider your application

 

sales rep: sales rep is an informal way of saying or writing "sales representative"

 

security measure: a disclaimer at the end of an email is a security measure that companies use to say that they don't take responsibility for something

 

skill: typing is one of the most useful skills you can have in business

 

space out: space out the text, you are not wasting paper

 

step: take the (unusual) step of doing sth.

 

stock: in stock, we only have one or two of that model in stock, so please let me know ASAP if you are interested

 

supply: please supply me with the names of two referees

 

VAT: including VAT or not including VAT

 

 

 

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