Business English Vocabulary Online

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Unit 13: Get it right!

trial (n)

receipt (n)
1. a piece of paper that proves that you have received goods or money
2. the act of receiving something

supervise (v)
1. to watch a person or activity and make certain that everything is done

colon (n)
1. a mark (:) used before a list, an example, an explanation, etc

dash (n)
1. a mark (-) used to separate parts of sentences

quotation marks (n)
1. a pair of marks (" ") or (' ') used before and after a group of words to show that they are spoken or that someone else originally wrote them

slash (n)
1. a long, deep cut
2. a mark (/) used in writing to separate words or numbers, often to show a choice or connection

bracket (v)
1. to put curved lines ( ) around words, phrases, numbers, etc to make them separate
2. to consider two or more people or things to be similar

full stop (n)
1. a mark (.) used at the end of a sentence, or to show that the letters before it are an abbreviation

period (n)
1. a length of time
2. a mark (.) used at the end of a sentence, or to show that the letters before it are an abbreviation

launch (v)

range (n)
1. a group of different things of the same general type
2. the amount or number between a particular set of limits
3. the distance from which things can be seen, heard, or reached