Doing Business in English

New words

How up-to-date is your vocabulary? Words come in and go out of fashion rapidly, so having a recent dictionary is useful. Here are some of the new words (taken from a recent article) in the 11th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

Time off work

In the UK, employees are entitled to different types of holiday and leaves of absence. Here are some common terms to describe holidays.

What's your line of business?

Here are some common expressions containing "business":