Business Spotlight Plus – Nr.6 2019

Business Spotlight PLUS
Corporate finance

Wortschatz

US sales are

on the rise: the

shareholders

will be pleased

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2. Know your idioms

Complete these explanations of financial terms with the correct

options below.

A. If you bootstrap / bootlace a company, you build a company using very

little resources.

B. If you build a centaur / unicorn , you create a company that is worth over

a billion dollars.

C. If your company is laced / strapped for cash, it needs funds.

D. When companies bake / cook the books, they make the company

finances look better than they really are.

E. When someone is good with numerical data, that person is often

referred to as a number cruncher / wonder.

F. When a company has a clean bill / invoice of health, it is in a good

financial position.

1. Useful expressions E

Match the English expressions (A– G) to their German equivalents (1–7).

A. accountant

B. auditor

C. CFO (chief financial officer)

D. creditor

E. owner

F. shareholder

G. stakeholder

1. Gläubiger(in)


2. Inhaber(in)


3. Aktionär(in)


4. Buchhalter(in)


5. Interessenverter(in)


6. Finanzleiter(in)


7. Wirtschaftsprüfer(in)

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