Business and industry

a method of paying for goods or services at a later time, usually paying interest as well as the original money

a period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad

an industry that provides a service for people but does not result in the production of goods

the total amount by which money spent is more than money received

relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group of people

a situation in which a business spends more money than it earns

a general, continuous increase in prices

the control and organization of something

to begin to have, use, or do something

to take a particular amount away from a price, value, etc

money that is earned from doing work or received from investments

an amount of something that is available for use

an industry that manufactures goods rather than producing raw materials, or these industries considered as a group

relating to people who work in offices, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort

the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops

a product that you sell in another country, or the business of sending goods to another country in order to sell them there

the use of machines and computers that can operate without needing human control

an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work

an amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc

a need for something to be sold or supplied

the ordinary workers in a factory, or the place where they work