5 Minute English Key Phrases for Finance Professionals
5 Minute English Key Phrases for Finance Professionals collects the sentences a finance professional uses in English at work, grouped by the situation they belong to: asking questions in a financial meeting, writing up a report, explaining a position to a client, and negotiating. Six basic financial terms open the article with a one-line definition each, and the closing section suggests ways of practising the phrases.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The opening terms are revenue, profit margin, assets, liabilities, equity and cash flow. Four sets of six phrases follow: questions for a meeting, such as asking for operating expenses to be broken down; report sentences that introduce findings, changes and ratios; client sentences that state impact, risk and recommendation; and negotiating sentences for counteroffers, alternatives and conditions.
You take the set that matches what is in front of you and use the phrases as they stand, since each one is a whole sentence with a gap for your own figures rather than a word to fit into a sentence yourself. The short explanation beside every phrase tells you the moment it belongs to, so you can choose between asking for a breakdown of costs and asking about the effect on cash flow.
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