French-English Business Glossary
The following is a list of various French business terms and phrases taken from the main
French dictionary. The terms cover fields such as commerce, finance,
administration, marketing etc.
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bail nm (Finance) lease baisse nf (Commerce) ~ des prix price drop, fall in prices, drop in prices baisser vt (Commerce, Finance) to lower, reduce prices baissier nm (Finance) bear balance nf (Finance) balancing bancaire a (Finance) banking system;
(Internet) services ~s sur Internet Internet banking services bancassurance nf (Finance) insurance banking bancassureur nm (Finance) insurance banker bande nf (Comput, Internet) service (à) large ~ high-speed service bandeau nm (Comput, Internet, Marketing) banner banque nf (Finance, Commerce) bank banque nf (Finance) banking banqueroute nf (Finance) bankruptcy banqueroute nf (Finance) ~ (frauduleuse), ~ (simple) fraudulent bankruptcy banquier nm (Finance) banker barème nm (Finance) scale, scale of charges;
(Finance) ~ des impôts tax scale barrer vt (Finance) to cross a cheque bas a (Commerce) ~ de gamme low-end, bottom-of-the-range (somtimes pej), downmarket (pej) base nf (Finance) ~ amortissable basis for depreciation; (Finance) ~ de calcul basis of calculations; (Finance) ~ hors taxe amount exclusive of VAT base nf (Finance) taux de ~ basic rate bénéfice nm (Commerce, Finance) profit bénéficiaire nmf (Finance) beneficiary bien nm (Commerce) good bien nm (Finance) property, asset bilan nm (Finance) balance sheet billetterie nf (Finance, Commerce) ~ (automatique) cashpoint, cash machine, cash dispenser, hole in the wall (Infml), ATM billetterie nf (Commerce) ticketing blâmer vt (Administration) to reprimand blanchi a (Finance) laundered blanchiment nm (Finance) ~ (de capitaux) money laundering, laundering of money blanchir vt (Finance) to launder bloc nm (Finance) bloc bloc nm (Stock Exchange) block blocage nm (Finance) freezing (of an account) blog nm (Comput, Internet) blog blogue nm (Comput, Internet) blog blogueur nm (Comput, Internet) blogger bloquer vt (Finance) to freeze an account, credit card bon a (Commerce) "~ pour une réduction de 10 euros" "10 Euros off next purchase" bon nm (Commerce, Marketing) coupon, voucher bordereau nm
(Business) ~ d'expédition consignment note; (Finance) ~ de versement paying-in slip Bourse nf (Finance) la ~ (in general) the Stock Market, the Stock Exchange brevet nm (Business) ~ (d'invention) patent breveté a (Business) patented budget nm (Finance, Politics) budget budgétaire a (Finance) budgetary budgétisation nf (Finance) budgeting budgétiser vt (Finance) to budget for bulletin nm
(Commerce) ~ de commande order form; (Commerce) ~ de livraison delivery note; (Finance) ~ de paie, ~ de salaire pay slip bureau nm (Business) office bureaucratie nf (Politics, Business etc) bureaucracy bureaucratique a (Politics, Business etc) bureaucratic bureaucratisation nf (Politics, Business etc) bureaucratisation bureautique nf (Business, Commerce) office automation
All dictionary and editorial content written by Neil Coffey. Copyright (c) Javamex UK 2007. All rights reserved.
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