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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