Business Collocations... commonly used terms collocation defined:- a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence- a word or phrase that is often used with another wor

Richard-Business Eng

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Business Collocations... commonly used terms

collocation defined:

- a grouping together of things in a certain order, as of the words in a sentence

- a word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase

- col = com = prefixes meaning “with,” “together,” “in association”

Number of collocations in English

Estimates of the number of collocation terms in the English language are difficult to come by, however, it appears that there are more than 250,000 collocations (based on several sources)

Test your knowledge of collocations

The following collocations are commonly used in the business world.

Can you guess the missing words?

The answers can be seen by selecting the hidden text after each collocation.

advertising ag_ _ _ _/cam_ _ _ _ _ agency/campaign

balance s _ e e _ sheet

bank l _ _ _ loan

benefits pack _ _ _ package

brand n _ _ _ name

accept an o _ _ _ r/a po _ _ _ _ _ n offer/position

attr _ _ _ investors attract

bo _ _ _ _ money borrow

br _ _ _ a law break

calculate the r _ _ k risk

Feel free to add to this list

Jun 5, 2018 1:55 PM

Comments · 4

advertising agency/campaign

balance sheet

bank link?

benefits package

borrow money

attract investors

bring a law

calculate the risk

I just guessed them without looking into the right answers. So, break a law, of course :), and bank loan.

June 5, 2018

Hi Ali... I'm glad you found this simple quiz helpful.

June 5, 2018

Thank you for the nice exercise, Richard! I solved it almost completely without looking at the hidden meaning. It is a welcome change after (more or less mechanical) drilling/training of vocabulary and grammar. :-)

June 5, 2018