Professional English in Use Finance

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Professional English in Use Finance is suitable for intermediate students and above. It includes 50 units covering all aspects of financial vocabulary from Accounting to Borrowing and Lending, Central Banking to Venture Capital and many more areas including financial idioms and metaphors. Primarily designed as a self-study reference and practice book, it can also be used for classroom work and one-to-one lessons. This book is a must for both trainers and learners of ESP and Business English who need to use English in a financial environment.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 6)
• Basic Terms
• 1 Money and income (p. 8)
• A Currency
• B Personal finance
• 2 Business finance (p. 10)
• A Capital
• B Revenue
• C Financial statements
• Accounting
• 3 Accounting and accountancy (p. 12)
• A Accounting
• B Auditing
• C Laws, rules and standards
• 4 Bookkeeping (p. 14)
• A Double-entry bookkeeping
• B Day books and ledgers
• C Balancing the books
• 5 Company law 1 (p. 16)
• A Partnerships
• B Limited liability
• C Founding companies
• 6 Company law 2 (p. 18)
• A Private and public companies
• B AGMS
• 7 Accounting policies and standards (p. 20)
• A Valuation and measurement
• B Historical cost and inflation accounting
• 8 Accounting assumptions and principles (p. 22)
• A Assumption
• B Principles
• 9 Depreciation and amortization (p. 24)
• A Fixed assets
• B Valuation
• C Depreciation systems
• 10 Auditing (p. 26)
• A Internal auditing
• B External auditing
• C Irregularities
• 11 The balance sheet 1 (p. 28)
• A Assets, liabilities and capital
• B Shareholders' equity
• 12 The balance sheet 2: assets (p. 30)
• A Fixed and current assets
• B Valuation
• C Tangible and intangible assets
• 13 The balance sheet 3: liabilities (p. 32)
• A Liabilities
• B Accured expenses
• C Shareholders' equity on the balance sheet
• 14 The other financial statements (p. 34)
• A The profit and loss account
• B The cash flow statement
• 15 Financial ratios 1 (p. 36)
• A Types of financial ratio
• B Liquidity and solvency ratios
• C Earnings and dividends
• 16 Financial ratios 2 (p. 38)
• A Profitability
• B Leverage
• 17 Cost accounting (p. 40)
• A Direct and indirect costs
• B Fixed and variable costs
• C Breakeven analysis
• 18 Pricing (p. 42)
• A Manufacturers' pricing strategies
• B Retail pricing strategies
• Banking
• 19 Personal banking (p. 44)
• A Current accounts
• B Banking products and services
• C E-banking
• 20 Commercial and retail banking (p. 46)
• A Commercial and retail banks
• B Credit
• C Loans and risk
• 21 Financial institutions (p. 48)
• A Types of financial institution
• B Deregulation
• C Specialized banks
• 22 Investment banking (p. 50)
• A Raising capital
• B Mergers and acquisitions
• C Consulting and research
• 23 Central banking (p. 52)
• A The functions of central banks
• B The central bank and the commercial banks
• C Central banks and exchange rates
• 24 Interest rates (p. 54)
• A Interest rates and monetary policy
• B Different interest rates
• 25 Money markets (p. 56)
• A The money markets
• B Common money market instruments
• C Repos
• 26 Islamic banking (p. 58)
• A Interest-free banking
• B Types of accounts
• C Leasing and short-term loans
• 27 Money supply and control (p. 60)
• A Measuring money
• B Changing the money supply
• C Monetarism
• Corporate Finance
• 28 Venture capital (p. 62)
• A Raising capital
• B Return on capital
• 29 Stocks and shares 1 (p. 64)
• A Stocks, shares and equities
• B Going public
• C Ordinary and preference shares
• 30 Stocks and shares 2 (p. 66)
• A Buying and selling shares
• B New share issues
• C Categories of stocks and shares
• 31 Shareholders (p. 68)
• A Investors
• B Dividends and capital gains
• C Speculators
• 32 Share prices (p. 70)
• A Influences on share prices
• B Predicting prices
• C Types of risks
• 33 Bonds (p. 72)
• A Government and corporate bonds
• B Prices and yields
• C Other types of bonds
• 34 Futures (p. 74)
• A Commodity futures
• B Financial futures
• 35 Derivatives (p. 76)
• A Options
• B In-the-money and out-of-the-money
• C Warrants and swaps
• 36 Asset management (p. 78)
• A Allocating and diversifying assets
• B Types of investor
• C Active and passive investment
• 37 Hedge funds and structured products (p. 80)
• A Hedge funds
• B Leverage, short-selling and arbitrage
• C Structured products
• 38 Describing charts and graphs (p. 82)
• A Increase and decrease
• B Rate of change
• C High points, low points, and staying the same
• 39 Mergers and takeovers (p. 84)
• A Mergers, takeovers and joint ventures
• B Hostile or friendly?
• C Integration
• 40 Leveraged buyouts (p. 86)
• A Conglomerates
• B Raiders
• 41 Financial planning (p. 88)
• A Financing new investments
• B Discounted cash flows
• C Comparing investment returns
• 42 Financial regulation and supervision (p. 90)
• A Government regulation
• B Internal controls
• C Sarbanes-Oxley
• Economics and Trade
• 43 International trade (p. 92)
• A Trade
• B Balance of payments
• C Protectionism
• 44 Exchange rates (p. 94)
• A Why exchange rates change
• B Fixed and floating rates
• C Government intervention
• 45 Financing international trade (p. 96)
• A Documentary credits
• B Bills of exchange
• C Export documents
• 46 Incoterms (p. 98)
• A Transport and additional costs
• B The E and F terms
• C The C and D terms
• 47 Insurance (p. 100)
• A Insuring against risks
• B Life insurance and saving
• C Insurance companies
• 48 The business cycle (p. 102)
• A Expansion and contraction
• B Fiscal policy
• C Monetary policy
• 49 Taxation (p. 104)
• A Direct taxes
• B Indirect taxes
• C Non-payment of tax
• 50 Business plans (p. 106)
• A Market opportunities
• B The company, the product and the market
• C The financial analysis
• Language reference (p. 108)
• Market idioms
• Numbers
• Word stress
• British and American vocabulary
• Answer key (p. 114)
• Index (p. 132)
• Acknowledgements (p. 140)