Business English Teacher

Business Slang Quiz

Choose the correct definition to define the following business terms:

1.  Cover for someone

  To protect someone
  To do someone else’s job during his/her absence
  To be on the cover page of a magazine

2.  Cut a deal

  To make an agreement
  To break an agreement  
  To lose a deal

3.  Red tape

  Delay due to official procedure
  Damaged or a reject item
  A warning to stop

4.  Brainstorm

  When a persons brain stops working
  A stupid person
  Contribute ideas to solve a problem

5.  Bells and whistles

  To warn a person
  To call a secretary for an appointment
  Unnecessary yet enticing features in a product

6.  To rub elbows with someone

  To hit someone with your hand
 To write a job application
  To socialize with influential people

7.  Temp

  Not in office for sometime
 Temporary employee
 To stop work in order to eat lunch

8.  Cash cow

  A business that generates continuous flow of money
  To focus on a particular group of consumers
 To sell cows for cash

9.  Kickback

  To collect money
 An unethical payment made to someone
 Company going in loss

10.  Out of the woods

  To be out of danger or trouble
 A written document pledging to repay a dept
 To be involved in a risky business

11.  Break even

  To demand for immediate payment of a debt
 To have an insufficient amount of money
 No profit No loss

12.  Bottom line

  Financial records of the company
 The central issue of discussion
 To be willing to gamble with all his/her money

13.  Conference call

  To begin a meeting
 A telephone meeting between people in different locations
 A meeting where people do nothing but complain

14.  White-collar worker

  A person who is in a managerial position in a company
 Someone who does physical labor
 Women employees

15.  Rat race

 A group of secretaries who wait to be called on assignment
 To be late for an appointment
  The hectic day-to-day business life