Industrial designer's glossary
ADMINISTRATION GLOSSARY
This glossary will help me learn specific words related to my future career.
- Benefits
- noun
- an advantage or profit gained from something.
- Example: "enjoy the benefits of being a member"
- en: Bénéfice
- Brand
- noun
- a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name.
- Example: "a new brand of detergent"
- en: marque
- Cash cycle
- noun
- The cash cycle definition is the time it takes a company to turn raw materials into cash.
- Example: my uncle's pizzeria cash cycle takes a week
- en: cycle de trésorerie
- Competitive
- adjective
- relating to or characterized by competition.
- Example: "a competitive sport"
- en: compétition
- Design
- noun
- a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made.
- Example: "he has just unveiled his design for the new museum"
- en: design
- Firm
- noun
- a business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people.
- Example: "a law firm"
- en: entreprise
- Gross profit
- noun
- Gross profit is the profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services.
- Example: apple made a gross profit of $450 million this year
- en: bénéfice brut
- Growth
- noun
- something that has grown or is growing.
- Example: apple has a real growth since its inception
- en: croissance
- Liability
- noun
- The state of being responsible for something, especially by law.
- Example: "the partners accept unlimited liability for any risks they undertake"
- en: Responsabilité
- Liquidity
- noun
- The availability of liquid assets to a market or company. Liquid assets; cash.
- Example: "a firm may be unable to pay unless it has spare liquidity"
- en: liquidité
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- Manufacture
- noun
- Manufactures are goods or products which have been made in a factory.
- Example: a long-term rise in the share of manufactures in non-oil exports.
- en: Manufacture
- Margin
- noun
- an amount by which a thing is won or falls short.
- Example: "they won by a convincing 17-point margin"
- en: marge
- Market
- noun
- an area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted.
- Example: "the labor market"
- en: marché
- Net income
- noun
- Net income (NI), also called net earnings, is calculated as sales minus cost of goods sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, operating expenses, depreciation, interest, taxes, and other expenses.
- Example: Apple made a net income of $300 million in 2021
- en: revenu net
- Operating costs
- noun
- Operating costs are associated with the maintenance and administration of a business on a day-to-day basis.
- Example: "one of apple's operating costs is the salaries of its employees"
- en: Coûts d'exploitation
- Operating expenses
- noun
- An operating expense is an expense a business incurs through its normal business operations.
- Example: Apple's operating costs have increased this year due to the scarcity of the metal on the market
- en: charges d'exploitation
- Organization
- noun
- an organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, etc
- Example: "a research organization"
- en: organisation
- Partner
- noun
- either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity.
- Example: "arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner"
- en: partenaire
- Prototype
- noun
- a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
- Example: "the firm is testing a prototype of the weapon"
- en: prototype
- Team development
- noun
- Team management refers to the various activities which bind a team together by bringing the team members closer to achieve the set targets.
- Example: "team management is an important component within a company"
- en: gestion d'équipe
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