AMERICAN IDIOMATIC
CORPORATE GLOSSARY
LESSON PLAN DEVELOPED
by
DAVID OLIVER
Lists of Finance-Management-Marketing Jargon for
students
Copy and paste a phrase into the Google search box.
Be sure to put the phrase in quotes.
Refine the search by adding "business" or "marketing" then see how often and in what context the phrase is used. The sentence you want to see will be listed in the hits; the words will be in bold.
For example: "asset stripper" "marketing" gives some of the following uses:
"to fend off an unwelcome advance from an Australian asset-stripper"
"Asset Stripper Threatens National Treasury"
Write one sentence using the word in phrase.
Example: Acid test
after market
All or none
Alphabet stock
ADR
angels
asset play
asset stripper
at the market
at the open
aunt Millie
to back
bad deal
bad paper
bail out (verb)
a bailout (noun)
balloon note
bankroll
barometer stock
basis points
take a bath
be flat
bear
bear hug
belly up
below book
carrying charge
Chapter 7
Chapter 11
Chinese wall
churn
circuit breakers
commercial paper
corner a market
corporate raider
cost-plus
counter(verb)
credit scoring
credit watch
crown jewels
deep-discount bond
deep pockets
dirty laundry
discount window
done deal
draw down
dress up
dual banking
earnest money
eggs in one basket
equitize
face value
flat (to be)
float a loan
frozen assets
Glass-Steagall
hedge
junk bond
leverage
LBO
liquid
long bond
long on
market to market
nest egg
on a signature basis
on the line
plastic
play the float
poison pill
Ponzi scheme
portfolio
position
premium
prime
red herring
red lining
ride the market
rollover
rubber check
rule of 72
run
safe harbor leasing
samurai bonds
scorched-earth strategy
seed money
shake out
shark repellent
shylock
sinking fund
stake
sweat-equity
weetener teaser
10-k
tender form
tesebonos
turkey
twaddle
up front money
white knight
white shoe firm
written on ice
zeros
zombie bond
Management jargon for Students
across the board
action items
adhocracy
administratium
administrivia
affirmative action
air it out
ADA
anointed
a 180
apple polish
armchair quarterback
attrit
ax
axe to grind
back burner
back in the saddle
back out of
back to the salt mines
bag of snakes
Baldridge
bang for the buck
bargaining chip
baseline
bat around
beat around the bush
beats me
beat the little guy
beef up
behind the eight-ball
behind the wheel
belt-tightening
beltway bandits
cafeteria plan
call in sick
can
CLM
change agent
change hands
check off
closed shop
cooling off period
cut the cake
dead time
deliver the goods
desk jockey
devil’s advocate
Dilbert
dinosaurs
dog and pony show
down time
down to brass tacks
ducks in a row
eager beaver
eight-hundred pound gorilla
empowerment
energizing vision
exploding offer
face time
farm out
fast track
featherbedding
flying circus
formica parachute
FUBAR
four-fifths rule
gainsharing
get the boot
give backs
give a nickel tour
glass ceiling
globasim
golden fleece award
golden handcuffs
golden parachute
go through the ranks
grain of salt
grapevine
hammer out
hatchet man
Hawthorne effect
helicopter
hold the line
hoops
hot buttons
hot desking
house cleaning
iceberg principle