International Business Vocabulary Worksheet

All 36 terms

Key business terms 12

contract A formal agreement that is binding by law. "Both companies signed the contract."
customer Someone who buys a company's product or service. "The customer ordered 200 units."
goods Products that can be bought, sold and shipped. "The goods reached the port on Friday."
invoice A seller's bill listing items and prices. "Please pay the invoice within 30 days."
manufacturer A company that makes products in large quantities. "The manufacturer ships bicycles to forty countries."
market The possible buyers for a product or service. "Is there a market for this product in Asia?"
negotiation Talks in which two sides work toward a deal. "After a week of negotiation they settled on a price."
payment Money given in return for goods or work. "Payment is due on delivery."
profit Income minus costs: the gain a company makes. Sales of 500 dollars with costs of 350 dollars leave a profit of 150 dollars.
revenue The total income a company earns from sales. Selling 100 items at 5 dollars each brings revenue of 500 dollars.
startup A new business that is just getting started. "She left her job to join a startup."
supplier A business that provides goods to other firms. "Our supplier delivers flour every Monday."

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International trade 12

currency A nation's money, such as the dollar or the euro. "Which currency is the price in?"
customs The government office that taxes imports. "The shipment is waiting to clear customs."
exchange rate The price of one currency in units of another. At an exchange rate of 1.10 dollars to the euro, 100 euros buy 110 dollars.
export Goods that a country sells to buyers abroad. "Cars are the country's largest export." As a verb, to export is to send goods out.
import Goods that a country buys from abroad. "Coffee is the country's largest import." As a verb, to import is to bring goods in.
joint venture A project that two or more companies share. "The two firms formed a joint venture to build the plant."
multinational A company that operates in several countries. "She works for a multinational with offices in twelve countries."
outsourcing Hiring an outside firm to do part of the work. "Outsourcing the payroll freed two people for other work."
shipment A batch of goods sent together. "The first shipment of 500 boxes left today."
subsidiary A company controlled by a parent company. "The firm opened a subsidiary in Brazil."
supply chain The network that makes and delivers a product. A farm, a factory, a ship, a warehouse and a store can be links in one supply chain.
tariff A government tax placed on imported products. A tariff of 10 percent on a 200 dollar import adds 20 dollars.

Meetings and the office 12

agenda The list of topics to be covered at a meeting. "The budget is first on the agenda."
appointment An agreed day and hour for seeing someone. "I have an appointment with the buyer at 2:30."
business card A small card giving someone's name and job. "They exchanged business cards before the talks."
business trip A journey made for work. "He is on a business trip to Singapore."
colleague Someone who works at the same place as you. "A colleague from the Paris office joined the call."
conference call A phone call among three or more people. "Let's set up a conference call with the Tokyo team."
deadline The last day or hour for finishing a job. "The deadline for the report is Friday at noon."
headquarters The central office that runs an organization. "The company's headquarters is in Toronto."
meeting A gathering held at a set time to discuss things. "The meeting starts at 9:00."
minutes The official written record of a meeting. "Who is taking the minutes today?"
salary A worker's regular pay, given as a yearly sum. A salary of 36,000 dollars a year is 3,000 dollars a month.
trade fair A show where companies display what they sell. "We met three new suppliers at the trade fair."

How this list was compiled: Term list chosen for this site on 2026-10-09. Each meaning is written in our own words and was checked that day in two dictionaries: the entry for the term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, and the entry in the Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/). Startup was read under start-up in the second dictionary. Every sum in an example was worked out and checked a second time. The example after each meaning is our own; the companies in the examples are made up. Licence: own work

How it works

This international business vocabulary worksheet is a word match: twelve key terms, profit, revenue, invoice and contract among them, down the left and their meanings mixed up down the right. Two more sets cover international trade and the office.

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Business vocabulary words for international trade

In Set, International trade prints import, export, tariff, customs, exchange rate, currency, shipment, multinational, subsidiary, joint venture, supply chain and outsourcing.

An ESL business vocabulary worksheet

Meetings and the office holds the English of a working day: meeting, agenda, deadline, colleague, salary, minutes, appointment, conference call, business card, headquarters, business trip and trade fair. Under the tool each term sits in a sentence to read aloud, such as "The budget is first on the agenda."

The prices and rates in the examples are made up, and the sheet gives no advice about money.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between revenue and profit?

Revenue is all the income a company earns from sales. Profit is what is left once the costs are taken away. Sales of 500 dollars with costs of 350 dollars give revenue of 500 dollars and a profit of 150.

What is the difference between an import and an export?

An import is something a country buys from abroad. An export is something it sells to buyers abroad. The same shipment is an export for the country that sends it and an import for the one that receives it.

What is a tariff?

A tax that a government places on imported goods. A tariff of 10 percent on an import priced at 200 dollars adds 20 dollars.

Are the international business vocabulary worksheets free?

Yes. Every set prints from this page with its answer key, at no cost and with no account.