Business Word Search With Marketing, Money and Company Terms

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LHNEHEMPLOYEEDO

RCBNBABHOREERNV

LHRTUSAGGSLUEHC

HGBRDSBHOQUOCSO

IONEGEEXPENSESN

COMPETITOREEIXT

ABRRTTEUMEHRPHR

IRUESIURLTJVTJA

XAENCNPEPAOISMC

INTERESTAIBCONT

SDOUBAIOYLAEAFO

LXTRLENWRRHSPPZ

CUSTOMERORIWHJM

ANEQOEEZLNPHCHE

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EntrepreneurENTREPRENEUR
ProductPRODUCT
ServiceSERVICE
ContractCONTRACT
EmployeeEMPLOYEE
CustomerCUSTOMER
ExpenseEXPENSE
ReceiptRECEIPT
BudgetBUDGET
PayrollPAYROLL
AssetASSET
InterestINTEREST
BrandBRAND
LogoLOGO
RetailRETAIL
CompetitorCOMPETITOR

16 of 24 words from the Business Terms list.

Pick three words from the list. Use each one in a sentence about a business you would like to start.

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Answer key: Business Word Search

LHNEHEMPLOYEEDO

RCBNBABHOREERNV

LHRTUSAGGSLUEHC

HGBRDSBHOQUOCSO

IONEGEEXPENSESN

COMPETITOREEIXT

ABRRTTEUMEHRPHR

IRUESIURLTJVTJA

XAENCNPEPAOISMC

INTERESTAIBCONT

SDOUBAIOYLAEAFO

LXTRLENWRRHSPPZ

CUSTOMERORIWHJM

ANEQOEEZLNPHCHE

ZPRODUCTLTARASN

ENTREPRENEUR, PRODUCT, SERVICE, CONTRACT, EMPLOYEE, CUSTOMER, EXPENSE, RECEIPT, BUDGET, PAYROLL, ASSET, INTEREST, BRAND, LOGO, RETAIL, COMPETITOR

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Starting a Company 29

Branch A local office or shop of a larger company.
Business Any activity that sells things or services to earn money.
Company A group of people organized to make or sell something for money.
Contract An agreement that the law can enforce, usually put in writing.
Cooperative A business owned and run by its members, who share what it earns.
Copyright The legal right to copy and sell a book, song, film or other creative work.
Corporation A company that the law treats as a body separate from the people who own it.
Entrepreneur A person who starts a business and takes on the risk that it may fail.
Firm A company, above all one that sells expert services such as law or design.
Founder The person who started the company.
Franchise The right, bought for a fee, to run a business under a larger company's name.
Headquarters The main office, where the top managers work.
Industry All the companies that make the same kind of thing, such as cars or films.
Innovation A new idea, method or product.
Launch To put a new product on sale for the first time.

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Starting a Company, continued

License Official permission to run a certain kind of business.
Merger Two companies joining to become one.
Nonprofit An organization that spends what it earns on its cause instead of paying owners.
Owner The person a business belongs to.
Partnership A business that two or more people own who share its profits and its debts.
Patent The sole right, for a set number of years, to make and sell your own invention.
Pitch A short talk that tries to win over an investor or a customer.
Product A thing that is made to be sold.
Prototype The first working model of a new product, built for testing.
Service Work done for a customer, such as a haircut or a repair, in place of a thing.
Stakeholder Anyone affected by what a company does: owners, workers, customers, neighbors.
Startup A young company that is just getting going.
Strategy A long-range plan for reaching a goal.
Trademark A name or symbol that marks one company's goods, so that buyers can tell them from others.

People at Work 31

Accountant A person trained to keep and check financial records.
Applicant A person who has asked for a job.
Auditor An examiner who checks that a company's accounts are correct.
Benefits Extras on top of pay, such as health coverage or paid vacation.
Buyer The person at a store company who chooses what stock to order.
Cashier The worker who takes payments at the register.
Clerk A worker who keeps records or serves at a counter.
Client A person who pays for a professional service, such as a lawyer's or a designer's.
Consultant An outside expert who is paid for advice.
Customer A person who buys from a business.
Director A member of the board that steers a corporation, or the head of a department.
Employee A person who is paid to work for someone else.
Employer The person or company that pays you to work.
Executive A senior manager who makes the big decisions.
Hire To give someone a job.
Intern A student or beginner who works for a short time to gain experience.
Interview A meeting in which an employer asks a job seeker questions.
Investor A person who puts money into a business hoping to get more back.
Manager The person in charge of a team, a shop or a department.
Overtime Hours worked beyond the normal week, often at a higher rate of pay.
Partner One of two or more people who own a business together.
Recruiter A person whose job is to find and sign up new workers.
Shareholder A person who owns part of a corporation.
Shift A set block of working hours, such as 9 to 5 or overnight.
Staff All the people who work for an organization.
Supervisor The person who watches over a group of workers day to day.
Supplier A company that sells a business the materials or stock it needs.
Team A group of workers with a shared task.
Treasurer The officer who looks after an organization's money.
Union An organization of workers that bargains with the employer over pay and conditions.
Vendor A seller, from a street cart to a company that sells to other companies.

Money In and Out 33

Accounting Recording, sorting and reporting the money matters of a business.
Asset Anything of value that a business owns, such as cash, land or machines.
Audit An official check of a company's financial records.
Balance sheet A statement of what a company owns and what it owes on one date.
Bankruptcy The legal state of a person or firm that cannot pay what it owes.
Bonus Extra pay given as a reward for good results.
Bookkeeping The daily work of recording each sale and each payment.
Budget A plan for how much money will come in and how it will be spent.
Capital The money and property used to start or grow a business.
Cash flow The movement of money into and out of a business over time.
Commission Pay that is a percent of each sale the worker makes.
Cost The amount that must be paid to make or buy something.
Equity The owners' share of a business: what it owns minus what it owes.
Expense Money spent to keep the business running, such as rent or wages.
Forecast An estimate of future sales or costs.
Gross A total before anything is taken off, as in pay before tax.
Interest The charge for borrowing money, set as a percent of the amount.
Invoice A bill sent to a customer that lists what was supplied and what is owed.
Lease A contract to rent a building or equipment for a set time.
Ledger The book or file where every sum in and out is recorded.
Liability Something a business owes, such as an unpaid bill or a bank debt.
Loan Money borrowed that must be paid back, usually with a charge on top.
Loss What a business suffers when it spends more than it earns.
Margin The gap between what an item costs the seller and what it sells for.
Markup The amount a shop adds to its own cost to set the selling price.
Net What remains after all the costs or taxes are taken off.
Overhead Running costs not tied to any one product, such as rent, heat and light.
Payroll The list of workers and what each is paid, or the total paid to them.
Profit What is left when the costs are taken away from the money earned.
Receipt A slip that proves a payment was made.
Refund Money handed back to a customer who returns a purchase.
Revenue All the money a business takes in from sales, before any costs come out.
Tax Money that people and companies must pay to the government.

Marketing and Sales 47

Advertise To tell the public about a product in order to sell it.
Audience The people an ad is meant to reach.
Bargain Something offered at a lower price than usual.
Billboard A huge outdoor sign beside a road.
Brand The name and image that set one company's products apart from the rest.
Campaign A planned series of ads with one message.
Catalog A book or web listing of everything a company sells.
Commercial An advertisement on television or radio.
Competitor A rival company that is after the same customers.
Consumer A person who buys and uses products.
Coupon A slip or code that gives money off.
Demographic A group of people described by facts such as age, income or hometown.
Discount An amount taken off the usual price.
Display An arrangement of products set out to catch a shopper's eye.
Endorsement A well-known person's public support for a product.
Feedback Comments from customers about what they liked and what they did not.
Flyer A single printed sheet handed out to announce a sale or an event.
Focus group A few people asked to talk about a product while researchers listen.
Guarantee A promise that a product will work, or the buyer gets the money back.
Jingle A short tune that makes an ad stick in your head.
Label The tag on a product that tells you what it is and what is in it.
Logo The symbol a company puts on its products, signs and letters.
Loyalty A customer's habit of coming back to the same company.
Markdown A cut in the price of an item.
Marketing Everything a company does to find buyers and make them want its product.
Mascot A character or animal that stands for a company or a team.
Newsletter A regular bulletin sent to customers or members.
Niche A small, special part of a market that few companies serve.
Packaging The box, bottle or wrapper an item is sold in.
Press release A written announcement that a company sends to reporters.
Price The amount of money asked for an item.
Promotion A special effort to boost sales for a short time. Also a move up to a better job.
Publicity Public attention, above all the free kind that news stories bring.
Referral A new customer sent to you by a happy one.
Research Careful study, for example of what buyers want, before a decision is made.
Retail Selling straight to the public, usually in small amounts.
Review A customer's written opinion of a product.
Sales The department that sells, or the total amount sold.
Sample A small free amount given so that people can try a product.
Slogan A short, catchy phrase used again and again in a company's ads.
Sponsor A company that pays toward a team or event so that its name is shown.
Survey A set of questions put to many people to learn what they think.
Target market The group of people a product is aimed at.
Testimonial A satisfied customer's statement praising a product.
Trend The general direction in which tastes or sales are moving.
Warranty A written promise to fix or replace a faulty product within a set time.
Wholesale Selling in bulk to shops, which then sell to the public.

Making and Shipping 22

Assembly Putting parts together, often along a moving line.
Checkout The counter or web page where you pay.
Delivery Bringing an order to the customer's door.
Distributor A company that buys from makers and sells on to shops.
Efficiency Getting the most done with the least waste of time and money.
Equipment The tools and machines needed to do a job.
Export To send products to another country for sale.
Factory A building where products are made by machine.
Freight Loads carried in bulk by truck, train or ship, or the charge for carrying them.
Import To bring in products from another country for sale.
Inspection A careful check that products meet the standard.
Inventory All the stock a business has on hand, or the list of it.
Logistics Planning how stock moves from maker to warehouse to customer.
Manufacture To make products in large numbers, usually by machine.
Order A customer's request for products.
Outlet A shop that sells one maker's products, often at lower prices.
Outsource To pay another company to do work your own staff used to do.
Production The making of things for sale, usually in large numbers.
Quality How good a product is, measured against a standard.
Shipping Sending orders to customers by truck, rail, sea or air.
Storefront The side of a shop that faces the street, with its sign and windows.
Warehouse A large building where stock is stored before it is shipped or sold.

Office and Meetings 19

Agenda The list of items to be discussed when a group meets.
Brainstorm To list every idea a group can think of before judging any.
Business plan A written guide to what a new company will sell, to whom, and what that will cost.
Conference A large formal meeting, often lasting several days.
Deadline The date or time by which a job must be finished.
Deal An agreement to buy, sell or work together.
Department One section of a company, such as sales or accounting.
Ethics The rules of right and wrong that guide how a business behaves.
Meeting A gathering of people to discuss work.
Memo A short written note sent inside a company.
Negotiate To talk back and forth until both sides agree on a deal.
Network The people you know who can help your work, or to go out and meet more of them.
Presentation A talk, often with slides, that explains an idea to a group.
Project A planned piece of work with a start, an end and a goal.
Proposal A written plan or offer put forward for someone to accept.
Report A written account of what was done or found.
Schedule A plan that lists when each task will be done.
Signature Your name in your own hand, written to show that you agree.
Teamwork People combining their efforts to get a job done.

How this list was compiled: 181 business vocabulary words chosen and defined for this site, in six themed lists plus a key terms list, a list of short words and a list of long words. Every entry was looked up in the American Heritage Dictionary, https://www.ahdictionary.com/, on 2026-09-19; Business plan and Target market, which it does not enter, and the facts in the meanings were checked the same day in English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/. No company, shop, product or brand is named. Banking and investing words are left to the financial literacy word search, supply and demand to the economics word search and job titles to the careers word search. Clues are our own wording and carry no figure, no tax rate and no legal or money advice. Licence: own work

How it works

This business word search draws its first puzzle from Business Terms, 24 words from Entrepreneur to Competitor, with Revenue and Franchise between. Eight more lists sort 181 words by part of the company, each with a one-line meaning for an intro to business class.

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Pick one part of the company

Start from a list offers six themed lists, from Starting a Company to Office and Meetings. Marketing and Sales is the longest: 47 words, such as Brand and Focus group, so it prints as a marketing word search on its own. No company, shop or product is named.

Use it as a business terms quiz

Tick Show clues, not words, for a business terms word search: pupils read "A slip that proves a payment was made" and hunt for Receipt. Invoice sits in the same list, and so do Wholesale and Retail, so the clues make pupils tell each pair apart.

For grades 3 to 5, pick Short Business Words (31, such as Logo and Loan), then 10 by 10 and Large print under More options.
Under the word list the sheet prints a writing task: use three of the words in sentences about a business you would like to start.
New puzzle draws fresh words, so Monday's business word search puzzle differs from Friday's. Two-word entries such as Cash flow hide with no gap.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between revenue and profit?

Revenue is all the money a business takes in from sales, before any costs come out. Profit is what is left once costs such as wages, rent and materials are taken away. A shop with high revenue still makes a loss if it spends more.

Which business words are on the list?

The 181 words cover one company: starting it, its people, money, marketing, shipping and the office. Banking and investing words such as stock and mortgage are left to the financial literacy word search. Spellings follow the American Heritage Dictionary, read in September 2026.

What is the difference between a brand, a logo and a slogan?

A brand is the name and image that set one company's products apart. A logo is the symbol it puts on products, signs and letters. A slogan is a short, catchy phrase it uses again and again. All three are in Marketing and Sales.

All 181 words

Starting a Company 29

Starting a Company, continued

People at Work 31

Money In and Out 33

Marketing and Sales 47

Making and Shipping 22

Office and Meetings 19

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