22 Business English Acronyms Abbreviations You NEED
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teach you short and fast business
english this video is going to be
absolutely packed full of vocabulary and
phrases that you can use at work in a
business environment at university at
school basically anywhere but it’s
strictly about the topic of business
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lesson
okay so what is something that almost
everyone has to deal with at work
unless you work in like a manual labor
position emails emails are so boring and
so necessary luckily we have found a
clever way of making emails less boring
and less lengthy acronyms and
abbreviations so I’m going to talk you
through a massive load of acronyms and
abbreviations that are really commonly
used in business English primarily it’s
really important for you to understand
them and also if you feel comfortable
with them and you feel like you’re in
the right situation you can use them as
well so I’m going to put the
abbreviations and acronyms on the screen
and then I’m going to give you a little
bit of time so you can use your brains
and see if you can work out what they
mean before I show you the answer
get out your tablet or your notepad and
pen you’re going to want to write these
down and review them later also as
always your homework and yes we do have
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down below with any extra that you think
I’ve missed and that way we can all
learn from each other right let’s begin
with a couple of abbreviations number
one a V on its own ver I invert the hot
the hot what do you think it means it
means very I am very pleased with the
outcome number two what do you think
this one means it means business could
you send that to my business email
address number three this one it means
corporation the corporation tax is going
to be high this year number four what
does this one mean it means Department
tell the marketing department I’m not
happy number five what do you think this
one means
it means limited as in limited company
for example Fine Foods Limited have
called again
number six deaf I bet you can guess this
one I bet you can means definitely I
deaf one to hire him I definitely want
to hire him we also in a this is
strictly slang this is not workplace
speak we can say deaf Oh as well I deaf
I want to go but that’s not an emails
that’s a little bit too casual number
seven what do you think this one means
it means perfect that looks perfect to
me
number eight this one it means with are
you coming with me and number nine Oh
what could this one be it means without
or are you going without me right let’s
go on to the acronyms acronyms of
pronounceable words formed from the
first letter of each word contained
within them so these acronyms will be
found in emails that we found in text
speak but people use them to save time
they might be used a little bit more in
internal emails if you’re talking to
clients it’s not so polite to use these
acronyms number one tbh what does this
mean it means to be honest to be honest
I don’t think the client will care
number two
NBD what do you think it means it means
no big deal no big deal I’ll do it
tomorrow
number three e OD
this is an important one and I remember
feeling confused by it when I first
started working in an office aged 17 18
18
it means end of day I need the report by
end of day today number four I am Oh
sometimes I am H oh I wonder if that
helps it means in my opinion or the H in
my honest opinion in my opinion it’s not
worth your time
number five LMK let me know when you’ve
worked that one out oh she said it it
means let me know okay let me know if
you need any help
number six oh I’m kidding it’s just Oh
what does it mean it means out of the
office out of office and this is
normally the thing that you will get as
a response if you email someone and
they’re on holiday the response will be
automatic ooo until the 6th of July I’m
out of office until the 6th of July I am
out of office on holiday call my manager
if it’s urgent
number 7 POC what you think it means it
means point of contact do you have a
point of contact for that company number
8 TOS have a guess oh I’m a poet and I
didn’t even realize it I know it should
be I’m a poet and I don’t know it anyway
it means Terms of Service have you
checked the Terms of Service for any
loopholes number nine one of my personal
favorites because it can be so
passive-aggressive TDLR if you use
reddit you’ll know about this
it’s part of reddit etiquette it means
too long didn’t read I love it too long
didn’t read too long didn’t read can you
send me a summary someone sends you
pages and pages of emails oh my god
there’s nothing I hate more than
receiving an essay and then having to
read on number ten ASAP or as some
people say sap what do you think it
means and actually is there an
equivalent for this acronym in your
language I’d love to know because it
seems so commonplace in the UK it means
oh and the US it means as soon as
possible I need that on my desk ASAP
number eleven ETA this one’s good I use
it a lot especially to will when I want
to know well I want to know what his
estimated time of arrival is yeah what
time he’s coming home
ETA estimated time of arrival what’s
your ETA to the office what’s your
estimated time of arrival to the office
the next one
q1 q2 q3 q4 what do they will mean these
are important in business they mean
quarter one quarter two quarter three
and quarter four it’s the three months
sections of the year that’s how most
businesses generally work they look at
the first quarter that’s January to
March etc etc so profits were down in q2
profits are down in quarter two the last
one I see why am I
Akemi don’t try and pronounce that no
one does that it’s just written it means
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