100 essential business nouns

100 commonly-used nouns you should know and be able to use if you work in an English-speaking business environment. Do you know them all? Tick them off 
as you learn and keep this page as a record.

 

 

 

advantage


advertise-
ment 

advice 

agenda 

apology 

authorization 

bill 

brand 

budget 

change 

commission 

comparison 

competition 

competitor 

confirmation 

costs 

creditor 

customer 

deadline 

debt
 

debtor


decision 

decrease 

deficit 

delivery 

department 

description 

difference 

disadvantage 

distribution 

employee 

employer 

enquiry 

environment 

equipment 

estimate 

experience 

explanation 

facilities 

factory
 

fall


feedback 

goal 

goods 

growth 

guarantee 

improvement 

increase 

industry 

instructions 

interest 

inventory 

invoice 

knowledge 

limit 

loss 

margin 

market 

message 

mistake
 

objective


offer 

opinion 

option 

order 

output 

payment 

penalty 

permission 

possibility 

preparation 

price 

product 

production 

profit 

promotion 

purchase 

reduction 

refund 

reminder
 

repairs


report 

responsi-       bility 

result 

retailer 

rise 

risk 

salary 

sales 

schedule 

share 

signature 

stock 

success 

suggestion 

supply 

support 

target 

transport 

turnover