100 essential business verbs

Here are 100 commonly-used verbs that you should know and be able use if you work in an English-speaking business environment.

Do you know them all? Do you know them all? Tick them off as you learn and keep this page as a record.

 

 

 

accept 

add 


admit

advertise  


advise

afford  


approve


authorize

avoid 

borrow 

break 

build 

buy 

calculate 

call 

cancel 

change 

charge for 

check 

choose

 

complain 

complete 


confirm

consider  


convince

count  


decide


decrease

deliver 

develop 

dismiss 

dispatch 

distribute 

divide 

drop 

employ 

encourage 

establish 

estimate 

exchange

 

extend 

fall 


fix

fund  


get worse

improve  


increase


inform

install 

invest 

invoice 

join 

lend 

lengthen 

lower 

maintain 

manage 

measure 

mention 

obtain

 

order 

organize 


owe

own  


pack

participate  


pay


plan

present 

prevent 

process 

produce 

promise 

promote 

provide 

purchase 

raise 

reach 

receive 

recruit

 

reduce 

refuse 


reject

remind  


remove

reply  


resign


respond

return 

rise 

sell 

send 

separate 

shorten 

split 

structure 

succeed 

suggest 

write 

vary