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