license (v.) [US licence] give permission許可

　　licensee (n.) person who is given permission獲許可的人

　　licensor (n.) person who gives permission許可人

　　life cycle (n.) concept of showing the different stages in a product’s life產(chǎn)品生命周期

　　[例] Usually, the mature stage is the most important in the life cycle of a product.

　　line (n.) 1. merchandise or services of a similar or related nature系列產(chǎn)品

　　[例] a complete line of small tools

　　[同義詞] series, sequence

　　2.An ordered system of operations that allows a sequential manufacture or assembly of goods at all or various stages of production.流水生產(chǎn)線

　　[例] production line

　　line process (n.) assembly-line process, production process where the work passes from one worker to the next, usually along a moving belt, until it is finished流水線加工

　　[例] You should at times mention the workers to see to the line process.

　　line worker (n.) worker on an assembly-line流水線工人

　　[例] How many line workers do you have altogether?

　　liquid (adj.) easy to realize易兌現(xiàn)的

　　[例] Liquid assets

　　liquidity (n.) having assets which can be converted into cash資產(chǎn)折現(xiàn)力

　　[例] Liquidity is an index to measure the extent one kind of asset moves into new investment opportunities.

　　liquidate (v.) close a company and sell its assets清算

　　liquidation (n.) process of closing a company清算

　　[例] The business went into liquidation.

　　liquidator (n.) person who supervises the liquidation of a company清算人

　　listed (adj.) registered列出的,上市的

　　[例] Shares can be bought in listed companies.

　　listed company (n) a company whose shares are recorded on the main market of a stock exchange 上市公司

　　[例] That firm is among the listed companies.

　　listing [ 5listiN ] (n.) official list of companies whose shares can be bought or sold on the Stock Exchange列表

　　literature(n.) written information(廣告)印刷品

　　[例] Please find enclosed literature about the product.

　　litigate (v.) to bring an action in a court of law against someone提出公訴

　　[例] If you don’t obey the contract, we have to litigate in court.

　　litigation (n.) the process of bringing an action in a court of law against someone起訴

　　[例] In fact I am not familiar with the litigation process.

　　[同義詞] lawsuit

　　loan [ lEun ]1. (n.) money which has been lent貸款

　　[例] Loan capital must be repaid at a later date.

　　[同義詞] advance, credit, usury

　　2. (v.) lend借款

　　[同義詞] advance

　　local time 當(dāng)?shù)貢r間

　　logistic (n.) The management of business operations, such as the acquisition, storage, transportation and delivery of goods along the supply chain. 物流

　　[例] He is manager of Dept.of Logistics.

　　logo [ 5lC^Eu ] (n.) design or group of letters used by a company as a distinguishing mark徽標(biāo)，標(biāo)識

　　[例] You can withdraw money through ATMs with our bank’s logo.

　　log on =log in to enter into a computer the information required to begin a session 登錄

　　lose (v.) not make a profit損失

　　[例] We are losing money.

　　loss [ lCs ] (n.)損失

　　[例] Their company suffered loss in business last year.

　　[同義詞] damage, harm

　　lot [ lCt ] (n.) group of items一批產(chǎn)品

　　[例] Can you offer us another lot?

　　[同義詞] collection, batch, set

　　loyalty (n.) sense of belonging and trusting忠誠

　　[例] customer loyalty

　　[同義詞] allegiance, faithfulness, fidelity

　　lucrative (adj.)有利的; profitable 賺錢的

　　[例] a lucrative business

　　lump sum a single sum of money that serves as complete payment一次付的款額, 一次付清

　　[例] The lump sum for that payment comes to 20 m dollars.

M

　　magazine (n.) regular news or special interest publication often printed on glossy paper with many photographs雜志

　　mailshot (n.) direct mailing related to a particular product or service郵寄廣告

　　[例] The mailshot really interests those well-off families.

　　maintain (v.) keep going維持

　　[例] We must maintain our market share.

　　[同義詞] keep up, retain, conserve

　　maintenance (n.) keeping things working維持

　　[例] The after-sales team work on maintenance of the products.

　　[同義詞] conservation, preservation, upkeep

　　major (adj.) important, bigger, biggest主要的

　　[例] The major shareholder has 35% of the shares.

　　[同義詞] chief, main, supreme

　　majority shareholding more than 50% of the shares主要股權(quán)，大股東

　　make (n.) brand or type of product品牌

　　[例] a famous make of shirt.

　　[同義詞] brand, model