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　　NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation) (美)全國證券交易商自動化報價系統(tǒng)

　　nationalization (n) the action of making companies under central government control 國有化

　　[例]All companies opposed nationalization of the wholesale sector.

　　[同義詞]privatization

　　near money (n) an item that can be easily exchanged into money 準(zhǔn)貨幣

　　[同義詞] quasi-money

　　negotiable (adj.) able to be negotiated subject to agreement可協(xié)商解決的，可轉(zhuǎn)讓的

　　[例] A negotiable bill can be transferred freely.

　　negotiate (v.) discuss with another or others to reach agreement, bargain磋商

　　[同義詞] bargain, deal, debate

　　negotiation (n.) (often plural) act of bargaining磋商

　　[例] We are starting our annual pay negotiations next week.

　　net (adj.) after all deductions have been made凈的

　　[例] net profit

　　network (n.)net of relations 關(guān)系網(wǎng)絡(luò)

　　[例] set up the network for his future business

　　nominate (v) 1.to propose by name as a candidate, especially for election 提名

　　[例]All board members nominated David for the president.

　　2.to designate or appoint to an office, a responsibility, or an honor 任命

　　[例]　He was nominated by the selection board as area manager directing the sales in North China.

　　[同義詞]　appoint

　　non-negotiable (adj) 1. can’t be changed or discussed 不可改變(商量)的

　　[例]　The terms in the contract are all by agreement of two parties and is non-negotiable.

　　2.can’t be exchanged for money 不可轉(zhuǎn)讓的

　　[例]　This is a non-negotiable cheque.

　　nosedive (v) a sudden, swift drop or plunge 猛跌

　　[例]Stock prices took a nosedive.

　　[同義詞] plummet

　　notice (n.) 1. information about something that will happen通知

　　[例] The workers gave the management 24 hours’ notice of the strike.

　　2. information that a person will leave his employment (voluntarily or not)辭職通告

　　[例] I’ve heard that three more are going to give in their notice in May.

　　null and void (adj) without legal force 無效的

　　[例]The lease contract matured last Saturday , so it is now null and void.

　　[同義詞] invalid

　　nullify (v) to make null使無效

　　[例]　Due to default of our partner, we nullified the contract.

　　[同義詞] invalidate.

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　　objective (n.) target, aim目標(biāo)

　　[例] The daily 10 customers is a burdensome objective for the salesman.

　　obsolete (adj.) no longer used過時的

　　[例] The old product is now obsolete.

　　[同義詞] outmoded, antiquated, old-fashioned

　　obsolescence (n.) process of going out of date because of advances in technology陳舊

　　occupation (n) an activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood職業(yè)

　　[例]What is your full-time occupation and part-time avocation?

　　[同義詞] avocation

　　offer [ 5CfE ] (n.) statement that you are willing to pay a certain amount出價

　　[例] We made a good offer.

　　offer (v.) say you are willing to pay/help出價

　　off-season (adj & adv) in the cheap, less busy season 淡季的

　　[例] The sweater is a real bargain for I bought it off-season.

　　off-the-peg (adj.) standard, not customized現(xiàn)成的,標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的

　　[例] All the washing machines have off-the-peg parts.

　　off-the-shelf (adj.) referring to goods which are made before a customer order is placed

　　[例] Before the consumer order is placed, they have prepared off-the-shelf goods.

　　opening [ 5EupniN ] (n.) job; vacancy職位空缺

　　[例] Is there any opening for the applicants?

　　operate (v.) run or work a machine/business運轉(zhuǎn)

　　[例] The section head should make full function to operate daily production.

　　operating profits profits which result from day-to-day business營業(yè)利潤

　　operations chart (n.) graphic which shows the operations on a part of the production system操作圖

　　[例] Have you make clear of the operations chart? It can show you the operations on a part of the production system.

　　operative (n) worker工人

　　[例] She is a skilled operative.

　　opportunity (n.) chance to do something機會

　　[例] There are opportunities and risks in this market.

　　optimize (v.) to do something in the best possible way, for example, production使最優(yōu)化

　　[例] The factory tried to optimize the production.

　　option (n.) possibility, opportunity選擇權(quán)，買賣特權(quán)

　　[例] We have the first option to buy the property.

　　[同義詞] choice, alternative, selection

　　share option (n.) right to buy/sell shares at a certain price on a future date授給在一定時期內(nèi)按預(yù)定價格買賣股票的權(quán)利

　　original (n) the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made 原件

　　[例] Keep the original for later reference.