Verbs for Business1
To promote to move someone up organization usually because she is done a good job.
We're going to promote her to manager.
If we don't promote him he'll probably be upset.
The opposite of promote is demote.
(It looks like we promoted him too soon,because he can't do the job.
We shouldn't promote anyone unless they really deserve it,which means they have to prove themselves.)
To transfer to move someone or something from one place to another.
The company is going to transfer him to Shanghai next month.
She doesn't want to be transfered because her husband is against moving to another city.
(He wants to be transfered back to engineering because he hates paper work.
He likes working for us,but he wants to be transfered to a different place within the comlany.)
To motivate to get someone interested and excited about doing something.
She is really good at motivating her employees.
One way to motivates someone is to encourage them by giving constructive feedback.
(We need to motivate people more and not demotivate them by reducing benefits.
He's no fool,so giving him an award without an increase in salary won't motivate him.)
To postpone to delay or put off something into a later date.
We had to postpone the presentation because she wasn't ready to give it.
We can't continue to postpone the meeting or they will cancel it completely.
(We have no choice but to postpone the test,because the weather conditions aren't right.
We can't postpone launching the product,so everyone will have to work harder to meet the deadline.)
To evade to escape or avoid something.
They are trying to evade taking reponsibility for their failure.
He was arrested for tax evasion.
(They can't evade paying the import tax or they will lose their license to do business in that country.
They designed the airplane to evade detection by radar.)
Verbs for Business2
To assign to give someone a task to do.
His boss assigned him to increase sale by 50%.
Her company assigned her to find out more about the competition.
(His department was the one which was assigned to complete the project,so our department sasn't involved.
Her boss assigns her to do too many things at the same time,so she's frustrated.)
To penalize to find or punish someone for doing something wrong.
They were penalized for breaking the rules.
You will be penalized if you were late.
(They were all penalized,so they had to work even harder to complete the project on time.
We knew we would be penalized,but the penalty was unfair,so we dropped out of the competition.)
To lay off to fire or sack a worker because business is bad.
The company was failing,so he was laid off.
Our company had to lay off 50% of our employees.
A company may have to lay off workers when business is bad.
(He was doing a good job,but the company had to lay him off because they were losing money.
He lost his job because his.company had to lay off most of its employees.)
To recruit to look for new employees to hire.
They are expanding their business and recruiting new employees.
She joined the company after she was recruited at a job fair.
(He left his job because he was recruited by another company and offered a much higher salary.
It isn't easy for a small company to recruit experienced managers.)
To resign to volentary quit one's job.
His boss didn't like him so he was asked to resign.
She resigned from her job because of health reasons.
(She has decided to resign because she wants to spend more time with her family.
He wanted to resign,but he needed to stay on for another year to complete the project.)
