Amazing Entrepreneurs & Business People

B2

Katerina Mestheneou, Fiona MacKenzie

• Publisher: Collins
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780007545117
• eBook ISBN: 9780007557080
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: English Language
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

GLOSSARY

acre COUNTABLE NOUN

An acre is a unit of area equal to 4,840 square yards or approximately 4,047 square metres.

American Civil War PROPER NOUN

The American Civil War was a war which took place from 1861 to 1865 between the northern and southern states of the USA. As a result of the war, slavery was abolished and the states came back together as one country.

antiseptic VARIABLE NOUN

An antiseptic is a substance that kills harmful bacteria.

apprenticeship VARIABLE NOUN

A young person who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for someone who teaches them a particular skill.

aristocracy COUNTABLE NOUN

The aristocracy is a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles such as Duke or Count.

baron COUNTABLE NOUN, TITLE NOUN

In Britain, a baron is a man who has been given the title ‘Lord’ by the king or queen. In the past, all barons were members of the House of Lords.

baronet COUNTABLE NOUN

In Britain, a baronet is a man who has been given the title ‘Sir’ by the king or queen, or who has the title because his father had it before him. In the past, baronets were members of the House of Lords.

battalion COUNTABLE NOUN

A battalion is a large group of soldiers who work together and have a lieutenant-colonel as their chief.

billboard COUNTABLE NOUN

A billboard is a very large board on which posters and advertisements are displayed on the street.

boarding house COUNTABLE NOUN

A boarding house is a house which people pay to live in.

bomber COUNTABLE NOUN

A bomber is a military aeroplane that drops bombs.

brand COUNTABLE NOUN

A brand is the name of a particular company and the things that it sells, especially when it is very famous and has a strong reputation.

capital asset COUNTABLE NOUN

Capital assets are the things such as buildings and factory equipment that a company owns.

carry-out ADJECTIVE

In American English, carry-out food is hot cooked food that you buy from a shop or restaurant and eat somewhere else. The usual British word is takeaway.

Catholic ADJECTIVE

Catholic people and institutions belong to the Catholic Church, the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader.

catwalk COUNTABLE NOUN

At a fashion show, the catwalk is a narrow platform that models walk along to display clothes.

celery UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

Celery is a vegetable with long pale green stalks.

charity COUNTABLE NOUN

A charity is an organization which raises money to help people who are ill, disabled, or poor.

comeback COUNTABLE NOUN

If someone makes a comeback, they return to their profession after a period away.

contaminate TRANSITIVE VERB

If food is contaminated, it becomes unhealthy or poisonous because germs or other bad things get into it.

convent COUNTABLE NOUN

A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live, often one where they have very little contact with the world outside.

cylinder COUNTABLE NOUN

In an engine, a cylinder is a sort of tube inside which a metal disc slides up and down to make parts of the engine move.

dark ADJECTIVE

Dark times are very sad because horrible things happen.

demand TRANSITIVE VERB

In business, if you say that people demand something, you mean a lot of people want it and ask to be able to buy it. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If there is demand for something, a lot of people want it and ask to be able to buy it.

distribution VARIABLE NOUN

In business, distribution is the process of sending products to all the places where they will be sold.

drain TRANSITIVE VERB

If an area of land is drained, all the water there is made to flow somewhere else permanently so that the land can be used.

drugstore COUNTABLE NOUN

In the USA, a drugstore is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold, and where you can buy make-up, some household goods, and also drinks and snacks.

emigrate INTRANSITIVE VERB

If you emigrate, you leave your own country to go and live in another.

empire COUNTABLE NOUN

An empire is a group of countries controlled by one powerful country.

fair COUNTABLE NOUN

A fair is a big event at which companies display or sell goods, and which has visitors from a long way away as well as from the local area.

famine VARIABLE NOUN

A famine is a time when there is a serious shortage of food in a country, which may cause many deaths.

fast food UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

Fast food is hot food such as hamburgers which is served quickly after you order it.

filthy ADJECTIVE

Something that is filthy is very dirty indeed.

First World War PROPER NOUN

The First World War is the war that was fought between 1914 and 1918 in Europe.

franchise COUNTABLE NOUN

If a large company or organization grants a franchise to a smaller company, the smaller company is allowed to sell the products of the larger company or participate in an activity controlled by the larger company. TRANSITIVE VERB

To franchise part of a business means to grant someone a franchise to operate it themselves.

franchisee COUNTABLE NOUN

A franchisee is a person or group of people who have bought a particular franchise.

fungus, (fungi) VARIABLE NOUN

A fungus is a plant that has no flowers, leaves, or green colouring. Some fungi grow on other plants and have a bad effect on them.

germ COUNTABLE NOUN

A germ is a very small organism that causes disease.

horrified ADJECTIVE

If you are horrified by something, it makes you feel shock or disgust.

horsepower UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

Horsepower is a unit of power used for measuring how powerful an engine is.

household ADJECTIVE

1 Household goods and activities are connected with people’s homes and looking after them. 2 Someone or something that is a household name or word is very well known.

House of Lords PROPER NOUN

In Britai...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Grading Scheme
• Henry J. Heinz
• William Lever
• Michael Marks
• Henry Ford
• Coco Chanel
• Ray Kroc
• Glossary
• Keep Reading
• Copyright
• About the Publisher