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22 Business English Acronyms & Abbreviations You NEED

Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Today i’m going to teach you short and fast business English. This video is going to be absolutely packed full of vocabulary and phrases that you can use at work in a business environment. at university, at school. basically anywhere. But it’s strictly about the topic of business.

Okay, so, what is something that almost everyone has to deal with at work? Unless you work in like a manual labor position. emails, emails are so boring and so necessary. Luckily we have found a clever way of making emails. less boring and less lengthy acronyms and abbreviations. So, I’m going to talk you through a massive load of acronyms and abbreviations that are really commonly used in business English. Primarily it’s really important for you to understand them and also if you feel comfortable with them and you feel like you’re in the right situation. You can use them as well.

So, I’m going to put the abbreviations and acronyms on the screen and then, I’m going to give you a little bit of time. So, you can use your brains and see if you can work out what they mean, before I show you the answer. Get out your tablet or your notepad and pen you’re going to want to write these down and review them later. Also, as always your homework. And yes we do have homework and online free English classes on YouTube.

Your homework is to comment down below with any extra that you think I’ve missed and that way we can all learn from each other.

Right, let’s begin with a couple of abbreviations.

Number one, a V on its own ver. I invert the hot the hot .what do you think it means? It means very I am very pleased with the outcome.

Number two, what do you think this one means? It means business could you send that to my business email address?

Number three. this one it means corporation. The corporation tax is going to be high this year.

Number four, what does this one mean? it means Department. tell the marketing department I’m not happy.

Number fiv,e what do you think this one means? it means limited. as in limited company. for example, Fine Foods Limited have called again.

Number six, deaf I bet you can guess this one, I bet you can. means definitely I deaf one to hire him I definitely want to hire him. we also in a this is strictly slang. This is not workplace speak. we can say deaf. Oh, as well I deaf I want to go. but, that’s not an emails that’s a little bit too casual.

Number seven, what do you think this one means? It means perfect, that looks perfect to me.

Number eight, this one it means with are you coming with me.

And number nine. Oh, what could this one be it means. Without or are you going without me.

Right, let’s go on to the acronyms. Acronyms of pronounceable words formed from the first letter of each word contained within them. So, these acronyms will be found in emails. that we found in text speak. But, people use them to save time. they might be used a little bit more in internal emails. If you’re talking to clients. It’s not so polite to use these acronyms. Number one, tbh. what does this mean? It means to be honest. To be honest. I don’t think the client will care.

Number two, NBD. What do you think it means? It means, no big deal. No big deal, I’ll do it tomorrow.

Number three, EOD. This is an important one and I remember feeling confused by it when I first started working in an office, aged 17, 18, 18 it means end of day. I need the report by end of day today.

Number four. I am Oh sometimes I am H oh I wonder if that helps. It means in my opinion or. the H in my honest opinion. In my opinion, it’s not worth your time.

Number five, LMK. Let me know when you’ve worked that one out. oh, she said it. It means let me know. Okay, let me know if you need any help.

Number six, oh, I’m kidding. It’s just Oh. what does it mean? It means out of the office. Out of office and this is normally the thing that you will get as a response, if you email someone and they’re on holiday, the response will be automatic ooo. Until the 6th of July I’m out of office, until the 6th of July I am out of office. On holiday call my manager if it’s urgent.

Number 7, POC. what you think it means? It means point of contact. Do you have a point of contact for that company?

Number 8, TOS. Have a guess. Oh, I’m a poet and I didn’t even realize it. I know it should b.e I’m a poet and I don’t know it anyway. It means Terms of Service. Have you checked the Terms of Service for any loopholes?

Number nine. one of my personal favorites, because it can be so passive-aggressive. TDLR if you use reddit you’ll know about this. It’s part of reddit etiquette. It means too long didn’t read. I love it too long didn’t read. too long didn’t read, can you send me a summary? someone sends you pages and pages of emails. Oh, my god. There’s nothing I hate more than receiving an essay and then having to read on.

Number ten, ASAP. Or as some people say sap. What do you think it means? And actually is there an equivalent for this acronym in your language. I’d love to know because it seems so commonplace in the UK. It means oh and the US it means as soon as possible. I need that on my desk ASAP.

Number eleven, ETA. this one’s good. I use it a lot especially to will when I want to know well. I want to know what his estimated time of arrival is? yeah ,what time he’s coming home? ETA ,estimated time of arrival/ what’s your ETA to the office? What’s your estimated time of arrival to the office?

The next one, q1 q2 q3 q4. what do they will mean? These are important in business. They mean quarter one quarter two quarter three and quarter four. It’s the three months sections of the year. That’s how most businesses generally work. They look at the first quarter. That’s January to March, etc, etc. so, profits were down in q2. Profits are down in quarter two, the last one I see. Why am I Akemi don’t try and pronounce that. No one does that it’s just written. It means in case you missed it. In case you missed it. Here are the pictures from the Christmas party. Ah, I once disgraced myself at a Christmas party. But, that’s a story for another day. Right, that was your lesson on short and fast business English.