INTELLIGENT BUSINESS upper-inter. U2

allocate

to decide officially that a particular amount of money, time, etc. should be used for a particular purpose

budget

the amount of money that an organisation has to spend on particular activity in a given period of time

cotractor

a person or company that makes an agreement to do work or provide goods for another company

control

to limit sth or prevent it from increasing too much

delay

to make someone or something late

estimate

to calculate what you think the value, size, amount, etc. of sth will probably be

project

an important and carefully planned piece of work that will create sth new or improvea situation

schedule

a plan of what is going to do and by when they are going to do it

specifications

a detailed description of how sth should be designed or made

stakeholder

a person or a group of people who are considered to be an important part of an organisation because they have responsibility within it or receive advantages from it

subcontractor

a person or company who is paid to do part of the work of another person or company

bump something ↔ up

to suddenly increase something by a large amount

outsourcing

when a company uses workers from outside the company to do a job

glitch

a small fault in a machine or piece of equipment, that stops it working

haggling

to argue when you are trying to agree about the price of something

shut down

stop

negligence

failure to take enough care over something that you are responsible for

take over

assume control/responsibiliy

take down

make sth failure

take place

occur

take on

hire