100+ Essential Business English Verbs

Meaning: Try to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion.

Meaning: Yield or surrender a right, parameter, or demand during bargaining.

Meaning: Produce or agree upon a finished form of something.

Meaning: Respond with an alternative proposal in a discussion.

Meaning: Resolve a dispute or reach an official decision.

Meaning: Specify a requirement typically as part of a bargain or contract.

Meaning: Formally approve or sanction a agreement/contract.

Meaning: Use something to maximum advantage in business/negotiations.

Meaning: Fail to observe a law, obligation, or contract term.

Meaning: Find a way in which two conflicting positions can coexist.

Meaning: Prepare a preliminary version of a document or legal agreement.

Meaning: Refrain from insisting on or using a right or claim.

Meaning: Create or prepare systematically a strategy or plan.

Meaning: Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of something.

Meaning: Put a decision, plan, or agreement into effect.

Meaning: Develop or be among the first to use new concepts or tech.

Meaning: Enlarge or vary the range of products, services, or investments.

Meaning: Regard as probable; expect and prepare for in advance.

Meaning: Evaluate something by comparison with a standard or competitor.

Meaning: Make less severe, serious, or painful.

Meaning: Designate or treat something as more important than other things.

Meaning: Combine a number of things into a single more effective whole.

Meaning: Obtain goods or services from an outside or foreign supplier.

Meaning: Change strategic direction fundamentally in response to market shifts.

Meaning: Carry out or accomplish a plan, order, or course of action.

Meaning: Entrust a task or responsibility to another person.

Meaning: Observe and check the progress or quality of something over time.

Meaning: Bring different elements of a complex activity into an efficient relationship.

Meaning: Make an organization or system more efficient and simple.

Meaning: Distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose.

Meaning: Make an action or process happen more quickly.

Meaning: Cause things to conform to a standard style, quality, or procedure.

Meaning: Follow the course or development of something over time.

Meaning: Put something right; correct an error or mistake.

Meaning: Make an action or process easy or easier.

Meaning: Formally authorize production, creation, or operation of something.

Meaning: Conduct an official financial or operational inspection.

Meaning: Predict or estimate a future trend or financial outcome.

Meaning: Rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

Meaning: Become subject to or bring upon oneself (costs, losses, liabilities).

Meaning: Exceed or be greater than expected benchmarks or targets.

Meaning: Gradually write off the initial cost of an asset over time.

Meaning: Decrease rapidly and drastically in value or amount.

Meaning: Move or increase suddenly and powerfully upwards.

Meaning: Convert assets into cash or wind up a company’s affairs.

Meaning: Take advantage of an opportunity or turn an asset to profit.

Meaning: Support financially by paying part of the cost.

Meaning: Produce or provide a natural, financial, or agricultural result/return.

Meaning: Make a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.

Meaning: Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable.

Meaning: Think about and begin to deal with an issue or concern.

Meaning: Cause someone to believe or do something through reasoning.

Meaning: Express an idea or feeling fluently and coherently.

Meaning: Say something abruptly as an interruption during a conversation.

Meaning: Develop or present an idea or point in further detail.

Meaning: Give a brief statement of the main points of something.

Meaning: Accept, admit, or confirm receipt/truth of something.

Meaning: Have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone.

Meaning: Draw special attention to an important aspect of something.

Meaning: Say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis.

Meaning: Enlist or hire new personnel for an organization.

Meaning: Give someone the authority or power to do something.

Meaning: Advise or train a younger or less experienced colleague.

Meaning: Bring to an end; end employment or a contractual relation.

Meaning: Assess the performance, quality, or value of an employee.

Meaning: Encourage the development or growth of ideas, culture, or relationships.

Meaning: Work jointly with others on an activity or project.

Meaning: Integrate a new employee into an organization or system.

Meaning: Organize a company or system in a new and different way.

Meaning: Provide someone with a motive or incentive to perform better.

Meaning: Teach an employee additional or advanced skills.

Meaning: Organize and encourage people or resources for immediate action.

Meaning: Buy or obtain an asset, business, or client relationship.

Meaning: Support or encourage the progress, sale, or awareness of something.

Meaning: Continue to have or keep possession of customers/talents.

Meaning: Gain access to or a successful share of a specific market.

Meaning: Change a potential prospect into a paying customer.

Meaning: Select a specific group or market segment for marketing effort.

Meaning: Make a product or brand distinguishably different from competitors.

Meaning: Present a business idea, offer, or proposal persuasively.

Meaning: Persuade a customer to buy additional or more expensive items.

Meaning: Promote a product or brand so it occupies a distinct market place.

Meaning: Settle or find a solution to a customer problem or complaint.

Meaning: Ask for or try to obtain feedback, business, or information.

Meaning: Bring software, infrastructure, or systems into effective action.

Meaning: Combine one system or application with another to work seamlessly.

Meaning: Convert a process or facility to operate by automatic control.

Meaning: Convert information into code to prevent unauthorized access.

Meaning: Move data or software applications from one operating environment to another.

Meaning: Analyze and solve serious problems or bugs in hardware/software.

Meaning: Adjust the capacity or performance of an IT environment smoothly.

Meaning: Set up or arrange software and hardware for operational use.

Meaning: Make the best or most effective use of a situation or software resource.

Meaning: Raise software or hardware to a higher standard or newer version.

Meaning: Make a copy of data, files, or systems to prevent data loss.

Meaning: Test software/hardware performance against fixed speed or output standards.