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entreprise
company, business
📌 Note de grammaire
Feminine noun starting with a mute h/vowel, hence l' in the singular.
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bénéfice
profit
📌 Note de grammaire
Often used in the plural 'les bénéfices' to mean overall earnings.
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chômage
unemployment
📌 Note de grammaire
Usually uncountable in this context; plural form is practically never used.
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client
customer, client
📌 Note de grammaire
Feminine form is 'la cliente'.
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compte
account
📌 Note de grammaire
Used in expressions like 'ouvrir un compte' (to open an account).
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crédit
credit, loan
📌 Note de grammaire
Can refer to both bank loans and commercial credit.
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dette
debt
📌 Note de grammaire
Commonly used with the verbs 'contracter' (to take on) and 'rembourser' (to repay).
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emploi
job, employment
📌 Note de grammaire
Starts with a mute 'e', takes 'l'' in the singular.
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facture
invoice, bill
📌 Note de grammaire
Refers to both business invoices and everyday utility bills.
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faillite
bankruptcy
📌 Note de grammaire
Often used with the verb 'déclarer' or 'risquer'.
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impôt
tax
📌 Note de grammaire
Usually plural when referring generally to taxes owed to the government.
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inflation
inflation
📌 Note de grammaire
Feminine noun; plural form exists in technical economic contexts.
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investissement
investment
📌 Note de grammaire
Often followed by the preposition 'dans' (investment in).
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marché
market
📌 Note de grammaire
Can mean a physical marketplace or the economic market.
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monnaie
currency, change
📌 Note de grammaire
Means both currency and small change/coins.
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ressource
resource
📌 Note de grammaire
Frequently seen in 'ressources humaines' (HR).
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salaire
salary, wage
📌 Note de grammaire
Used to describe monthly or yearly earnings from employment.
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syndicat
trade union
📌 Note de grammaire
Refers to labor unions representing workers' interests.
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taux
rate
📌 Note de grammaire
Plural spelling remains 'taux' (silent x).
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travailleur
worker
📌 Note de grammaire
Feminine form is 'la travailleuse'.
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usine
factory, plant
📌 Note de grammaire
Starts with a vowel, takes 'l'' in the singular.
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gérer
to manage, to handle
📌 Note de grammaire
Regular -er verb, but note the spelling change in 'nous gérons'.
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embaucher
to hire, to employ
📌 Note de grammaire
Synonym of 'recruter'.
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gagner sa vie
to earn a living
📌 Note de grammaire
Idiomatic expression using the verb 'gagner'.
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faire faillite
to go bankrupt
📌 Note de grammaire
Common business expression combining the verb 'faire' and noun 'faillite'.
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