Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

person or a thing, you reject them/it: Candidates are first interviewed informally over the telephone to screen out those that have no chance, о The program screens out spam before it reaches your inbox. ЕШЗ A noun usually comes after out, but a pronoun comes between the verb and out.

'screen-based adjective used to describe an activity that is done using a computer: the change from floor-based to screen- based trading in futures о screen-based advertising

screening /^кптщ/ noun [u] the process of checking whether sb/sth is suitable: All candidates undergo a day-long screening process, о the screening of ideas

'screening .interview noun [с] (AmE) (HR) a first short interview for a job, used to identify who is suitable for the company and who is not: Screening interviews with students usually take place on campus, at conferences or at job fairs.

callback, flyback

1 an official position as a member of a committee, council, Parliament, etc: The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives, о Mr Isherwood took over the chairman's seat last year.

2(Stock Exchange) (especially AmE) if you have a seat on a stock exchange, you are a member of the exchange and are allowed to buy and sell shares: There are currently 1366 seats on the New York Stock Exchange.

3 a place where you pay to sit on a plane, in a theatre, etc: There are no seats left on that flight, о You can book seats online.

idioms at drive verb, back

SEC /,es i: 'si:/ = Securities and Exchange Commission

Sec. (AmE also Secy.) abbr a short way of writing secretary

second /'sekand/ verb, noun

verb [+ obj]

to state officially at a meeting that you support another person's idea, suggestion, etc. so that it can be discussed and/or voted on: Any proposal must be seconded by two other members. propose (2) See note at meeting ► 'seconder noun [c]

noun

(Commerce) [c, usually pi.] an item that is sold at a lower price than usual because it is not perfect: These shoes are slight seconds.

second /si'kDnd; AmE-'ka:nd/ verb [+ obj] (especially BrE) (HR) (usually be seconded)

to send an employee to another department, office, etc. in order to do a different job for a short period of time: Two of our engineers have been seconded to our factory in China. ► se'condment noun [U,C]: Mr Riba is currently on secondment overseas.

secondary /'sekandri; AmE -deri/ adjective 1 less important than sth else: secondary airports о Attractive design is of secondary importance to quality.

executive press ~

1 a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with letters and telephone calls, typing, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc: a legal/medical secretary о Please contact my secretary to make an appointment.

= company secretary