Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

a lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises people on legal matters and represents them in some courts: She's a senior partner in a firm of solicitors. See note at profession

solid /'solid; AmE 'sa:l-/ adjective good and steady but not excellent or special: solid growth in retail sales о a solid company with good prospects

solution /s8'lu:JnI noun [C]

a way of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation: There's no simple solution to this problem, о They specialize in providing software solutions (= software that will deal with business activities or processes) for small businesses.

a creative/an easy/a good/practical/simple solution ♦ a final/long-term/quick-fix solution * business/financial solutions ♦ to come up with/ find/look for/produce/propose a solution (to sth)

Solvency /'solvansi; AmE 'sa:l-/ noun [U] (Accounting) the state of not being in debt (= not owing money): There are serious doubts as to the company's solvency, о Some insurance companies are struggling to meet solvency requirements.

iqppi insolvency solvent

solvency .marginnoun [c](Accounting) the money that a business has in addition to the amount that it needs to pay its usual bills. It can be in the form of cash or assets that can be sold easily to provide cash.

'solvency .rationoun [c](Accounting) a method used to calculate how safe a company is and if it can pay all the money it owes

solvent /'sDlvant; AmE 'sa:l-/ adjective (Accounting)

a solvent company has more assets than liabilities (= money that it owes): The figures showed the company was solvent.

having enough money to pay your debts

[opp] insolvent

SOP /,es эо 'pi:; AmE ou/ = statement of

principles, standard operating procedure

sort /so:t; AmE so:rt/ verb, noun

• verb [+ obj or no obj]

to arrange things in groups or in a particular order according to their type: sorting the mail о The computer sorts the words into alphabetical order.

noun [sing ]

(IT) the process by which a computer puts data into a particular order: to do a sort

'sort code (BrE) (AmE 'routing .number) (AmEalso .bank identification .number, less frequent) noun [C]

the set of numbers, found on a cheque, etc., that identifies a particular bank: Do you have your sort code and account number? ШЛО in the UK, this is a set of six numbers. In the US there are nine.

sound /saund/ verb, adjective

verb-» idiom at strike verb

ЕШП .sound sb out (about/on sth); .sound sth 'out to try to find out from sb what they think

(IT, informal) advertising material sent by email to large numbers of people who have not asked for it: There are filters to block spam from your inbox. о spam emails/advertisements junk mail ► spam verb [+ obj or no obj] (-mm-) 'spammer noun [c]: There are plans to make spammers pay a fine for each item of junk mail they send. 'spamming noun [u]

span of con trol noun [c] (HR) the number of people that a manager is responsible for: a wide/broad/narrow span of control о There are now fewer layers of management and an increased span of control.