Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

О to turn higher/lower/negative/positiveПУТ7.1turn a (small, modest, S10 million, etc.)profit (informal) to make a profit in business: Four years after she took over; the company had turned a profit, turn sth on its 'head to make people think about sth in a completely different way; to change sth completely: The magazine's low cover price has turned the usual pricing process on its head, turn sth to your ad'vantage to use or change a bad situation so that it helps you: The new manager aimed to turn the hotel's isolated position to its advantage, turn your back on sth to reject sth/sb that you were previously connected with: Investors are now turning their backs on Internet start-ups. -» idioms at action, hostile, sour ШИЗ turn a round/ round: turn sth a'round/ round if a business, an economy, etc. turns around or sb turns it around, it starts being successful after it has failed to be successful for a time: The new management team turned the company around within 15 months. -» turnaround (2) .turn sth a'round/'round to do a piece of work that you have been given and return it: They try to turn any repair around in 72 hours. -» turnaround (1) .turn 'down to become weaker or less active, make less money, etc. -» downturn, turndown .turn sb/sth down to reject or refuse to consider an offer, a proposal, etc. or the person who makes it: The bank turned us down for a loan. .turn 'in sth to achieve a particular performance, profit, etc: The group had turned in a 21% increase in profits, о Our UK division turned in a strong performana . .turn sb 'on (to sth) to make sb become interested in sth or to use sth for the first time: attempts to turn Internet users on to broadband .turn sth out to produce sth/sb: The firm turns out 75 000 bicycles a year. See note at produce .turn 'over sth to do business worth a particular amount of money in a particular period

* undertake /.Anda'teik; AmE-dar't-/ verb (undertook /-'tok/ undertaken /-'teikan/)

[+ obj] to make yourself responsible for sth and start doing it: The company is to undertake a major cost-cutting programme, о to undertake a task/ project о No payment has been received for the work undertaken in July.

2 (Insurance) (also 'writer) a person or an organization that underwrites insurance policies, especially for ships

3 (Stock Exchange) a bank or another organization that promises to buy the shares that are not sold when new shares are offered for sale

undeveloped /.Andi'velapt/ adjective 1 (about land) not used for farming, industry or building: The north of the country is still relatively undeveloped.

1 a single item of the type of product that a company sells: The game's selling price was $15 per unit, о We expect to sell more than 100 000 units by the end of the year.

2 a part of a company that does a particular activity or that is not divided into smaller parts: Fiat's auto unit о Six business units have been created.

3 a fixed quantity, etc. that is used as a standard measurement: a unit of time/length

4 (Finance) a single share, bond, etc: Shareholders are being asked to buy three new shares at 10

5 a small machine that has a particular purpose or is part of a larger machine: the central processing unit of a computer

6 a building on an industrial estate (= an area especially for factories): renting a unit on the industrial estate о The workshop is in unit 20.