Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

terrestrial /ta'restrial/ adjective (used about television and broadcasting systems) operating on earth rather than from a satellite: terrestrial TV stations

the activity of trying or using sth in order to find sth out, see if it works, etc: The product is still in testing and won't be available till next year, о The project is undergoing testing, о Consumer testing has shown that people like their washing to smell clean.

О consumer/market testing ♦ to carry out/do/ undertake testing

'test .market noun [c] (Marketing) an area, a country, etc. where a product is sold in order to test it before it is sold in other places: They ran television ads in two test markets to see if this was an appropriate way to advertise the product, о several test-market cities ►'test-market verb [+ obj]: The product is still being test-marketed. 'test .marketing [u]: Test marketing revealed that the product was too expensive.

'test run noun [C] (Marketing) an occasion when a product is tested: We gave the software packages a test run.

to give sth/conduct/do a test run

tethered /'tedad; AmE -dard/ adjective attached to sth: a keyboard tethered to a handheld computer by a cable о (figurative) I couldn't do a job where I'm tethered to (= always working at) a computer.

TEU /,ti: i: 'ju:/ abbr

\Transport) twenty-foot equivalent unit (used as a countable noun)

a standard container for transporting goods that is approximately six metres long

text /tekst/ noun, verb

noun

[u] the words of a book, web page, etc., not the pictures, notes, etc: The success of an ad may depend on how the text and the graphics are laid out.

1000 nmj You say a, one, two, etc. thousand without a final's' on 'thousand'. Thousands (of...) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. A plural verb is used unless the number refers to an amount of money, when a singular verb is used: ten thousand dollars о One thousand jobs have been cut. о Thousands of jobs have been cut. о Twenty thousand dollars has been withdrawn from the account.

thrash /0raJY verb ВПЗЗ .thrash sth 'out to discuss a situation or problem thoroughly in order to decide sth: The details have not been thrashed out yet.

.three-'wayadjective [only before noun] involving three people, groups, processes or directions: a three-way bidding war for the grocery chain

О a three-way battle/deal/merger/partnership

threshold /'Orejhauld; AmE-hould/ noun [C] (Accounting)

Л the level at which sth starts to happen, change or have an effect: Assets had fallen below a key threshold, о Students will only pay back the loan once they have reached a particular pay threshold. О a pay/salary/wage threshold 2 = tax threshold

'threshold ef.fectnoun [usually sing.] Л (Marketing) the way in which advertising for a product has to reach a particular level before sales begin to increase

{Stock Exchange)

(also 'ticker-tape ma,chine, 'tape ma,chine) a

machine that prints data on a strip of paper, especially information about prices of shares on a stock market; an electronic device that shows information of this type: 5 million shares went through the stock exchange ticker late on Wednesday, о a news ticker