Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

О to pay/receive/refund an amount * to increase/ lower/reduce an amount * large/small amounts * the full/right/total amount

{used especially with uncountable nouns) a quantity of sth: The amount of time shoppers spend in a store affects how much they will buy. о We want to double the amount of business that we do in London, о The company has huge amounts of debt.

amounts differ

verb

ВДЯЭ a,mount to sth to add up to sth; to be equal to or the same as sth: Total payments for the consulting work amounted to $13.3 million, о Their actions amount to a breach of contract.

a.mount falling due after one 'year noun [C, usually pi.]

{Accounting) in a company's financial records, the money which it will not have to pay back within the next year, for example money borrowed for a long period of time long-term liabilities

a.mount falling due within one 'year

noun [c, usually pi.]

{Accounting) in a company's financial records, the money which it will have to pay back within the next year, for example interest on money borrowed

isynl current liability

a,mounts 'differ phrase {Accounting, only used in written English) if a bank returns a cheque with the phrase amounts differ written on it, it means that the amount written on the cheque in words is different from the amount written in figures ИШ words and figures differ amount

analogue {AmEspelling usually analog) /'аэпэк>д; AmE -1э:д; -1а:д/ adjective using a continuously changing range of physical quantities to measure or store data: a cellphone that works on both analog and digital phone systems о The government aims to switch off the analogue television signal by 2010. -> digital

analyse {AmEspelling analyze) /'eenalaiz/ verb [+ obj]

to examine the nature or structure of sth, especially by separating it into its parts, in order to understand or explain it: The job involves gathering and analysing data, о We need to analyse what went wrong, ►'analyser {AmEspelling analyzer) noun [C]

analysis /a'neelasis/ noun [c,u] {plural analyses /a'neelasi:z/)

see also: benefit-cost analysis, break-even certificate of cluster competitive competitor cost-benefit etc.

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the detailed study or examination of sth, in order to find answers to particular questions; the results of the study: a detailed analysis of each customer's buying habits о We have carried out a preliminary analysis of potential takeover targets, о She is head of economic analysis at a top investment bank.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS at FINANCIAL ANALYST О (a) detailed/in-depth/thorough analysis ♦ business/ economic/industry/market analysis ♦ to carry out/ do/undertake (an) analysis

analyst /'aenalist/ noun [c]

see also: business analyst, business systems computer financial market systems technical ~

a person whose job involves examining facts, systems, companies, markets, etc. in order to give an opinion on them

an industry/investment/a market/retail analyst

analytical /.aena'litikl/ {also analytic /.aena'litik/) adjective

using a logical method in order to understand or find out about sth: She's a respected researcher with strong analytical skills, о an analytic approach to the problem о analytical software/tools ► analytically /.aena'litikli/ adverb