Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

(Law) articles [pi.] (BrE) a period of practical training that has to be completed before sb can become a solicitor: She's doing her articles with a firm in London. СИВ Articles is an abbreviation of articles of clerkship.

.articled 'clerk = trainee solicitor

.articles of as,soci'ation noun [pi.] (usually Articles of Association) (BrE) (Law) one of the legal documents that is created when a company is formed. It contains rules about how the company must be managed, what rights shareholders have, what the directors can do and what formal meetings must be held: Several restrictions on the transfer of shares are listed in the

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association, [syn] by-law (araf) memorandum of association

.articles of incorpo ration noun [pi.] (usually Articles of Incorporation) (AmE) (Law) one of the legal documents that is created when a company is formed. It states the name and address of the company, its purpose and the amount of money it can raise by selling shares. (synl memorandum of association articles of association

.artificial intelligence noun [u] (abbr Al) (if)

the study of how to make computers function in an intelligent way like humans

technology that allows a computer to do something in an intelligent way, similar to the way in which a human would do it: The software incorporates the latest in artificial intelligence.

artificial person = legal person

A/S {also spelled a/s) = after sight

as /эг/ or, in the strong form, /aez/ preposition, adverb, conjunction

ШЕ1 'as at... /'as of... (Accounting) used to show the exact date on which sth is correct or to which sth relates: All prices are correct as at 1 July 2004. о Consolidated Balance Sheet as of 31 March 2005 'as from ... /'as of... formal) used to show the time or date from which sth starts: Our fax number is changing as from May 12. ,as 'is (BrE also ,as 'seen) (Commerce) used to mean that sth is being sold in its present condition and that the person selling it does not make any promises about its quality: All used equipment is sold as is. idiom at per

asap (also spelled ASAP, especially in AmE) /,ei es ei 'pi:; AmE also 'eisaep/ abbr as soon as possible: Please return the completed questionnaire asap.

ASCII /'aeski/ abbr (IT) American Standard Code for Information interchange a system that allows data to be moved between computers that use different programs: Save the text as an ASCII file.

.Asian 'tiger noun [c] a term used especially in newspapers for any South-East Asian country whose economy is growing very fast -» tiger

ask /a:sk; AmE aesk/ verb [+ obj] to say the price that you want for sth that you are selling: He's asking 5 000for the car. ПИЛ ,ask sb to 'leave (often be asked to leave) to ask sb to leave their job; to dismiss sb: The chief executive has been asked to leave. СПШ This is a polite way to say 'fire sb' or, in British English, 'sack sb'

ШИЗ ,ask sb 'back to ask sb to attend a further job interview: They asked back four people for in- depth interviews.

'asking price noun [c]

(Commerce) the price that sb/sth wants to sell sth for: The company seems willing to pay the asking price for the business, о an asking price of $110 a share

(Stock Exchange) (also 'asked price, 'ask price, less frequent) = offer price (2)

aspi'rational brand noun [c] (Marketing) a brand which people admire because they believe it is high quality and will give them a higher social position if they use it

* assemble /a'sembl/ verb 1 [+ obj or no obj] to bring people or things together as a group; to come together as a group:

The chairman has begun to assemble a new management team, о Before making a bid for a company, we assembled detailed information on the business, о The delegates are assembling in the conference room.

[+ obj] to fit together all the separate parts of a product: We assemble and ship each computer within five days of order, о The car is assembled in the UK.