Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

telecommuting /,telika'mju:tn]/ noun [u] the activity of working for a company from your home and communicating with your office, colleagues and customers by computer and telephone, etc. [synJ teleworking telecoms /'telikmnz; AmE -ka:mz/ = telecommunications

teleconference /'telikDnfarans; Дт£-ка:п-/ noun [C]

a meeting, discussion, etc. between two or more people in different places, using telephones, television or computers to connect them: Every two weeks, I dial into a teleconference with a group of other agents.

О to conduct/have/hold/participate in a teleconference

teleconferencing noun [u] teleconference

verb [no obj]

telecottage /'telikDtid3; AmE-ka:t-/ noun [C] (BrE) {HR) a building, usually in the country, filled with computer equipment for people who live in the area to use for work or pleasure electronic cottage, telecentre, teleworking

telecottaging /,teli'kDtid3ir); AmE -'ka:t-/ noun [u]

telegram /'teligrasm/ noun [C] a message sent by telegraph, then printed and given to sb

telegraph /'teligra:f; ДтЕ-grasf/ noun [u] a system for sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals

'telegraph verb [+ obj or no obj]

.telegraphic transfer = wire transfer

telemarketing /'telima:kitii]; AmE-ma:rk-/ {also 'telephone .selling) noun [u] {BrEalso 'telesales

[u; pi.]) ___

see also: inbound telemarketing, outbound telemarketing

{Marketing) a method of selling goods and services and taking orders for sales by contacting possible customers by telephone cold-calling

'telemarketer noun [c]

telematics /.teli'mastiks/ noun [u] {IT) the branch of information technology that ■ deals with using computers to send information over long distances: The company uses telematics to track the position of its vehicles at all times.

.tele'matic adjective Q3Q The word telematics was formed from 'telecommunication' and 'informatics' (= the study of processes for storing and obtaining data electronically).

telephone /'tehfaun; AmE- foun/ noun, verb

noun [C.U]

see also: fixed telephone

telephone exchange [also exchange)

noun [C]

equipment that connects telephone lines together so that people can make telephone calls to each other; the place where this is kept

telephone .selling = telemarketing

telephonist /ta'lefanist/ = operator (3)

telephony /ta'lefani/ noun [U] the business or process of sending messages and signals by telephone: a mobile telephony business о The company offers Internet and telephony services.

cable/fixed-line/mobile/voice/wireless telephony ♦ a telephony business/company/operator/provider

telesales /'teliseilz/ = telemarketing

teletext /'telitekst/ noun [U] a service providing written news and information using television: You can get the current exchange rate on teletext.

'television .ratingnoun [c] {abbrtvr){Marketing) the number of people who watch a particular programme on television, compared with the total number of people available to watch, used to measure how popular the programme is. One rating is one per cent: The World Cup final had a record television rating of 48.3%.

teleworking /'teliw3:knj; 4raЈ-w3:rk-/ (also 'telework) noun [u]

(HR) the activity of working for a company from your home and communicating with your office and colleagues by computer and telephone, etc. either all or part of the time [syn] telecommuting

'telework noun [u] 'telework verb [no obj] 'teleworker noun [c]

telex /'teleks/ noun

[u] an international system of communication in which messages are typed on a special machine and sent by the telephone system: Applications should be made by fax or by telex.

[C] a message sent or received by telex: Several telexes arrived this morning.

[C] (informal) a machine for sending or receiving telexes

'telex verb [+ obj or no obj]: Can you telex the order today?

teller /'tela(r)/ noun [c]

= bank teller