Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

{Finance) not very busy; with not much buying and selling: Bond prices were steady in thin trade on Tuesday, о Market activity was much thinner than usual.

think /Girjk/ verb ЕШ think on your 'feet to be able to think and react to things very quickly and effectively without any preparation think out of/outside the 'box to think in a new or different way in order to solve a problem: creative professionals who are paid to think outside the box о We try to encourage out-of-the-box thinking, think 'twice (about sth/about doing sth) to think very carefully before you decide to do sth: You should think twice about employing someone you haven't met. ШИЗ .think sth 'out to consider or plan sth carefully: It's a very well thought out plan.

'think tanknoun [c] a group of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social or economic issues ►'think-.tanker {AmEspelling think tanker) noun [C]: think-tankers and businessmen

.thin 'market{also.narrow 'market) noun [c]{Finance) a market in which there is not much buying and selling and small changes in supply or demand can have a great effect on the prices of shares, bonds, etc.

.third-country nationalnoun [c] {abbrTCN){HR) an employee of an international organization who does not come from the country in which the organization has its main base, or from the country in which they are working -» host country

.third-gene'ration.ad/ecr/Ve [only before noun]

{abbr 3G) used to describe technology that has been developed to send data to mobile phones/ cellphones, etc. at much higher speeds than were possible before: Third-generation technology allows you to download videos to a mobile phone.

used to describe any technology that is being developed that is more advanced than the earlier two stages

.third line 'forcing noun [u]{Economics) the illegal practice of a company refusing to allow a customer to have a product or service that they want unless they also buy sth that they do not want

.third 'party noun, adjective

noun [C]

(Insurance; Law or formal)

a company, an organization, a person, etc. that is involved in a situation in addition to the two main people or groups involved: The company might be bought back by its parent or sold to a third party, о (BrE) Third party, fire and theft car insurance protects the victims of accidents and pays to repair or replace your car if it is stolen or damaged by fire.

adjective [only before noun] third-party

Л (Law or formal) connected with a company, an organization, a person, etc. that is involved in a situation in addition to the two main people or groups involved: third-party suppliers о The

561 threshold effect

materials that the company buys are checked for quality by independent third-party auditors. 2 (Insurance) connected with insurance that covers you if you injure sb or damage sb's property: All transport operators must be covered by third-party liability.

.third-party interventionnoun [u](HR) when an outside person or organization becomes involved in a dispute between employers and employees in order to try to end it

.third-party 'softwarenoun [u](IT) computer programs which add to the range of functions that existing programs can perform, that are developed or supplied by a different company from the one that develops or supplies the existing software: third-party plug-ins о third-party software developers