Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

tokenism /'taukanizam; AmE "tou-/ noun [u] the fact of doing sth only in order to do what the law requires or to satisfy a particular group of people, but not in a way that is really sincere: The appointment of a woman to the previously all-male board of directors could look like tokenism. СППЗ In companies tokenism usually involves including a few members of a particular group in an activity, or moving them to a more senior position, only so that the company will look as if it is behaving in a fan- way towards all its employees. equal opportunity

'token .money noun [u](Economics) a system of notes and coins where the value stated on them is much greater than the value of the material they are made from

toll It9ul; AmEtoul/ noun, verb

noun

[C] money that you pay to use a particular road, bridge or area: paying for parking or motorway tolls о a toll road

[c] (AmE) a charge for a telephone call that is calculated at a higher rate than a local call: toll calls

[sing ] the amount of damage that sth causes: the emotional toll of running your own company

-» idiom at take verb

verb [+ obj or no obj]

to charge for the use of a road, bridge, transport, etc: a new tolling scheme on a public road

.toll-'free adjective [usually before noun] (AmE) (about a telephone number) that you do not have to pay to call: You can sign up for the service online or by calling a toll-free number, о toll-free technical -support ► toll- free adverb: Call toll-fvbeGn 0800 962872.

tolling agreement noun [c] (,Manufacturing) an agreement to process a particular amount of a raw material at a particular factory: The company produced 35 000 tonnes of refined copper under tolling agreements in the first half of the year.

ton Длп/ noun [C] {plural tons or ton)

see also: American ton, long metric net short ~

a unit for measuring weight, in the UK 2 240 pounds or 1016.04 kilograms (long ton) and in the US 2 000 pounds or 907.18 kilograms (short ton): The plant turns out up to 630000 tons of aluminium annually.

a unit for measuring the size of a ship. One ton is equal to 100 cubic feet: A 10000-ton vessel can be unloaded in 10 hours.

tone /taun; AmE toun/ noun [c] a sound heard on a telephone line: (BrE) the dialling tone о {AmE) the dial tone о Please leave your message after the tone. idiom at strike verb

tonnage /Члпк1з/ noun [u,c] ('Transport)

the size of a ship or the amount it can carry, expressed in tons: a large amount of new tonnage— 268 new ships this year alone

the total amount that sth, especially cargo, weighs: Rail freight tonnage along the route has dropped 20% in the last year.

tonne /Un/ (tonnes or tonne) = metric ton

tool /tu:l/ noun, verb

noun [C]

see also: machine tool

an instrument that you hold in your hand and use for making things, repairing things, etc: a cutting tool о a tool kit (= a set of tools in a box or bag) о power tools {= using electricity)

a thing that helps you to do a job or to achieve sth: research tools such as questionnaires о The Internet has become a powerful business tool.

О business/decision-making/management/ marketing/sales tools ♦ an essential/a key/ powerful/practical/useful tool

a computer program that performs a particular function: The program comes with standard tools such as dictionary, spellchecker and thesaurus.

О design/desktop publishing/interactive/online/

web-based toolsПНЯ the tools of your 'trade the things that you need to do your job idiom at down verb

verb