Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

ungeared /An'giad; AmE -'gird/ adjective (Finance) not using borrowed money; with no debt: ungeared investments о an ungeared balance sheet

un,happy'camper noun [c] (informal) a customer, an employee, etc. who has complaints: The job satisfaction survey showed that there are some distinctly unhappy campers.

uniform price .auction = Dutch auction (2) .

.unilateral 'contract noun [c](Law) an agreement in which only one side (person or company) promises to do sth or promises to do sth only if sb does a particular thing: An example of a unilateral contract is where you promise to pay a reward for somebody finding something. -> bilateral contract

uninstalled /.umn'sto:ld/ adjective (AmE) (HR, informal) used to describe an employee who has been removed from their job (fired)

uninsurable /.Anm'Jorrabl; -'Juar-; AmE -'Jur-/ adjective (Insurance)

(about a thing or person) that cannot be insured: There is so much flooding here that houses are uninsurable.

(also .non-in'surable) (about an event) that cannot be insured against because it is impossible to calculate possible losses exactly: Earthquakes are considered to be an uninsurable risk.

insurable

uninsured /,Jhin'Jo:d; -'Juad; AmE-'Jurd/ adjective (Insurance)

(about a thing or person) that does not have insurance: an uninsured building/driver

(about an event) that is not insured against: uninsured losses

★ union /'ju:nian/ noun

see also: company union, credit customs enterprise European Monetary European general etc.

[c] = trade union

[C] a group of states or countries that have the same central government or that agree to work together: the European Union

О to create/dissolve/form/join a union

[sing; U] the act of joining two or more things together; the state of being joined together: a discussion on economic and monetary union о The website is a good example of the union of content and branding, о the company's union with a big media empire

union-.bashing noun [u](HR, informal) active or spoken opposition to trade/ labor unions: union-bashing in the media 'union .busting noun [u] (AmE) (HR) the act or process of trying to stop trade/labor unions from having any power: Angry workers accused the company of union busting, о union- busting activities

unionist /'jumianist/ = trade unionist

unionize, -ise /'ju:nianaiz/ verb [+ obj or no obj] (HR) to organize people to become members of a trade union: a unionized workforce/industry ► unionization, -isation /'ju:nianai'zeijn; AmE -na'z-/ noun [u ]: support for unionization efforts

.union representativenoun [c](HR) a person who has been chosen to represent employees of a company who belong to a particular trade union: talks between union representatives and management

'union shop = closed shop

unique /ju:'ni:k/ adjective being the only one of its kind; very special or unusual: What is unique about your company? о A unique feature of this gadget is the foldaway screen, о The problems are not unique to that company.

u.nique 'selling proposition (also u.nique 'selling point) = USP

u.nique 'visitornoun [c](IT; Marketing) a person who visits a website in a particular period of time and can be identified, usually by the address of their computer, used as a measure of how popular the website is: Thecompany claims more than 6 million daily hits and800 000 unique visitors a month.

.unissued 'capital (also .unissued share .capital) noun [u]