Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

having a lot of money; rich: His family are very well off о tax reductions for the less well off

in a good situation: You'd be better off looking for a new job.

having plenty of sth: We're much better off for storage space in our new offices than in the old ones.

.well 'placed adjective in a good position or situation to be able to do sth: The company is well placed to withstand the recession.

'wet goods [also 'wet com,modifies) noun [pi.] [Trade) liquids; goods from which water or other liquid may come out, for example, soap or fish: containers for the transportation of wet goods

DRY GOODS

'wet lease noun [u,c] ('Transport) an arrangement that allows a company to use another company's aircraft and the people who fly them for a period of time ► 'wet-lease verb [+ obj] DRY LEASE

wharf /wo:f; AmE wo:rf/ noun [c] [plural wharves /wo:vz; AmE wo:rvz/ or wharfs) a flat structure built beside the sea or a river where boats can be tied up and goods unloaded: a warehouse on the wharf

wharfage /'wo:fid3; AmE 'wo:rf-/ noun [u] [Transport)

a place at a wharf for loading, unloading or storing goods: a harbour with two miles of wharfage

a charge that is made for using this place: paying wharfage charges

wharfinger /'wo:find3a(r); AmE 'wo:rf-/ noun [C] the person or company in charge of a wharf

.what-'if noun [c] (informal) a situation or an event that might happen in the future and that you need to think about now: We made a list ofwhat-ifs to make sure we were prepared for anything, о a what-if brainstorming session

'wheelchair .access noun [u] a way of entering or leaving a place, a vehicle, etc. for sb who uses a chair with wheels (a wheelchair because they cannot walk: New regulations state that all cabs must have wheelchair access.

.wheeling and 'dealing noun [u] (informal) very complicated, sometimes dishonest, business deals: A lot of wheeling and dealing is done over lunch, ►.wheel and 'deal verb [no obj] .wheeler- 'deaier (also .wheeler and 'dealer) noun [c]: He's the best wheeler-dealer in the business.

'whistle-,blower noun [c] (used especially in newspapers) a person who informs people in authority or the public that the company they work for is doing sth wrong or illegal ► 'whistle-.blowing noun [u]

whiteboard /'waitbo:d; AmE -bo:rd/ noun [C] 1 a large board with a smooth white surface that you can write on with special pens when giving a talk, etc.

white-collar ыи

2 an area on a computer screen that several people at different computers can use to exchange information, often used in a teleconference

interactive whiteboard

_twhite-'collaradjective [only before noun] working in an office rather than in a factory, etc.; connected with work in offices: white-collar workers о a white-collar job о white-collar crime (= in which office workers steal from their companies)

blue-collar, pink-collar