Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

Wi-Fi /'waifai/ noun [u] (IT) technology without wires that allows several computers to share the same fast Internet connection in a small area such as an office, a shop or a home ► 'Wi-Fi adjective: Wi-Fi Internet access СИП Wi-Fi is a short form of Wireless Fidelity.

Bluetooth

'wild card noun [c]

a person or thing whose behaviour or effect is difficult to predict: When it comes to making big changes in an organization, the wild card is the employees' ability to adapt to the new system.

(IT) a symbol that has no meaning of its own and can represent any letter: An asterisk is commonly used as a wild card, о a wild-card search

wildcat /'waildkaet/ adjective, noun, verb (informal)

adjective [only before noun]

(HR) a wildcat strike happens suddenly and without the official support of a trade union: 4 000 workers may be fired unless they put a stop to wildcat strikes. lightning strike

(about a business or project) that has not been carefully planned and that will probably not be successful; that does not follow normal standards and methods: He made the mistake of putting his money into a wildcat scheme, о wildcat stocks

noun [C]

1(AmE) an oil or gas well (= a deep hole in the ground) made in an area where oil or gas has not yet been found: The company expects ten wildcats to be drilled this year.

2 a business ©г prejeet that will probably nfcibtf , financially successful

verb [no obj] (AmE)

to look for oil where nobody has looked for itbefore: They were wildcattingfor oil in Texas. ► 'wildcatter noun [c]: He was a wildcatter in the '60s in the oilfields of Wyoming.

will /wil/ noun, verb

noun [C]

see also: tenant at will

605 wipe

winding up /.waindiq 'лр/ noun [u,C]

see also: voluntary winding up

the process of closing a company, selling its assets and paying its debts: The court ordered the winding up of the company, [syn] liquidation wind sth up at wind

to vote for/order winding up [30] a winding-up order/ petition/sale * winding-up proceedings * winding up occurs/takes place

window /'windau; AmE'шпйоо/ noun |tj see also: discount window

(IT) an area with a frame on a computer screen, in which a particular program is operating or in which information of a particular type is shown

to click on/close/enlarge/minimize/move/open a

window

the glass at the front of a shop/store and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public: I'd like one of the Swatch watches in the window, о a window display—Picture at stork

a small area that you can see through: The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.

a time when there is an opportunity to do sth,although it may not last long: (informal) I think I can find a window to discuss the project with you. о The months around graduation are a window of opportunity for companies to find good graduates.

'window .dressing noun [u]

the art of arranging goods in shop/store windows in an attractive way

the fact of doing, saying or presenting sth in a way that creates a good impression but does not show the real facts: The reforms have been interpreted as window dressing.

(Stock Exchange) trade on a stock market at the end of a financial year or part of a year that is intended to make a collection of investments look more successful: With window dressing, professional investors drop losers from their portfolios and add winners.

'window-.shopping noun [u] the activity of looking at the goods in shop/store windows, usually without intending to buy anything: to go window-shopping ►'window-shop verb [no obj] (-pp-)

winner /'wina(r)/ noun