Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

wrongful/'rDqfl; AmE'ro:q-/ adjective [usually before noun]

not fair, morally right or legal: fraud and other wrongful conduct

.wrongful dis'missal = unfair dismissal

wt abbr

a short way of writing weight: average net wt 120 g Wtd. abbr

a short way of writing warranted to show that sth is guaranteed to be what it says it is: Wtd. 100% pure

WTO /,dAblju: ,ti: 'au; AmE 'ou/ = World Trade Organization

wunderkind /'wundakind; AmE -dark-/ noun [c] (plural wunderkinder /'wundakinda(r); AmE -dark-/ orwunderkinds) (informal)

a person who is very successful at a young age: He is known as a wunderkind of investment banking. КЧЧН Wunderkind is a German word.

WWD /.dAblju: .dAblju: 'di:/ = weather working days

WWW /.dAblju: dAblju: 'dAblju:/ (also spelled www) abbr

(IT) a short way of writing and saying World Wide Web, used in the addresses of websites: several useful WWW addresses о www.oup.com

WYSIWYG /'wiziwig/ abbr (IT) what you see is what you get what you see on

your computer screen is exactly the same as what will be printed or seen on other computers: a WYSIWYG display/editor о WYSIWYG capabilities/ software

xd (also spelled XD) /,eks 'di:/ = ex-dividend

.x-efficiency noun [u] the ability of a company to use the people, machines, etc. that it has in the best way in order to produce as much as possible quickly and at a low cost: In order for a firm to achieve x-efficiency, staff motivation needs to be high, [syn] technical

efficiency foppl x-inefficiency

► ,x-ef'ficient adjective

Xx

Xerox™ /'ziaroks; AmE 'zira:ks/ noun [u,C] a process for producing copies of letters, documents, etc. using a special machine; a copy made using this process: a Xerox machine о She kept Xeroxes of all the letters.

xerox /'ziaroks; AmE 'zira:ks/ verb [+ obj j to make a copy of a letter, document, etc. by using Xerox or a similar process: Could you xerox this letter please? Isyni photocopy

.x-inef'ficiency noun [u] the amount by which a company does not use the people, machines, etc. that it has in the best way in order to produce as much as possible quickly and at a low cost: The factory was found to have a 25% x-inefficiency. [synjtechnical inefficiency

[oppj x-efficiency

► ,x-inef'ficient adjective: A lack of competition can make a company x-inefficient.

611

year to date

xtn abbr (only used in written English) extension: call xtn 216

Yy

yard /ja:d; AmE ja:rd/ noun [C] see also: salvage yard

(usually with other nouns) an area of land used for a special purpose or business: a boatyard о a freightyard

{abbryd) a unit for measuring length, equal to

feet or 0.9144 of a metre

ГГО7Пthe ,whole nine 'yards (especially AmE) (informal) everything; a situation that includes everything: When I went out of business I lost everything—my house, the cars, the whole nine yards.

yardstick /'ja:dstik; AmE 'ja:rd-/ noun [c] a standard used forjudging how good or successful sth is: GDP is not the only yardstick of economic success.