Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

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bottom price /bɒtəm praIs/ noun
the lowest price
boycott /bɔIkɒt/ noun a refusal to
buy or to deal in certain products The
union organised a boycott against or of
imported cars. verb to refuse to buy
or deal in a product We are boycotting
all imports from that country. the
management has boycotted the meeting
the management has refused to attend
the meeting
bracket /brkIt/ noun a group of
items or people taken together people
in the middle-income bracket people
with average incomes, not high or low
she is in the top tax bracket she pays
the highest level of tax
brain /breIn/ noun a part of the body
in which decisions are taken she is the
brains behind the organisation she is
the clever person who is running the
organisation
brain drain /breIn dreIn/ noun the
movement of clever people away from a
country to find better jobs in other
countries
brainiac /breInik/ noun a very intelligent
and creative employee who is
also unpredictable and eccentric (slang)
brainstorming /breInstɔmIŋ/
noun an intensive discussion by a small
group of people as a method of producing
new ideas or solving problems
brainstorming session /breIn-
stɔmIŋ seʃ(ə)n/ noun a meeting to
thrash out problems, where everyone
puts forward different ideas
branch /brɑntʃ/ noun 1. the local office
of a bank or large business, or a local
shop which is part of a large chain 2.
the local office of a union, based in a
factory
branch committee /brɑntʃ kə-
mIti/ noun an elected committee of union
members which deals with general
day-to-day problems
branch manager /brɑntʃ
mnIdʒə/ noun a person in charge of a
branch of a company
‘…a leading manufacturer of business,
industrial and commercial products requires a
branch manager to head up its mid-western
Canada operations based in Winnipeg’
[Globe and Mail (Toronto)]
branch office /brɑntʃ ɒfIs/ noun a
less important office, usually in a different
town or country from the main
office
breach /britʃ/ noun a failure to carry
out the terms of an agreement
breach of contract /britʃ əv
kɒntrkt/ noun the failure to do something
which has been agreed in a contract
the company is in breach of
contract the company has failed to do
what was agreed in the contract
breach of discipline /britʃ əv
dIsIplIn/ noun an action which goes
against the company rules or against
instructions
breadwinner /bredwInə/ noun a
person who earns the main income in a
family, and so provides food for the
others
break /breIk/ verb 1. to fail to carry
out the duties of a contract The company
has broken the contract or the
agreement by selling at a lower price.
to break an engagement to do something
not to do what has been agreed 2.
to cancel a contract The company is
hoping to be able to break the contract.
(NOTE: breaking – broke – broken)
break down /breIk daυn/ verb 1. to
stop working because of mechanical
failure The fax machine has broken
down. 2. to stop Negotiations broke
down after six hours. 3. to show all the
items in a total list of costs or expenditure
We broke the expenditure down
into fixed and variable costs.
breakdown /breIkdaυn/ noun 1. an
act of stopping working because of mechanical
failure 2. an act of stopping
talking a breakdown in wage negotiations
3. an act of showing details item
by item Give me a breakdown of investment
costs.
break off /breIk ɒf/ verb to stop
We broke off the discussion at midnight.
Management broke off negotiations
with the union.
break point /breIk pɔInt/ noun the
dividing point between one job or element
and the next, or between one level
established on a job evaluation and the
next A break point was established