Glossary and Terminology Bank

Quick easy glossary of business terms and definitions including the main terminology used in business, plus many more unusual, interesting and amusing words and expressions found in business and management, and the wider world of work and modern life.

The Greek alphabet - Greek symbols, English alphabet equivalents and Greek pronunciation.

Glossary of all terms business and management.

Metric prefixes - definitions, values and symbols.

Latin terminology, origins, meanings, translations and usage examples.

The international phonetic alphabet (spelling alphabet), used in police, military, emergency services, aviation and general communications - and cockney alphabet

Accents, diacritical marks - non-standard characters signs that change the sound of letters and words

A glossary of linguistics, literary and grammatical terms - helpful for writers, speakers, teachers and communicators of all sorts, in addition to students and teachers of the English language seeking help and guidance.

Cliches and expressions give us many wonderful figures of speech and words in the English language, as they evolve via use and mis-use alike. Many cliches and expressions - and words - have fascinating and surprising origins, and many popular assumptions about meanings and derivations are mistaken. These cliches, words and expressions origins and derivations illustrate the ever-changing complexity of language and communications, and are ideal free materials for word puzzles or quizzes, and team-building games...

Free acronyms and abbreviations finder and definitions - business, training, medical, military, technical, funny - acronyms, backronyms and abbreviations meanings.

London cockney rhyming slang words, expressions, meanings, translations, explanations and origins, and Australian rhyming slang expressions.

Generation X, Generation Y (Millennials), Baby-Boomers: a personality model of generational nicknames and societal groups.

SIC codes (standard industrial classifications - 2007, 2003, 1992).

Here are some free listings of commonly used demographics, lifestyle and geodemographical classifications.