2. (v.) provide money for资助

　　[例] The bank is going to finance the new building.

　　[同义词] fund, support

　　finances (n. pl) money available经费

　　[例] the poor state of the company’s finances

　　[同义词] resources, funds, wealth

　　financial [ fai5nAnFEl, 7fi- ] (adj.) referring to finance财政的

　　[例] financial position

　　[同义词] monetary, pecuniary

　　financially (adv.) to do with finance财政上

　　[例] The company is financially dependent on one shareholder.

　　financing [ fai5nAnsiN ] (n.) providing money for融资

　　[例] The company’s financing action in real estate implies its new focus in investment.

　　fine [ fain ] (n.) a sum of money required to be paid as a penalty for an offense 罚金

　　[例] A system of fines should be introduced.

　　[同义词] penalty

　　finished goods (n. pl) product sold as completed制成品

　　[例] Products sold as completed are finished goods.

　　firm [ fE:m ] (n.) business or partnership商号

　　fire [ 5faiE ] (v inf) send away from employment, sack解雇

　　[例] Our employment record is good in the community as we hardly ever fire anyone.

　　first aid emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available急救

　　[例] Effective first aid system is very important to a workplace.

　　firm (adj) (of price) steady or rising steadily 坚挺

　　[例] Gold shares remained firm today.

　　fiscal [ 5fiskEl ] (adj.) referring to tax财政的

　　[例] What about this year’s fiscal tax?

　　fix [ fiks ] (v.) agree/set something决定

　　[例] The price was fixed at $25.

　　fixtures (n. pl) equipment in a factory that cannot be moved固定设备,工夹具

　　[例] Machines are fixtures of a factory.

　　flagship [5flA^FIp] (n.) the main or most successful product in a range 旗舰，同类产品中佼佼者

　　[例] Their cars are flagships among all the products in this city.

　　flat [ flAt ] (adj.) commercially inactive; sluggish 萧条的

　　[例] The American market was flat in 1995.

　　flawed (adj.) having defects有瑕疵的

　　[例] I am writing to apologize for our flawed samples.

　　flexitime [5fleksItaIm] (n.) (also flextime) flexible system of working in which workers can choose what time to start and finish (see also core time)弹性上班制

　　[例] With the flexitime system you can choose your start and finish time.

　　flier [ 5flaiE ] (n.) a promotional leaflet 广告传单

　　[例] Fliers of this new type of computer are handed out in all the streets.

　　flip chart (培训常用的)活动挂图

　　float [ flEut ] (v.) put a company’s shares for sale on the Stock Exchange发行(股票、债券等)

　　[例] When the company was floated on the stock market, many of them opted to become shareholders.

　　floatation [ flEu5teiFEn ] (n.) starting or expanding a company by offering shares for sale以公开发行股票的方式开办公司

　　[例] a new company flotation

　　flop [ flCp ] (n.) failure失败

　　[例] Their corporation came to a flop in the end.

　　flow shop (n.) production workshop where machines and operators handle a continuous material flow, as in mass production流水线车间

　　follower [ 5fClEuE ] (n.) company which follows others into a market市场追随者

　　[例] Many companies became followers seeing KFC’s success.

　　fluctuate [ 5flQktjueit ] (v.) rise and fall rapidly波动

　　[例] Workers certainly don’t want their pay to fluctuate wildly.

　　[同义词] vacillate,waver, vary

　　fluctuation [ 7flQktju5eiFEn ] (n.) sudden movement波动

　　[例] It is difficult to estimate the price fluctuation of the market.

　　FOB (free on board) 离岸价

　　follow-up (n.) an activity done to add to or continue something done earlier后继(产品)

　　[例] The software was a successful follow-up to the original product.

　　force majeure (n) an unexpected and unavoidable event that causes or allows a contract to be changed or cancelled if it has a forcer majeure clause 不可抗力

　　[例] Due to force majeure , this deal turned out to be a great failure.

　　[同义词]Act of God

　　forecast [ 5fC:kB:st ]1. (n.) estimate of what will happen in the future预测

　　[例] The inflation of the currency and booming commodity price in the market forecast the bubble economy.

　　2. (v.) predict what will happen预测

　　foreclose [ fC:5klEuz ](v) to deprive (a mortgagor) of the right to redeem mortgaged property, as when payments have not been made 取消(抵押品的)赎回权

　　[例] That bank foreclosed on the mortgage.

　　forge (v) to make an illegal copy of something伪造

　　[例] The signature on the cheque was forged and was rejected by the bank.

　　forman (n) an experienced worker who supervises and directs other workers 领班，工头

　　[例] He was promoted to factory foreman due to his excellent performance.

　　format [ 5fC:mAt, -mB:t ] (n.) layout 格式

　　[例] write in an accessible format

　　forwarder (n) one that forwards, especially an agent that facilitates and assures the passage of received goods to their destination 货运代理商

　　[例] The goods were handed over to the forwarder by the airline company.

　　four P’s PRODUCT, PRICE, PLACE, PROMOTION 4P 理论(麦卡锡提出)

　　franchise [ 5frAntFaiz ]1. (n.) licence to sell under a brand name特许经营

　　[例] The small company has got the franchise to sell products of IBM.