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　　qualify (v.) have the right education and background具有資格

　　[例] Do you qualify for the vote?

　　qualified (adj.) with the right education and experience有資格的

　　[例] If we want to recruit suitably qualified staff, we mustn’t have a further fall in pay.

　　qualification (n.) required education, ability or experience資格

　　[例] He plans to go back to college to get a management qualification.

　　[同義詞] suitability, fitness, eligibility

　　quality (n.) the value/worth of a product/service 質(zhì)量

　　[例] The efficiency just shows the inter-relationship between quality and quantity.

　　quality assurance (n.) all activities and functions concerned with achieving a high level of quality質(zhì)量保證

　　quality control (QC)checking that the quality is high enough質(zhì)量管理

　　[例] As a quality manager, you should guarantee the quality control.

　　quarterly (adj/adv.) happening four times a year, every 3 months每季的

　　[例] Our quarterly results were excellent

　　questionnaire (n.) form consisting of a number of questions調(diào)查表

　　[例] The main purpose of this questionnaire is to collect all the staff’s attitude toward the flextime system.

　　quote1. (v.)to state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.報(bào)價(jià)

　　[例] Could you quote for the contract in dollars?

　　quotation (n.) 1.estimate of cost 報(bào)價(jià)單2.listing of the price of on the Stock Exchange股票牌價(jià)

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　　racket (n) a dishonest business or practice, especially one that obtains money through fraud or extortion 詐騙錢財(cái)

　　[例] They are making a good living by a smuggling and racket.

　　rally (n) a notable rise in stock market prices and trading volume after a decline 價(jià)格驟然回升

　　[例] a rally in share

　　rate of return (n) the amount of profit ,dividend or interest received from an investment, expressed as a percentage of the original investment 收益率

　　[例] Your investment will absolutely receive a poor rate of return.

　　rating (n)the popularity of a television or radio program as estimated by a poll of segments of the audience收視(聽)率

　　[例] This radio programme has a very high rating among teenagers.

　　R&D research and development研發(fā)

　　[例] Dept. of R&D

　　raise [ reiz ] (n.) increase in salary漲薪水

　　[例] She asked for a raise.

　　(v.) 1. increase增加

　　[例] We raised the dividend by 5%.

　　2.obtain獲得

　　[例] We are trying to raise $50,000 on the money market.

　　3. bring up in discussion提出

　　[例] We raised the question of prices at the board meeting.

　　random check to check by random 隨機(jī)抽查

　　range (n.) series of products which the customer can choose from(產(chǎn)品)系列

　　[例] This type of shoes covers a wide range of color and size.

　　rank1.(n.) position in a company of list職位

　　[例] He has a high rank in the company.

　　2. (v.) classify in order of importance排名

　　[例] The company is ranked 6th in the world.

　　rapport (n.) close or easy relationship友善

　　[例] At the first stage of an interview, the interviewer needs to make the candidate feel at his/her ease, develop rapport and set the scene.

　　[同義詞] harmony

　　rate (n.) money charged for a certain time or at a certain percentage比率

　　[例] If you will bring over 50,000 USD deposit, then we can provide you a better interest rate.

　　fixed rate rate which cannot be changed

　　going rate usual rate of payment

　　rating (n.) result of measuring something評(píng)級(jí)

　　[例] Ratings can then be used to compare jobs to one another.

　　ratio (n.) proportion of something compared to another thing比率

　　[例] Our liquidity ratio is not healthy.

　　[同義詞] proportion, percentage

　　rationalize (v.) make more efficient, streamline合理化

　　[例] We should rationalize production step by step.

　　rationalization (n.) the activity making something more efficient合理化