Essential vocabulary. (another Spelling is inquiry)

enquiry noun

(another spelling is "inquiry")

1. a question intended to get information about someone or something:

There have already been over 300 inquiries from people interested.

2. make inquiries (= ask questions):

Police are making inquiries in the neighbourhood.

3. an official examination of a crime, accident, problem etc, in order to get information or the truth:

inquiry into: The public is demanding an inquiry into the incident.

acquire verb

1. to get something, for example by buying it or being given it: We acquired the shares for F 1.75 each.

newly acquired:

He boasts about his newly acquired BMW.

acquire something from someone:

The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.

2. to get a new skill or new knowledge by learning it: How can such a large quantity of knowledge be acquired?

3. to get a particular reputation, position, or name:

These are educational institutions that have recently acquired university status.

4. to gradually develop or learn something: I've never really acquired a taste for this author.

5. acquire the habit (of doing something) =start to do something regularly, without thinking about why:

We want people to acquire the habit of using public transport instead of their cars.

account noun

1. an arrangement in which a bank looks after your money.

You can deposit (=pay in) or withdraw (=take out) money when you need to: there was only F 50 in his bank account. open an account: How do I open an account with your bank?

2. a detailed record that a business keeps of the money it receives and spends in a particular period of time:

The accounts showed a loss of F 498 million.

3. an arrangement you have with a shop or other business that allows you to pay for goods or services later:

I have an account with Marks and Spencer.

4. a company that regularly buys goods or services from another company:

We now have over 30 major accounts.

5. an arrangement you have with a company or Internet provider to use a service they provide:

Do you have an email account?

6. a written or spoken report about something that has happened: account of: a brief account of the meeting

give an account of something:

He was too shocked to give a clear account of events.

accountant noun

someone whose job is to prepare financial records for a company or person

account for phrasal verb

1) account for something to be the reason why something exists or happens:

A number of factors account for the differences between the two scores.

2) account for someone/something to form, use, or produce a particular amount or part of something:

Repeat purchases account for 73% of our sales.

3) account for something to give an explanation for something bad that has happened, especially something you are responsible for:

You will be brought before the disciplinary panel to account for your behaviour.

4) account for someone if someone is accounted for, you know where they are and so do not worry that they are not where they should be:

One small child was still not accounted for.

guidance noun

1. advice about what you should do or how you should behave:

Many people have given us advice and guidance about the baby.

guidance on:

I need some guidance on which university course I should choose.

2. advice from an official organization on how to deal with particular situations:

The government is issuing new guidance on inspections in the supermarkets.

guide noun

1. a book about a city, country, or area: They publish a range of city guides. travel guide:

It is worth buying a good travel guide.

2. a book about a particular subject or type of activity: Get the booklet: A Guide for Married Couples.

3. step-by-step guide:

See our step-by-step guide on page 17.

4. pocket guide:

Lots of publishers produce pocket guides to various hobbies.

5. someone whose job is to look after a group of people who are visiting a place and give them information about it:

Your guide will explain what the different machines were used for. tour guide: There is a tour guide on every coach.

quote verb

1. to say or write words that someone else has said or written: Can I quote you on that (^repeat exactly what someone has said

about something)?

2. quote from:

She claimed to be quoting from an official report.

3. to give something as an example to support what you are saying: He quoted the example of a forty-year-old authors who has been

waiting nearly two years for the publication.

4. to tell someone what price you would charge them to do a particular piece of work:

How much did they quote for the job?

quote.~unquote (spoken)

if someone says 'quote' before a word or phrase, they are showing that they are repeating someone's words exactly, and they often say 'unquote' at the end

Quotation noun a group of words taken from a book, play, speech etc, and repeated by someone who is not the original author: a quotation from Shakespeare/ Quotation marks ="__"