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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Useful Business Nouns and their Collocations (搭配；配置；排列) Below are some common?business nouns along with?their collocations. ? advantagecomparative advantage, tax advantage, unfair advantage, take advantage, ? advicesound advice, a piece of advice, expert advice, professional advice, legal advice, take (someone’s) advice, word of?advice, bit of advice, piece of advice ? agendahidden agenda, political agenda, next on the agenda ? apologyheartfelt apology, accept an apology, deserve an apology, expect an apology, demand an apology, a letter of apology ? billoutstanding bill, unpaid bill, electric bill, send (someone) a bill, foot the bill ? brandleading brand, major brand, well-known brand, brand identity, brand awareness ? budgetbudget cuts, budget constraints, tight budget, shoestring budget ? changebig change, radical change, drastic change, make a change, adapt to change, cause change, bring about change, change management ? conclusiondraw conclusions, reach a conclusion, draw a conclusion, jump to conclusions, logical conclusion, In conclusion… ? competitionstiff competition, foreign competition, competition between, enter a competition, win a competition ? costprohibitive costs, rising costs, escalating costs, additional costs, operating costs, administrative costs, cut costs, lower costs, keep down costs/keep costs down, at all costs ? customerloyal customer, regular customer, satisfied customer, customer service, customer support, deal with a customer, help a customer, assist a customer, lose a customer, keep a customer, attract a customer ? deadlineextend a deadline, have a deadline, meet a deadline, miss a deadline ? debtoutstanding debt, burdened by debt, debt collection, be in debt, heavily in debt, have debt, pay a debt, be burdened with debt ? decisiontough decision, hasty decision, majority decision, unanimous decision, make a decision, take a decision?(British English) ? decreasesharp decrease, steadily decre