Word: | participant |
Meaning: | person who attends and joins in an event |
Example Sentence: | Please make sure that each participant receives a digital copy of this morning’s presentation. |
Word: | proxy vote |
Meaning: | a vote cast by one person for or in place of another |
Example Sentence: | We are not going to allow proxy votes next month so make sure you attend the meeting. |
Word: | punctual |
Meaning: | on time (not late) |
Example Sentence: | Participants from the head office are always punctual so make sure no one from our branch comes in late for the conference. |
Word: | recommend |
Meaning: | suggest |
Example Sentence: | I recommend that you bring last month’s report so we can compare it with this month’s. |
Word: | show of hands |
Meaning: | raised hands to express an opinion in a vote |
Example Sentence: | From the show of hands it appears that everyone is in favor of increasing the budget for the new office building. |
Word: | strategy |
Meaning: | plan to make something work |
Example Sentence: | Your committee will have to come up with a strategy to attract more teenagers to use our services. |
Word: | unanimous |
Meaning: | in complete agreement; united in opinion |
Example Sentence: | The heads of the department were unanimous in their approval of the extension of her contract with us. |
Word: | vote |
Meaning: | to express (the expression of) an opinion in a group by voice, hand, ballot, etc. |
Example Sentence: | If you want your voice to be heard, you need to at least vote on the motion to extend our working hours on Fridays. |
Word: | wrap up |
Meaning: | finish |
Example Sentence: | I’m sorry we have to wrap up now because I have a scheduled meeting in 5 minutes. Thank you for coming. |
1. | There must be a ________ because there are 15 ballots here but only 14 attendees. |
2. | The board made a ________ decision to give everyone a 10% salary increase. |
3. | Ms. Brown is a ________ to this year’s Management Conference. Please give her all the assistance she needs. |
4. | If we don’t ________ this meeting soon, I’ll miss my 2:00 p.m. appointment. It’s already 1:55. |
5. | We need to meet again next week to come up with a new ________. Clearly, the one we have is not generating us enough profits. |
word: | proxy vote | |
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word: | strategy | |
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word: | wrap up | |
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