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negotiating & persuading

Negotiating & Persuading - Salary, Pricing, and Ideas

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20 Words

Negotiate

/ኒጎሽዬት/

መደራደር

To discuss something in order to reach an agreement.

ስምምነት ላይ ለመድረስ ስለ አንድ ነገር መወያየት።

Examples

"We need to negotiate the starting salary."

Contextual Usage

Persuade

/ፐርሱዌድ/

ማሳመን

To convince someone to do or believe something.

አንድ ሰው አንድን ነገር እንዲያደርግ ወይም እንዲያምን ማድረግ።

Examples

"She tried to persuade the manager to increase the budget."

Contextual Usage

Salary

/ሳላሪ/

ደሞዝ

The money paid to an employee for their work.

ለአንድ ሰራተኛ ለሥራው የሚከፈለው ገንዘብ።

Examples

"I am happy with my monthly salary."

Contextual Usage

Increase

/ኢንክሪዝ/

ጭማሪ

An instance of growing or making something greater.

አንድን ነገር የማሳደግ ወይም የማላቅ ሁኔታ።

Examples

"I am asking for a ten percent increase."

Contextual Usage

Benefit

/ቤነፊት/

ጥቅም

An advantage or profit gained from something.

ከአንድ ነገር የሚገኝ ጥቅም ወይም ትርፍ።

Examples

"Health insurance is a great benefit."

Contextual Usage

Proposal

/ፕሮፖዛል/

የጥያቄ ሃሳብ

A plan or suggestion put forward for consideration.

ለግምገማ የቀረበ እቅድ ወይም አስተያየት።

Examples

"He submitted a proposal for the new project."

Contextual Usage

Compromise

/ኮምፕሮማይዝ/

መስማማት / መተሳሰብ

An agreement reached by each side making concessions.

እያንዳንዱ ወገን ቅናሾችን በማድረግ የሚደርስበት ስምምነት።

Examples

"We reached a compromise on the final price."

Contextual Usage

Value

/ቫልዩ/

እሴት / ዋጋ

The importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

የአንድ ነገር አስፈላጊነት፣ ዋጋ ወይም ጠቃሚነት።

Examples

"You must show the value you bring to the company."

Contextual Usage

Agreement

/አግሪመንት/

ስምምነት

A negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement.

የተደራደሩበት እና ብዙውን ጊዜ በህግ አስገዳጅ የሆነ ዝግጅት።

Examples

"They signed the agreement yesterday."

Contextual Usage

Counter-offer

/ካውንተር-ኦፈር/

ተቃራኒ የቀረበ ዋጋ

An offer made in response to another offer.

ለሌላ ጥያቄ ምላሽ ለመስጠት የሚቀርብ ጥያቄ።

Examples

"The company made a counter-offer with a higher bonus."

Contextual Usage

Flexible

/ፍሌክሲብል/

ተለዋዋጭ

Able to change or be changed easily.

በቀላሉ ለመለወጥ ወይም ለመለወጥ የሚችል::

Examples

"My schedule is flexible for the meeting."

Contextual Usage

Budget

/ባጀት/

በጀት

The amount of money available for a purpose.

ለአንድ ዓላማ የሚገኝ የገንዘብ መጠን።

Examples

"We are working within a tight budget."

Contextual Usage

Deadline

/ዴድላይን/

የጊዜ ገደብ

The latest time or date by which something should be finished.

አንድ ነገር መጠናቀቅ ያለበት የመጨረሻው ሰዓት ወይም ቀን።

Examples

"The deadline for the negotiation is Friday."

Contextual Usage

Consensus

/ኮንሰንሰስ/

የጋራ ስምምነት

A general agreement among a group of people.

በሰዎች ስብስብ መካከል ያለ አጠቃላይ ስምምነት።

Examples

"The team reached a consensus on the new idea."

Contextual Usage

Leverage

/ሌቨሬጅ/

ተሰሚነት / መጠቀሚያ

The power to influence a person or situation.

አንድን ሰው ወይም ሁኔታ የመነካካት ኃይል።

Examples

"Having another job offer gave him leverage."

Contextual Usage

Incentive

/ኢንሴንቲቭ/

ማበረታቻ

Something that motivates or encourages someone.

አንድን ሰው የሚያነሳሳ ወይም የሚያበረታታ ነገር።

Examples

"A bonus is a great incentive for hard work."

Contextual Usage

Perspective

/ፐርስፔክቲቭ/

አመለካከት

A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.

ለአንድ ነገር የሚሰጥ የተለየ አመለካከት ወይም አመለካከት።

Examples

"Try to see the situation from my perspective."

Contextual Usage

Reliable

/ሪላየብል/

ታማኝ / አስተማማኝ

Consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted.

በጥራት ወይም በአፈፃፀም ሁል ጊዜ ጥሩ፤ ሊታመን የሚችል።

Examples

"He is a reliable teammate."

Contextual Usage

Objective

/ኦብጀክቲቭ/

ግብ

A thing aimed at or sought; a goal.

የታለመ ወይም የሚፈለግ ነገር፤ ግብ።

Examples

"Our objective is to reduce costs by 5 percent."

Contextual Usage

Strategy

/ስትራተጂ/

ስልት

A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term aim.

የረጅም ጊዜ ግብ ላይ ለመድረስ የተነደፈ የድርጊት መርሃ ግብር።

Examples

"We need a new strategy to persuade the client."

Contextual Usage

Natural Dialogue

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Role A
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Role B
I understand your , but our is quite tight and we have a strict for financial reviews.
Role A
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Role B
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The Writing Challenge

Synthesize your vocabulary knowledge in context.

Adaptive Prompt
"Try to use the words 'Negotiate', 'Value', and 'Proposal' in a sentence about asking for a discount at a market."