Ventas y costes en inglés: Vocabulario

En el mundo de los negocios, una empresa gana y recibe dinero a través de las ventas que realiza en un determinado período de tiempo. En esta lección aprenderemos vocabulario relacionado con ventas y costes en inglés: vocabulario

Ventas y costes en inglés (Sales): términos y frases útiles en inglés 

Ventas (Sales) es el término utilizado para describir lo que vende el negocio y el dinero que recibe por ello. Aquí hay algunos términos y frases útiles:

Términos Traducción Significado
sales team equipo de ventas a team of salespersons responsible for reaching out to the customers to introduce and sell the product
sales meeting reunion de ventas a gathering in which products or services are being discussed and the benefits are outlined to the potential buyers
sales figures cifra de ventas the information or numbers showing how many products have been sold
turnover facturación the amount of money that the company gets from sales during a particular period of time
sales target objetivo de ventas a goal set for a salesperson or the sales department measured in revenue or units sold for a specific time
sales forecast previsión de ventas an estimate of the quantity of goods and services that will be sold and the estimated profit
sales growth crecimiento de ventas a metric that measures the ability of the sales team to increase revenue over a fixed period of time
sales volume volumen de ventas  the number of items sold
make a sale hacer una venta  to sell a product or a service
be on sale estar en venta to make the product or service available to buy
Sales Ventas the department in the company in charge of selling goods and services
a sale / the sales una rebaja / las rebajas a period when a lot of shops sells their goods at a lower price
refund reembolso money returned to the buyer because the item didn’t work, or it was bought by mistake
guarantee garantía a promise that something will do as described, or will be replaced, repaired in case the product doesn’t do as described
sales tax impuesto sobre ventas a small percentage added as a fee to the total price of the product, paid by the buyer

 

Costes (Costs)

La empresa gasta dinero en la producción de un producto o al introducir un nuevo servicio, y esto se llama coste (cost). Los costes serán un factor importante para determiner el precio del producto.

Costing es la actividad de calcular los costes, y la cantidad calculada se llama coste (costings).

Aquí hay algunos términos útiles sobre costes:

Términos Traducción Significado
direct costs costes directos the cost of materials and the workers involved in making a particular product or providing a particular service
fixed costs costes fijos costs such as wages, rent and interest that do not change even if the company has low production or sales
variable costs costes variables costs that change according to how much of a product is being produced or used
cost of goods sold coste de los bienes vendidos the amount of money that the company spends in order to make and sell products in a particular financial period, like wages and materials
indirect costs costes indirectos the cost of something that is not directly involved in making a particular product or providing a particular service
overhead cost /

overheads

gastos generales similar to indirect cost
expenses gastos an amount of money that the company spends in order to make or produce something

 

Márgenes y margen de beneficio (Margins and mark-ups)

Términos Traducción Significado
selling price precio de venta the price at which something is sold
direct production cost coste directo de producción similar to overhead costs
gross margin margen bruto a company’s profit from selling goods and services in a particular period; often shown as percentage of sales
total costs costes totales the total economic cost of a product including all costs
profit margin

mark-up

net margin

margen de beneficio

margen neto

the difference between the total cost of making less the price it is sold for

 

Selling price:                             $50,000                                Selling price:                      $50,000

less: direct costs                       – 35,000                               total costs:                          – 40,000

Gross margin:                            $15,000                               Net margin                          $10,000

 

Ejercicios de Ventas y costes en inglés

Une la columna A con la columna B.

A B
  1. a team of sales persons (j)
  1. the amount of money the company gets from sales
  1. sales figure (g)
  1. an estimate of the quantity of goods and services
  1. turnover (a)
  1. the amount of money that the company gets from sales during a particular period of time
  1. sales target (c)
  1. the number of items sold
  1. sales forecast (b)
  1. a period when lots of shops are selling products at a lower proice
  1. sales volume (d)
  1. a company department
  1. sales (f)
  1. number showing how many products are sold
  1. the sales (e)
  1. money returned to the buyer for defective products
  1. refund (h)
  1. money returned to the buyer since the item doesn’t work
  1. a sale (i.)
  1. sales team

 

Según la información proporcionada, responda las siguientes preguntas:

Selling price:                             $00,000                                 Selling price:                      $00,000

less: direct costs                       – 00,000                               total costs:                          – 00,000

Gross margin:                            $00,000                               net margin                          $00,000

Selling price $50,000
direct costs    35,000
total costs    40,000

 

  1. What is the gross margin? _______ ($15,000)
  2. What is the net margin? ________ ($10,000)
  3. What is the mark-up as percentage to total costs? _______ (25%)
  4. What is the profit margin as percentage of the selling price? _____ (20%)

 

Clasifica los siguientes costes en costes directos o indirectos.

labor

manufacturing supplies

amortization

quality control costs

materials

insurance

interest

property taxes

commissions

depreciation

salaries

utilities

 

Direct Indirect
labor insurance                      quality control costs
materials depreciation                 property taxes
commissions amortization                utilities
manufacturing supplies interest
  salaries

 

Ejercicio de Speaking de ventas y costes en inglés

  1. Have you worked in a company? If yes, what products or services had the highest sales?
  2. If not, think of a company you want to work with and the product and service which could have the highest sales.
  3. What do you think is the biggest cost in most production companies?
  4. Do the production costs directly affect the sales?
  5. Do higher productions costs mean quality products?
  6. If you had a company of your own, would you lower the costs and sacrifice quality? Why or why not?