Cross-Cultural Business Negotiation Skills and Success Strategies

noun

1. a gown for evening wear

Synonym: dinner dressdinner gownevening gown

2. a lavish dance requiring formal attire

Synonym: ball

adj

1. gained or earned without cheating or stealing

e.g. an honest wage
an fair penny

Synonym: fair

2. not forged

e.g. a good dollar bill

Synonym: good

3. not disposed to cheat or defraud
not deceptive or fraudulent

e.g. honest lawyers
honest reporting

Synonym: honorable

4. marked by truth

e.g. gave honest answers
honest reporting

5. without pretensions

e.g. worked at an honest trade
good honest food

6. without dissimulation
frank

e.g. my honest opinion

7. worthy of being depended on

e.g. a dependable worker
an honest working stiff
a reliable sourcSFLe of information
he was true to his word
I would be true for there are those who trust me

Synonym: dependablereliabletrue(p)

verb

1. stick to correctly or closely

e.g. The pianist kept time with the metronome
keep count
I cannot keep track of all my employees

Synonym: keepmaintain

2. make mention of

e.g. She observed that his presentation took up too much time
They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing

Synonym: notementionremark

3. observe with care or pay close attention to

e.g. Take note of this chemical reaction

Synonym: notetake note

4. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

e.g. She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
We found traces of lead in the paint

Synonym: detectfinddiscovernotice

5. watch attentively

e.g. Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals

6. follow with the eyes or the mind

e.g. Keep an eye on the baby, please!
The world is watching Sarajevo
She followed the men with the binoculars

Synonym: watchfollowwatch overkeep an eye on

7. show respect towards

e.g. honor your parents!

Synonym: respecthonorhonourabide by

8. behave as expected during of holidays or rites

e.g. Keep the commandments
celebrate Christmas
Observe Yom Kippur

Synonym: celebratekeep

9. conform one's action or practice to

e.g. keep appointments
she never keeps her promises
We kept to the original conditions of the contract

Synonym: keep

noun

1. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

e.g. the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
his treatment of the race question is badly biased

Synonym: treatmentdiscourse

2. an exchange of views on some topic

e.g. we had a good discussion
we had a word or two about it

Synonym: give-and-takeword