This guide consists of some 50,000 headwords in both German and English, including 4,000 abbreviations. Terms are drawn from the whole range of business, finance and banking terminology. Compiled by an international team of subject terminologists, over 45 subject areas are covered including in-depth treatment of the more established subject areas such as: accountancy; business administration; banking; computing; correspondence; economics; environment; finance; general commerce; human resource management; import/export; insurance; industry; law; patents; leisure; mathematics; media; management; politics; property; sales and marketing; statistics; stock market; taxation; tourism; transport; welfare and safety. In addition there is coverage of rapidly developing subject areas (such as international banking and trade, financial services and communications) and an up-to-date list of countries (including organizations, capitals, currencies, languages and inhabitants) and weights and measurements.