Writing Business Letters - English For Special Purposes Core Vocabulary.doc

to

act on behalf of

on arrival of the goods

to

agree with

on behalf of

always at your service

on condition that - provided that

as agreed

on delivery

as far as I'm concerned

on receipt of the order

as far as the payment is concerned

on short notice

as follows

on written request

as per invoice

order to be confirmed

as per to the conditions

our best attention

as per your request

our offer is still open

as requested

outside address

as soon as possible

to

pay the maximum attention to the matter

at your convenience

payable in advance

at your earliest convenience

please allow us

at your expense

please send us

awaiting your reply

please send us your instructions

to

be able to

prices are increasing

to

be authorised to

to

reach the destination

to

be characterised by

to

refer to

to

be confident in

to

return a letter to the sender

to

be delighted to

to

sell at the best

to

be held responsible for

to

send under separate cover

to

be in arrears with payments

sender address

to

be in difficulty

short term

to

be interested in

similar to sample - up to sample

to

be late

to

stop negotiations

to

be overrun with orders

to

submit a sample

to

be prepared to - to be willing to

to

suit the quality - to meet the quality

before the date we agreed upon

to

take into consideration

Best regards

the aim of this letter

body of the letter

the following items

circular letter

the goods are available in our warehouse

claim - letter of complaint

the goods are not similar to sample

to

come to a decision

the goods are sold out

to

come to an agreement - to reach an agreement

the goods arrived in good conditions

complimentary close

the letter remained unanswered

to

cope with the competition

the matter in reference

to

correspond to the sample

the meeting was cancelled

to

correspond with

to our mutual benefit

covering letter

to the kind attention of

due to oversight

under separate cover

enclosure - attachment

up to an amount of

to

fix an appointment

utmost care

following your instructions

we acknowledge receipt of

from order receipt

we apologise again for

further to our letter - following our letter

we apologise for

goods listed below

we apologise for the delay

greeting

we apologise for the mistake

half-price

we are sorry to have to

to

have the pleasure to

we are sorry to inform you

to

have the power to

we have received

hereby

we hope we'll receive the goods soon

in case of need

we look forward to your kind reply

in compliance with - accordingly

we must apologise for

in due time - in due course

we remain - our kindest regards

in good condition

we sent you

in our favour

we thank you in advance

in partial payment

we wish to inform you that

in reply to your letter

we would appreciate it if you could answer

in the absence of

we would appreciate your reply

to

inform in due time

with no obligation - without commitment

inside address

with reference to - in reference to

to

let someone know in advance

with the compliments of

letter opening - beginning of the letter

with the utmost care

letterheading - heading

with two weeks' notice

to

look forward to

within the end of the month

looking forward to an early reply

within which

looking forward to hearing from you

without delay

to

make the goods available

without notice

to

meet a demand

would you please let us have

to

meet customer's requirements