1. Chapter 8 Quotations quote v. Quotation n. Quote vt. Would you please quote us your lowest price CIF London for 5,000 pieces of Men ’ s Shirts? This is the price we can quote you. Their prices are always quoted in U.S. dollars When we know your specific requirements,we shall quote you as soon as possible. All prices for the sale of the products shall be quoted in the currency of (country) FOB(port).

2. Quote vi. We quote for Black Tea at US$40 per kg.n For this commodity,we usually quote on CIF basis Quote n. Their quote is the lowest of three. We will send you quotes and samples. Quotation n. We trust that you have received our Quotation No.123 on/for Sewing Machines. Send sb. a quotation for sth

3. Offer vt. We offer you 1,000 dozen Men ’ s Shirts at US$ 55 per dozen,net, CIF Rotterdam, shipment June, terms of payment by an irrevocable L/C. We offer you firm for 1,000 metric tons of fertilizer. We offer you firm for 2,000 color TV sets at US$ 210 per set on the usual terms. Offer vi. We offer firm for 5 days. We offer as follows.

4. Offer n. We are making you a firm offer on CIF 2% New York basis subject to your reply reaching us before 25 July. This offer is firm/valid/good/open for three days. Accept/cancel/withdraw/decline/ente rtain/extend / an offer

5. Common Business Abbreviations & Co.---and company @---at (a price of) A/c--- account ASAP — as soon as possible C.C----carbon copy C/O--- care of CEO – chief executive officer Corp.---corporation Dept---department

6. e.g. — for example EA.--- each Inc.---incorporated Ltd. — limited N/A — not applicable PC---personal computer POB — post office box P.S. — postscript Rd — road St — street/saint

7. TM — trade mark Ref. — reference (number) Sq. — square Less prep.---minus Purchase price less 5% discount. About $5,000, less taxes.

8. Goods, commodity, article,item,line, merchandise Twenty pieces of the goods were stolen at the port of discharge. Your ordered goods will be shipped on SS.Peace sailing next week. Consumer goods/subject(or:captioned)goods Canned goods/cotton piece goods/electric goods/ leather goods/printed goods/

9. commodity Labor is bought and sold like any other commodity. There are a great variety of commodities in the market now. Wine is one of many commodities that France sells abroad. The Chinese Export Commodities Fair

10. Article (No.)E-331 Art. E-331/Item No. 5 This is a new line of /in ready made suits. We now supply a full line of electrical and electronic products. Please let us know in which lines/commodities/articles/items you are interested at present The merchandise is being strictly examined.

11. Offer; quote Firm offer/non-firm offer We offer firm (for) 3 days. This offer is subject to our final confirmation. Offer sb. sth.at a price We are offering you 12,600 yards of Art. No. 81000 Printed Shirting at US$ … per yard CIFC 2% Vancouver for shipment in June/July. At present,we cannot offer you more than 3,000 dozen.

12. Quote sb. a price for sth. We quote you our price for the following items. The prices quoted in our letter of Feb.17 are competitive. 1.Offer=bid offer (sb.) a price for sth. We offer (you) DM 1,000 per MT for this chemical 2. Offer (sb) sth for a price

13. We offer(you) this chemical for DM 1,000 per metric ton. 3. To offer advice/help/discount/apology. 4.offer, vi. When opportunity offers, … Quote, the number and the date of the Credit and the name of our bank must be quoted on all drafts required. Offer, n. Make/give/submit/ sb. An offer for/on sth. We now make you a firm offer for/on 20 MTs of Brown Cashmere.

14. We regret to say that your offer of peanuts is on the high side. 2. Offer=bid We have several good offer for our new products. 3. Accept sb. ’ s offer of help Quotation Make/give/submit sb. A quotation for sth Please send us your lowest quotation for Art.No.44. Quotation sheet

15. Do Practice 5.