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=== Corporate jargon === The use of jargon in the business world is a common occurrence. The use of jargon in business correspondence reached a high popularity between the late 1800s into the 1950s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Locker |first=Kitty O. |date=January 1987 |title="As Per Your Request": A History of Business Jargon |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/105065198700100104 |journal=Iowa State Journal of Business and Technical Communication |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=27β47 |doi=10.1177/105065198700100104 |s2cid=61058775 |issn=0892-5720}}</ref> In this context, jargon is most frequently used in modes of communication such as emails, reports, and other forms of documentation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haymes |first=Richard D. |date=Summer 1995 |title=CORPORATE LINGO: A New Meeting |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9507072987&site=ehost-live&scope=site |journal=ETC: A Review of General Semantics |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=222β227}}</ref> Common phrases used in corporate jargon include: * [[Common stock|Common share]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Glossary for Business Jargon |url=https://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/glossary.htm |first1=Michael C |last1=Volker |date=Jan 15, 2009 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Simon Fraser University }}</ref> * [[Dividend]]<ref name=":2" /> * [[Performance indicator|KPI (Key Performance Indicator)]] * Pursuant * [[Return on investment|ROI (Return on Investment)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of ROI |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ROI |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Merriam-Webster |language=en}}</ref> * [[SWOT analysis|SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Taghavifard |first1=Mohammad Taghi |last2=Amoozad Mahdiraji |first2=Hannan |last3=Alibakhshi |first3=Amir Massoud |last4=Zavadskas |first4=Edmundas Kazimieras |last5=Bausys |first5=Romualdas |date=March 2018 |title=An Extension of Fuzzy SWOT Analysis: An Application to Information Technology |journal=Information |language=en |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=46 |doi=10.3390/info9030046 |issn=2078-2489 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * Undersigned
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