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Chapter 8 Quotations

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

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Chapter 8 Quotations

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  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/entertain/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.

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