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Vacancy: Posto di lavoro disponibile.
An unfilled job in a factory, office, etc.

Value added: Valore aggiunto.
The amount added to sales value through production. It's considered good for an economy to produce lots of value-added goods, which adds jobs, rather than shipping raw materials elsewhere to be processed. Smoked salmon is a value-added product because it's processed and more expensive than regular salmon.

Value-added tax: Imposta sul valore aggiunto (IVA).
A tax on the difference between the purchase cost and the selling cost, mostly due to labor required to change the form or function of a product plus profit.

Variable-rate loan: Prestito a tasso variabile.
A loan with an interest rate that changes, tracking market conditions.

Vendor: Venditore, fornitore.
A supplier of goods or services of a commercial nature; a seller of merchandise. Also a retailer; especially a retailer without an established place of business, such as a sidewalk vendor.

Veto: Veto.
The power to cancel or make void legislation. The president of the U.S. has a veto power over legislation that Congress passes to him for signing.

Vicarious liability: Responsabilità indiretta.
When a person is held legally responsible for actions of another even though that person has not done anything wrong. For example, employers are sometimes held vicariously liable for damages caused by their employees.

Videoconferencing: Videoconferenza.
Remote communication in which two-way video images are transmitted with audio. Although this can be accomplished with video cameras on special telephone connections, it is now possible to become much more sophisticated with videoconferencing using computers.

Vineyard: Vigna, vigneto.
A piece of land planted with vines for wine production. walk-in banking facilities.

Virtual bank: Banca virtuale.
A bank that serves consumers over the Internet and through automated teller machines without establishing branch banks or any

Virtual bank branch: Agenzia bancaria virtuale.
A three dimensional representation on the Internet of a bank branch office which allows customers to obtain information and conduct many of the transactions possible at an actual branch bank. The Electronic Courtyard is an implementation of a virtual bank branch by Visa International and Worlds Inc.

Virtual dialup: Accesso virtuale alla rete.
Dialup access to the Internet that supports the use of unregistered IP addresses and the use of multiple protocols. It allows users of many different protocols to share common network access facilities such as modems, and ISDN routers.

Virus: A hardware/software infection designed intentionally to corrupt a computer, computer files, and/or networks.

Visual aids: Sussidi visivi.
Visual aids help to make a presentation more lively. They can also present information that would be difficult to follow through speech alone. The two most common forms of visual aid are overhead transparencies (OHTs) and computer slide shows (e.g. PowerPoint).

(To) Voice: Dar voce, esprimere. Pronunciare una consonante sonora.
To express in words, especially forcefully; to produce a sound, especially a consonant with the movement of the vocal cords.

Volume: Volume d'affari.
Amount of business done.

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