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Specialised jargons
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| žàrgōn | jargon, the speech of a trade or group (youth slang is sleng) |
| terminològija | terminology |
| dijagnóza | diagnosis |
| anamnéza | the patient's medical history as taken by the doctor |
| sìmptōm | symptom |
| tùžilac | 1) claimant, plaintiff — the party that filed the claim in a civil case; 2) prosecutor — in a criminal case, in full javni tužilac (the office is tužilaštvo). One word, two different participants: the type of proceedings decides which |
| sȃldo | the balance on an account (accounting; indeclinable) |
| knjížēnje | posting an entry in the books (accounting; cf. uknjižba in the land register) |
| dugòvānje | a payable, what we owe (accounting; neuter) |
| potražívānje | a receivable, what is owed to us (the counterpart of dugovanje) |
| rȍk | a deadline, a term (not fate — that is sudbina) |
| tèrēn | pitch, court |
| gràdilīšte | a building site (neuter) |
| izvòđāč | a contractor; also a performer of a work |
| nádzor | supervision, oversight of works |
| projèktant | a designer of building plans (not a project manager) |
| tìrāž | circulation |
| korektúra | proofreading for typos (editing for language is lektura) |
| lektúra | language editing to the standard (the editor is a lektor) |
| prélom | fracture, broken bone |
| rȕkopīs | a manuscript; also handwriting |
| màrža | a margin, a mark-up (trade) |
| nàbāvka | procurement (javna nabavka — public procurement) |
| vȅleprodaja | wholesale |
| malopròdaja | retail |
| zȃliha | stock, inventory (usually plural zalihe) |
| ràbat | a trade discount from a supplier (a customer discount is popust) |
| špedícija | freight forwarding, a forwarding agency |
| cárinjēnje | customs clearance (neuter) |
| òtpremnica | a delivery note (not to be confused with otpremnina, severance pay) |
| ȕdārnā vȇst | the lead story (journalism) |
| kolùmna | an opinion column (the writer is a kolumnista) |
| šȁnk | bar counter |
| smȅna | shift (prva, druga, noćna smena); also a changeover, a replacement |
| nȏrma | a norm (social or linguistic) |
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