Based on the study of the structural and semantic links between economic terms as a system-structural formation in reflection with the maximum objectivity of the level of human knowledge in the field of economics this article considers the structural-semantic cohesion of English-language economic terms that is characterized by the transparency peculiarity of internal form of a term, its motivation (lexical, structural) that allows one to get an idea of the extra-language content reflected in the term when used in the economic discourse. In addition, the analysis of some lexical borrowings connected with conversion as a way of formation of new words in economic English language is also presented.