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Money that is owed and should already have been paid

ARREARS

Automated teller machine: a machine, usually in a wall outside a bank, shop, etc. from which you can take money out of your bank account using a special card

ATM

A situation in which a business or a person becomes bankrupt

BANKRUPTCY

Something on sale at a lower price than its true value

BARGAIN

An extra amount of money that is given to you as a present or reward for good work as well as the money you were expecting

BONUS

To (cause a cheque to) not be paid or accepted by a bank because there is no money in the account

BOUNCE

The activity of buying large quantities of a product, especially to get cheaper prices

BULK BUYING

A machine, usually in a wall outside a bank, from which you can take money out of your bank account using a special card

CASH MACHINE

The amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity or service

CHARGE

A payment to someone who sells goods that is directly related to the amount sold, or a system that uses such payments

COMMISSION

To take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it is returned to the owner

CONFISCATE

To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else

COVET

Someone who money is owed to

CREDITOR

The money that is used in a particular country at a particular time

CURRENCY

A bank account that you can take money from at any time and that usually earns little or no interest

CURRENT ACCOUNT

A tax paid on goods imported into a country

CUSTOMS TAX

Something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something

DEBT

Someone who owes money

DEBTOR

To persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage

DECEIVE

To take away an amount or part from a total

DEDUCT

To put something valuable, especially money, in a bank or safe

DEPOSIT

To feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think that that person or thing is bad or has no value

DESPISE

An arrangement for making payments, usually to an organization, in which your bank moves money from your account into the organization's account at regular times

DIRECT DEBIT

A reduction in the usual price

DISCOUNT

(a part of) the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it

DIVIDEND

The money that the government gives to people who are unemployed

DOLE

The total amount of money that a government or person spends

EXPENDITURE

The act of getting something, especially money, by force or threats

EXTORTION

To use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed

FALL BACK ON STH

The money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a bus or train

FARE

An amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service

FEE

Careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount

FRUGAL

The quality of being careful when using money or food

FRUGALITY

A situation in which people eat and drink more than they need to

GLUTTONY

Gross national product; the total value of all the goods and services produced by a country in a year including income from foreign investments, divided by the number of people living there

GNP per capita

The act of arguing about the price of something in an attempt to make the seller reduce it

HAGGLING

A sign or symbol used by manufacturers of products made from gold, silver, or platinum that shows that the metal is of good quality, as well as the date and place it was manufactured

HALLMARK

Having very little money

IMPECUNIOUS

A tax that you have to pay on your income, usually higher for people with larger incomes

INCOME TAX

A tax paid on money or property you have received from someone who has died

INHERITANCE TAX

One of a number of parts into which an amount of money that is owed has been divided. Payments are made regularly until the total amount has been paid back

INSTALMENT

Money that is charged by a bank for borrowing money or money that you earn from keeping your money in an account in a bank

INTEREST

Internal Revenue Service (= the part of the US Treasury Department that collects most taxes owed to the federal government, including income tax)

IRS

An amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing

LOAN

A test to see if a product or service is bought or liked by a small group of customers in a small area. If the market test succeeds, the product can be made available to more customers or if not, it can be changed and tested again

MARKET TEST

An agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house, or the amount of money itself

MORTGAGE

To take more money out of your bank account than the account contains

OVERDRAW

A way of behaving that is intended to deceive people

PRETENCE

The difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for

PROFIT MARGIN

Careful and avoiding risks

PRUDENT

Something such as a piece of paper or message proving that money, goods, or information have been received

RECEIPT

An amount of money that is given back to you, especially because you are not happy with a product or service that you have bought

REFUND

Something that is not worth what you pay for it

RIP-OFF

A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month

SALARY

A part of something that has been divided between several people

The degree to which people have money to buy products and services

SPENDING POWER

A record of the amounts of money paid into and taken out of your bank account during a particular period of time

STATEMENT

A person or company that buys and sells stocks and shares for other people

STOCKBROKER

A will that someone makes, saying what should be done with their money and property after they die

TESTAMENT

Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want

UNSCRUPULOUS

Value added tax (= a type of tax in European countries that is paid by the person who buys goods and services)

VAT

A particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a college education

WAGE

A large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has

WEALTH

Help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have enough money

WELFARE

Someone who buys and sells goods in large amounts to shops and businesses

WHOLESALER

An official statement of what a person has decided should be done with their money and property after their death

WILL

To take money out of an account

WITHDRAW

A young person who lives in a city, earns a lot of money, and spends it doing fashionable things and buying expensive possessions

YUPPIE

To emphasize a particular feature of something or to make something more noticeable

ACCENTUATE

The act or process of accepting someone as a patient at a hospital or as a student at a school, college, etc.

ADMISSION

Relating to behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly, often despite a difficult situation

AMICABLE

Someone who has agreed to work for a skilled person for a particular period of time and often for low payment, in order to learn that person's skills

APPRENTICE

A test to find out if someone has a natural ability for a particular type of work

APTITUDE TEST

A line of machines and workers in a factory that a product moves along while it is being built or produced. Each machine or worker performs a particular job that must be finished before the product moves to the next position in the line

ASSEMBLY LINE

To prevent something bad from happening

AVERT

A piece of ground used for growing plants outside

BED

The tower of a church where bells are hung

BELFRY

An employee who continues to work during a strike

BLACKLEG

A mark on something that spoils its appearance

BLEMISH

Relating to people who do physical work rather than mental work, and who usually do not work in an office

BLUE-COLLAR

A man

CHAP

Treating someone as if you are more important or more intelligent than them

CONDESCENDING

A group of people who have come together in a religious building for worship and prayer

CONGREGATION

A person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization

COUNTERPART

To announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially

DECLARE

To lower someone or something in rank or position

DEMOTE

To move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and to write or talk about something else

DIGRESS

Careful and using a lot of effort

DILIGENT

To allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a law court

DISCHARGE

An argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border

DISPUTE

Not using a lot of fuel, money, etc.

ECONOMICAL

To send something in the same envelope or parcel as something else

ENCLOSE

To imagine or expect something to happen, appear, etc. in a particular way

ENVISION

A person who is sent or kept away from their own country, etc.

EXILE

To produce from the inside and spread out slowly

EXUDE

A strong ability, something that a person can do well

FORTE

Something that you get for working, in addition to your pay, that is not in the form of money

FRINGE BENEFIT

Someone who is very energetic, determined to be successful, and able to deal with new or difficult situations easily

GO-GETTER

An amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose

GRANT

A large, round stone that is turned by a machine and is used to make tools sharper or sharp edges smooth

GRINDSTONE

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