Money Vocabulary

MONEY
NOUNS
-note (GB) = bill (US)
-coin
-token = piece of metal used to pay when travelling by train or underground.
-quid = a pound
-buck = a dollar
-fiver = a £5 note
-tenner = a £10 note
-cheque (GB) = check (US)
-currency = money used in a country
-fund = sum of money saved
-funds = financial resources
-finance (noun) = management of money
-shares = acciones
-bonds = bonos-assets = what you achieve and possess
-draft = giro
-overdraft = giro en descubierto
-postal order = giro postal
-money order = orden de pago
-a deposit
-balance = money in your account
-bank statement = resumen bancario
-bank charges = what the bank charges for their service
-interest rate
-exchange rate
-inflation
-deflation
-a loan
overdue vencido
-a debt
-expenseaccount = viáticos
-an investment
-a pawnbroker
-mortgage = hipoteca income
-expenditure
-budget = presupuesto
-IOU / Note of Hand = given when a person doesn't have sufficient cash to meet a bill. Literally: 'I owe you'. salary = remuneration (money) paid monthly to professional
-wages = the weekly payment to manual workers
-income = money from all sources
-finance = matters concerningmoney
-pension = money paid to the retired.
-maintenance = the money paid to support children and ex-wives
-allowance = money paid by fathers to teenage children to allow them to buy things for themselves
-rebate = a form of refund, often associated with tax adjustments
-budget = a formal projection of income and spending
-aid = financial assistance to less fortunate countries
-fees = howself-employed / free-lance professionals receive their money. Salaries are fixed, whereas fees in a month can vary hugely.
-instalment (UK)= a small monthly payment to reduce a larger debt
-gift = money given freely as a favour to another person
-donation = freely given money to a charity or political party
-financial statement = a formal document showing a company's fiscal situation-shares (UK) / stocks (US) = issued by a company, and sold on the stock market, to raise cash
-voucher = any form of pre-paid 'ticket' that allows you to buy something
-bonds = issued by a company to raise cash. The bond is redeemable after a fixed period at a fixed rate of interest.
-gilts (UK)= government bonds





|Bankrupt-broke- Bust(broke)- flat broke cash-poor - cleaned out-cleaned out- destitute/ˈdes.tɪ.tjuːt/- Impecunious |
|/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/- impoverished /ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃt/- indigent insolvent – needy- out of pocket- |
|Penniless- poor- ruined skint borasic - |


ADJECTIVES




| |affluent, bloated, comfortable, filthy rich, flush,gilded, in clover, in the money, independent, loaded, made of money, |
| |moneyed, opulent, plush, propertied, prosperous, upscale, uptown, wealthy, well provided for, well-heeled, well-off, |
| |well-to-do, worth a million -rich |


IDIOMS
|Tighten your belt.|If you need to tighten your belt, you must spend your money carefully. |
| |"Another bill? I'll have to tighten my belt this month!" |
|On the breadline |People who live on the breadline have a very low income or barely|
| |enough money to survive. |
| |"Due to the recent crisis, there are more people on the breadline than |
| |ever before."...