Developing Skills for English Communication 1
Unit 9: Your Money
Vocabulary
Terms |
Definitions |
| account |
noun: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered (Example: "Send me an account of what I owe") |
| approve |
verb: give sanction to (Example: "I approve of his educational policies") |
| bounce |
verb: move up and down repeatedly |
| charge | verb: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to (Example: "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend") |
| debt | noun: money or goods or services owed by one person to another |
| deduct | verb: reason by deduction; establish by deduction |
| deposit | noun: money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use (Example: "His deposit was refunded when he returned the car") |
| fee | noun: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services |
| financial | adjective: involving financial matters |
| interest | noun: a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something (Example: "An interest in music") |
| loan | noun: the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) |
| mortgage | noun: a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment
of a loan verb: put up as security or collateral |
| penalty | noun: the act of punishing |
| raise | verb: move upwards |
| satisfaction | noun: act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite (Example: "The satisfaction of their demand for better services") |
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