Argent et Finance Flashcards

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1
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une devise

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a currency

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un cout

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a (high or low) cost

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un prix

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a (high or low) rice

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cher / bon marché

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expensive, costly / cheap, inexpensive

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gratuit

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free-of-charge

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une somme important

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a larg sum of money / vast amounts of money

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détourner de l’argent

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to embezzle money

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être radin

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to be stingy / mean / cheap / tightfisted

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généreux

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generous / profligate

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dépensier

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spendthrift

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gagner de l’argent / un salaire

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to make money / to earn a salary / wages

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gagner de l’argent au jeu

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to win money

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13
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parier sur des jeux de hasard

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to gamble

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14
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faire des gros profits

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to make huge, considerable profits

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emprunter

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to borrow money from a bank / to ask for a bank loan / to take out a loan from a bank

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rembourser sa dette

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to pay back / off one’s debt

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17
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économiser

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to save money

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18
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économies

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savings

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investir

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to invest money in sth / an investment / an investor

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vivre avec 1 dollar par jour

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to live on 1$ a day

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21
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frais professionnels

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expenses

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22
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dépense publique

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public spending

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joindre les 2 bouts

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to make ends meet

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gagner sa vie

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to earn one’s living / make one’s living

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se débrouiller seul financièrement

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to fend for oneself

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avoir les moyens d’acheter qqch

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can afford sth

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subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

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to support one’s family

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payer qqch

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to pay FOR

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être à court d’argent

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to be short of cash / cash-strapped

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être aisé

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to be well-off

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être plein aux as

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to be flush with money

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être très riche

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to be filthy rich

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être fauché

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to be broke

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avoir le salaire minimum

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to be on minimum wage

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vivre grâce aux crédits / allocations

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to live on credit / benefits

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avoir un salaire confortable

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to have a comfortable incope

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payer des impôts sur le revenu

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to pay income tax

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une incitation fiscale

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a tax incentive

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être actionnaire de

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to have shares in / a shareholder

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une agence de notation

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credit rating agency

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le taux de change

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the exchange rate

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une banque centrale

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a central bank

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un taux d’intérêts

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an interest rate

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faire payer qqun

A

to charge sb for sth

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honoraires

A

fees

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tarif des transports

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fare

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une arnaque (trop cher)

A

a rip-off

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une affaire

A

a bargain

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en avoir pour son argent

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to have value for one’s money / to have bang for buck (familier

50
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ça vaut 1000$

A

it is worth 1000$

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un dollar (familier)

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a buck

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une pièce de 10 / 25 cents aux USA

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a dime / a quarter

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mille dollars

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a grand (two hundred grand par ex)

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une banque d’affaire

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a Merchant bank

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une banque d’investissement

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an investment bank

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une banque de dépot

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a deposit / retail / depository bank

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un fonds spéculatif

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a hedge fund (hedge = une haie)

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prêter / accorder un prêt

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to lend money / to grant loans

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remboursement d’un prêt immobilier

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a mortgage payment

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ne pas payer sa dette

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to default on one’s debt

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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un taux de change

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an exchange rate

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action

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stock (a share of stock)

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la bourse

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a Stock exchange

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une entreprise côtée en bourse

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a publicly-traded / publicly-listed company

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un dividende

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dividend

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un courtier

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a broker / a trader