Lesson 45 Flashcards

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Be rolling in it

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Have a lot of money

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Be broken

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Had no money left

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Make ends meet

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To survive financially

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Things are a bit tight

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My finances are not good

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Be strapped for cash

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Needed cash and had very little

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Bounced

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The bank refused to pay it

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Make out to / payable to

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What name shall I put on it

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Direct debit

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A regular automatic payment, e.g. every month

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Electronic transfer

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Movement of money online between two bank accounts

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APR

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Annual percentage rate of interest

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Expires in/on

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Is not valid after

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Credit card fraud

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Illegal use of someone’s card or account

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Debit card

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Card where the money is taken directly from your bank account

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Store card

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Credit card issued by a store/shop for that store

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Withdraw / get some money out

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Take money from my account

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PIN

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Personal identification number

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ATM

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Automated teller machine, often just called a ‘cash machine’ or ‘cashpoint’

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Lump sum

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Single, large payment

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Golden handshake

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Large payment to someone on leaving a job

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Share portfolios

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Combination of investments of different kinds

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Stock market

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Organization which controls the buying or selling of parts of the ownership of companies

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Stocks and shares

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Parts of the ownership of companies which people buy as investments in the hope of making a profit

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Life savings

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Money saved over many years

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Will

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

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Cover

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Be enough money to pay for it