Personal Finance

Question 1

Broke/skint

Answer 1

Have no money

I was broke/skint at the end of last month.

Broke-> informal
Skint-> very informal

Question 2

Im rolling in it this month. I got a 3000$ cheque

Answer 2

Have a lot of money (informal)

Question 3

Make ends meet

Answer 3

Earn just enough money to live on.

To survive financially.

Question 4

Things are a bit tight

Answer 4

My finances are not good (Informal)

Question 5

Strapped for cash

Answer 5

Needed cash and had very littel ( informal)

Question 6

Bounce(v)

Answer 6

1 to (cause to) spring or jump back from a solid surface.
جهیدن؛ ورجه وورجه کردن
2 (of a cheque) to be sent back unpaid, because of lack of money in a bank account.
برگشت خوردن

Question 7

Make out to

Answer 7

Who shall I make this cheque out to?

What name shall I put in it?

Question 8

Put/stick this meal on my credit card(informal)

Answer 8

Charge it to my credit card(formal)

Question 9

APR

Answer 9

Annual percentage rate of interest

Question 10

My card expires 99/06

Answer 10

Is not valid after

Question 11

Credit card fraud

Answer 11

illegal use of someone’s acount or card

Question 12

Charge card

Answer 12

Card where you must pay back the whole debt each month.

Question 13

Store card

Answer 13

Credit card that issued by a store/shop for that store.

Question 14

Pension (n)

Answer 14

a sum of money paid regularly to a widow, a person who has retired from work, a soldier who has been seriously injured in a war etc : He lives on his pension; a retirement pension.
حقوق بازنشستگی؛ مقرری

Question 15

Lump sum (n)

Answer 15

Single large payment

Question 16

Golden handshake

Answer 16

Large payment to someone on leaving a job.

Question 17

Endowment(n)

Answer 17

Combined insurance and savings plan that pays out after a fix period.

Question 18

Life-savings

Answer 18

Money saved over many years

Question 19

Share portfolio

Answer 19

Combination of share and stocks of different kind

Question 20

Portfolio(n)

Answer 20

1. A case for carring papers, drawing, ets

2. The post or job of government minister

Question 21

Share portfolio

Answer 21

Combination of share and stocks of different kind

Question 22

Loan shark (n)

Answer 22

A person who lends money at extremely interest rate to person in financial dificulty.