vocab test 2 (45, 46)

Question 1

sustainable development

Answer 1

development that can contunie for s long time (w/o harm)

Question 2

encouraging signs

Question 3

take root

Answer 3

start to be accepted

Question 4

achieve economic growth

Question 5

recover from a long decline

Question 6

abject poverty

Answer 6

deep poverty

Question 7

determined efforts

Question 8

allocating founds

Answer 8

money given to be used for a particular purpose

Question 9

development grants

Answer 9

money given to help development

Question 10

pursuing policies

Answer 10

following policies

Question 11

eradicate poverty

Answer 11

completely get rid of poverty
(eradicate = get rid of sg bad)

Question 12

improve access to

Question 13

repay

Question 14

debt burden

Question 15

ease the debt

Question 16

cancell debt

Question 17

debtor

Answer 17

~a country owing money to another

Question 18

incur debt

Answer 18

adósságot felhalmaz

Question 19

alleviate debt

Answer 19

debt relief

Question 20

free trade agreement

Question 21

restrictive practice

Answer 21

placing of unfair restrictions

Question 22

trade war

Question 23

sanction

Answer 23

restrictions on what a country may import/export

Question 24

embargo

Answer 24

total prohibition on importing / exporting certain goods

Question 25

impose

Question 26

lift

Question 27

monetary union

Question 28

single currency

Answer 28

having the same currency w/ another country

Question 29

war-torn

Question 30

ailing

Question 31

devaluation

Question 32

revaluation

Question 33

go into recession

Question 34

come out of / emerge from recession

Question 35

double-dip

Answer 35

recession which ends & then begins again after a short time

Question 36

slump in prices

Answer 36

serious fall / collapse in prices

Question 37

lower taxes

Question 38

boost the economy

Answer 38

give the economy a lift

Question 39

to be broke /skint

Answer 39

to have no money left

Question 40

rolling in it

Answer 40

have a lot of money

Question 41

make ends meet

Answer 41

survive financially

Question 42

things are a bit thight

Answer 42

finances are not good

Question 43

strapped for cash

Answer 43

need cash & have very little of it

Question 44

to bounce

Answer 44

when the back refuses to pay

Question 45

make out to sy / make payable to sy

Answer 45

put sy's name on it (a cheque)

Question 46

direct debit

Answer 46

regular automatic payment (~monthly)

Question 47

electronic transfer

Answer 47

movement of money online, between 2 bank accounts

Question 48

put on/stick on (informal)

Answer 48

charge to (formal)

Question 49

APR

Answer 49

annual parcentage rate of interest

Question 50

expire in *expiry date*

Answer 50

valid until then

Question 51

credit card fraud

Answer 51

illegal use of sy's card/account

Question 52

debit card

Answer 52

card where the money is taken directly from your back account

Question 53

store card

Answer 53

credit card issued by a store for that particular store

Question 54

get money out

Answer 54

withdraw money; take money from one's account

Question 55

PIN

Answer 55

personal identification number

Question 56

ATM

Answer 56

automated teller machine; also called cash machine of cashpoint

Question 57

contactless card/payment

Question 58

lump sum

Answer 58

single, large payment

Question 59

golden handshake

Answer 59

végkielégítés; large payment to sy when leaving a job

Question 60

share portfolios

Answer 60

combination of investments of different kinds

Question 61

stock market

Answer 61

organization which controls the buying&selling of parts of the ownership of companies

Question 62

stocks & shares

Answer 62

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

Question 63

life savings

Answer 63

money saved over many years

Question 64

will

Answer 64

official statement of what a person has decided should be done to their money & property after their death

Question 65

cover

Answer 65

there is enough money to pay for sg

Question 66

borrow

Answer 66

borrow money ~from a bank (can be used w/o a subject)

Question 67

bonus