MONEY

File 5B –Vocabulary Bank

 Categories

nouns

money in today’s society

adjectives

Slang Words
 Money in Today’s Slang words
Nouns Society Adjectives
• a consumer society
budget • standard of living
grant income/ inflation/
rich / wealthy
loan
fee
•
cost of living
can’t afford affluent Grand
• manage their
fare
savings
accounts /balance
/make transfers/
well-off
loaded
Bucks
donation
fine •
make payments
interest rates
poor Spot
penniless
Ks
• in debt/ mortgage
installment • shares of stock/ stock hard up
deposit market
will • currency/ exchange
broke
lump sum • rates
• went bankrupt/ the
recession
 Nouns
budget grant loan fee

fare savings donation fine

installment deposit will lump sum

budget
money
available
grant
money you receive
usually to be used
for academic
purposes
loan
money you
take from the
bank
fees
money paid
for
professional
services
fare
money you pay –
transportation
savings
money you’ve
kept
donation
something that is given
to a charity, especially a
sum of money
fine
punishment
money
installment

one of a number of
regular payments
deposit
first part of a
large
payment
will
a document stating
who receives your
money or properties
lump
sum
a unique
payment
charge
money asked
for sth
overdraft
spending more
money than you
have in the bank
 Nouns

budget grant loan fee

fare savings donation fine

installment deposit will lump sum

Money in Today’s Society
a consumer society
standard of living
income/ inflation/ cost of living
can’t afford
manage (their) accounts /balance /make transfers/ make payments
interest rates
in debt/ mortgage
shares of stock/ stock market
currency/ exchange rates
go bankrupt/ the recession
a consumer
society
people
spending
money
standard of
living
degree of
material
comfort
Income
money
earned from
work; money
received on a
regular basis
Inflation
prices increase
and fall in the
value of money
cost
of living
the level of
prices relating
to a range of
everyday
items
can’t
afford
Not to have
enough
money
Manage:
•(sb’s) accounts
•balance
•make transfers
•make
payments
interest
rates
the amount
you are
charged for
borrowing
money
in debt

money you
owe
Mortgages

money lent
to buy a
house
through an
agreement
shares of
stock
ownership,
parts of a
company
stock
market
buying and
selling
shares
market
/Wallstreet/
Currency
money
used by a
country
exchange
rates
value of
currency
go
bankrupt
unable to
pay one’s
debt
the
recession

a period of
economic
decline
Money in Today’s Society
a consumer society
standard of living
income/ inflation/ cost of living
can’t afford
manage (their) accounts /balance /make transfers/ make payments
interest rates
in debt/ mortgage
shares of stock/ stock market
currency/ exchange rates
go bankrupt/ the recession
 rich / wealthy
affluent
well-off
loaded
Adjectives poor
penniless
hard up
broke
 adjectives related to money

RICH
rich, affluent, loaded, wealthy, well-off
POOR
poor, broke, hard up, penniless
 Rich: a lot of money

Affluent: a lot of money and

good standard of living
Loaded: very rich
RICH
Wealthy: lot of money and
possessions
well-off: a lot of money
 Poor: having little money

Broke: having no money

POOR hard up: having little money

for a short period of time

Penniless: no money, vey

poor
 Grand
Slang Bucks
words Spot
Ks
Slang words

Grand: thousand

Bucks: dollars

Spot: dollars

Ks: thousands
 Money in Today’s Slang words
Nouns Society Adjectives
Bucks…
• a consumer society
budget • standard of living
grant income/ inflation/
Buck is the informal term for rich
a dollar.
/ wealthy
loan
fee
cost of living
can’t afford
• affluent Grand
manage their
•
A "clam" is one dollar
fare
savings
well-off
accounts /balance
/make transfers/loaded
Bucks
A "sawbuck"• or a "ten spot" ispoor
donation
fine
make payments
interest rates
a ten-dollar bill. Spot
penniless
Ks
in debt/ mortgage
•
installment
A "big one" and a "grand" hard1000
mean
shares of stock/ stock
• up dollars.
deposit market
will broke
currency/ exchange
•
Alsosum
lump 10 "large" would mean ten thousand dollars.
rates
•
• went bankrupt/ the
recession