Shopping and money matters

Question 1

money that is valuable and can be exchanged easily because it comes from a powerful country

Answer 1

hard currency

Question 2

an index (= a system for comparing values) of the prices of shares in the 30 most important companies on the New York Stock Exchange

Answer 2

Dow Jones

Question 3

A _______ object has such a high value, especially because it is rare, that the price of it cannot be calculated

Answer 3

priceless

Question 4

not worth any money

Answer 4

valueless

Question 5

the interest percent that a bank or other financial company charges you when you borrow money, or the interest percent it pays you when you keep money in an account

Answer 5

interest rate

Question 6

a general, continuous increase in prices (once every year/once every month)

Answer 6

annual/monthly inflation

Question 7

the total value of a company’s sales before an amount has been subtracted for costs such as returned, damaged, or missing goods, and any price reductions, taxes, etc

Answer 7

gross salary

Question 8

the total value of a company’s sales after amounts for costs such as returned, damaged, or missing goods, and any price reductions, taxes, etc. have been subtracted

Answer 8

net salary

Question 9

an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or have become ill

Answer 9

pension

Question 10

an agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house, or the amount of money itself

Answer 10

mortgage

Question 11

when a company suspends salary or wage increases for a temporary period of time

Answer 11

frozen wages

Question 12

time when you have stopped working because you have reached a particular age

Answer 12

pension age

Question 13

a written promise from a company to repair or replace a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time, or to do a piece of work again if it is not satisfactory

Answer 13

warranty

Question 14

the money that the government gives to people who are unemployed

Answer 14

on the dole

Question 15

something such as a piece of paper or message proving that money, goods, or information have been received

Answer 15

receipt

Question 16

an amount of money that is given back to you, especially because you are not happy with a product or service that you have bought

Answer 16

refund

Question 17

a room where people can change their clothes, for example before and after sports or, in a shop, where people can try on clothes before buying them

Answer 17

changing room

Question 18

a time when many stores have a sale

Answer 18

in the sale

Question 19

a card that is given to a customer by a business, used by the business to reward the customer for buying goods or services and to record information about what they buy

Answer 19

loyalty card

Question 20

a shop where meat is prepared and sold

Answer 20

butcher’s

Question 21

a shop that sells fresh vegetables and fruit

Answer 21

greengrocer’s

Question 22

a place where bread and cakes are made and sometimes sold

Answer 22

bakery/baker’s

Question 23

the shop where a grocer works

Answer 23

grocer’s

Question 24

a shop or part of a shop in which medicines are prepared and sold

Answer 24

pharmacy/chemist’s

Question 25

a shop that sells cut flowers and plants for inside the house

Answer 25

florist’s

Question 26

a shop that sells stationery

Answer 26

stationer’s

Question 27

a shop that sells newspapers and magazines, as well as some foods and things that people often buy such as cigarettes

Answer 27

newsagent’s

Question 28

a bank account that pays you interest, in which you usually leave money for a long time

Answer 28

deposit account

Question 29

an account in a bank or similar financial organization that earns interest

Answer 29

savings account

Question 30

something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something

Answer 30

debt

Question 31

a general, continuous increase in prices

Answer 31

inflation

Question 32

utility bills, credit card bills, insurance bills, loan payments, magazine or newspaper subscriptions, and recurring home delivery of milk…

Answer 32

household bills

Question 33

a printed form, used instead of money, to make payments from your bank account

Answer 33

cheque

Question 34

to collect a large number of things over a long period of time

Answer 34

to accumulate

Question 35

to give something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with other people

Answer 35

to contribute

Question 36

If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use

Answer 36

to expire

Question 37

having taken more money out of your bank account than the account contained, or (of a bank account) having had more money taken from it than was originally in it

Answer 37

overdrawn

Question 38

For one’s benefit or advantage

Answer 38

in interest of