Moneyy and Numbers

Question 1

contraffatto

Answer 1

counterfeit

Question 2

numismatist

Answer 2

numismatico

Question 3

matrice, taglioncino

Answer 3

counterfoil (stub)

Question 4

an amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

Answer 4

expenditure

Question 5

a check for which there are not enough funds in the bank customer’s account to cover it.

Answer 5

a bounced check

Question 6

an instruction to a bank to pay a particular amount of money at regular times from a person’s bank account to another bank account

Answer 6

standing order

Question 7

a record of the money put into and removed from a bank account

Answer 7

bank statement

Question 8

the money that can be officially used in a country

Answer 8

legal tender

Question 9

to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

Answer 9

to make ends meet

Question 10

an amount of money that is not large enough to be important (peanuts)

Answer 10

chickenfeed

Question 11

a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house and you pay the money back over a particular number of years

Answer 11

mortgage

Question 12

to let sb pay at the end of the month

Answer 12

to give sb credit

Question 13

written promise that you will pay somebody the money you owe them (a way of writing ‘I owe you’)

Answer 13

IOU

Question 14

a method of paying for something in which the buyer pays part of the cost immediately and then makes small regular payments until the debt is completely paid (a rate)

Answer 14

HIRE PURCHASE

Question 15

one of several parts into which a story, plan, or amount of money owed has been divided, so that each part happens or is paid at different times until the end or total is reached

Answer 15

instalment

Question 16

lots of people

Answer 16

scores of people

Question 17

thirteen

Answer 17

a baker’s dozen

Question 18

144

Answer 18

a gross of

Question 19

numero pari

Answer 19

even number

Question 20

numero dispari

Answer 20

odd number

Question 21

number in a telephone number

Answer 21

digits (fingers)

Question 22

twentish people

Answer 22

twenty-odd people

Question 23

numero arrotondato

Answer 23

a round number

Question 24

una filiale (banca)

Answer 24

a local branch

Question 25

an amount of money that a customer with a bank account is temporarily allowed to owe to the bank, or the agreement that allows this (scoperto bancario)

Answer 25

an overdraft

Question 26

essere allo scoperto (bancario)

Answer 26

to be overdrawn

Question 27

money you put in a bank

Answer 27

deposit

Question 28

money you take out of a bank

Answer 28

withdrawal

Question 29

transazioni

Answer 29

transactions

Question 30

an arrangement for making payments, usually to an organization, in which your bank moves money from your account into the organization's account at regular times.

Answer 30

a direct debit

Question 31

cheque that nobody else can cash

Answer 31

a crossed cheque

Question 32

a cheque to someone who has then written another person's name on it so that they can receive the money instead (assegno girato)

Answer 32

endorsed cheque

Question 33

an instruction to your bank for them to allow someone else to take money from your account (assegno circolare)

Answer 33

a bank draft

Question 34

very small charge or fee

Answer 34

nominal charge