U3 Definitions - DEF - WORD Flashcards

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to form a particular amount or part of something.

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To account for (African-Americans account for 12% of the US population.)

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an arrangement in which a bank keeps your money safe so that you can pay more in or take money out.

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An account (My salary is paid into my bank account.)

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to calculate how much money a person or company has spent, and how much money they have received, especially to make sure there is money left in their account.

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To balance (I keep track of what I spend, and each month balance my account.)

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The situation wheren u are not spending more money than you have available.

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Balanced (New York state has failed to achieve a balanced budget for the past eight years)

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the amount of money that you have in your bank account.

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A balance (What was the balance in the account at the end of the month?)

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the amount of money that you have in your bank account.

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bank balance (My bank balance is a little low after the holidays)

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1) to keep your money in a particular bank. 2) to put or keep money in a bank.

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To bank with/at (The cash taken in payment is banked each evening.)

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using the services that a bank provides.

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Banking ( I mostly do my banking online.)

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a local business, shop, etc. that is part of a larger business, etc.

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A branch (The bank has branches all over the country.)

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to put money in a bank where it will be safe.

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To deposit (into) (Each month your salary will be deposited directly into your account.)

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an amount of money that is paid into a bank account.

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A deposit (You can make deposits in the cash machines.)

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the money that an organisation or person has, and the way that they manage it.

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The Finances (There are concerns about the company’s finances.)

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someone who controls or lends large sums of money.

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A financier (He is a corporate financier with a merchant bank)

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someone who pays someone or something.

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A payer (Tax relief is given to mortgage payers.)

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the person or organisation to whom money must be paid.

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A payee (Reports can show transactions by date, amount or payee.)

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to say that an action is illegal or not allowed.

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To prohibit (Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the factory)

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relating to costs that are so high that they prevent people from buying or doing something.

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Prohibitive (The cost of buying a house in London has become prohibitive to all but the very rich.)

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to add more money to a mobile phone account.

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To top up (We’ll top up your phone automatically.)

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relating to doing business, especially to buying or selling things.

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Transactional (The bank statement shows your transactional data.)

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1) the action of buying or selling something 2) make/carry out xx to buy or sell something.

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A transaction (Records show that credit-card holders carried out ten transactions a week on average.)

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to move money from one person, account or bank to another.

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To transfer (I transferred £400 from my savings to my current account.)

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the action of moving money from one person, account or bank to another.

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A transfer (Payment can be made either by credit card or by bank transfer.)

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to take money out of a bank account.

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To withdraw (I’d like to withdraw £500 from my current account.)

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the act of taking money from a bank account, or the amount you take out.

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A withdrawal (Customers can use the machine to make withdrawals of up to £250 a day.)

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an instruction you give your bank to pay money directly out of your account regularly to a particular person or organisation.
A direct debit (Payments can be made by direct debit and standing orders.)
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an amount of money that you pay to do something or that you pay to a professional person for their work.
A fee (The membership fee is cheaper if you don’t use the gym in the evenings.)
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a document that you buy in a post o­ffice or a bank and send to someone so that they can exchange it for money in a bank.
A money order (Payment must be by cheque or money order.)
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a way of sending or paying money to someone without using cash, usually done on a mobile phone or computer.
money transfer service (A money transfer service often o­ ers better exchange rates than the big banks.)
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a service provided by banks that allows people to pay money from one account to another, pay bills, etc. over the internet.
online banking (also electronic banking) (So many people have switched to online banking that some banks have shut high street branches.)
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a bank that offers services to the general public as well as to businesses and has branches in may towns and cities.
A high-street bank
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something you have to spend money on, for example food or rent.
Expense (Household expenses just seem to keep going up.)
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if a problem or di­fficulty that appears or starts to affect you.
To come up (The same problems come up every time)
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to make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen.
To set up (something) (You’ll need to set up a bank account now that you’re working.)
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money belonging to someone that is controlled for them by someone who has legally been asked to do so.
A trust fund (The proceeds from any sale would go into a trust fund for the children.)
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to have enough money to buy the things you need, but no more.
To get by on (As a student, after paying my rent and tuition, I could get by on about £30 a week.)
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an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special purpose.
An allowance (Employees are given a travel allowance as part of their pay)
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an amount of money given to someone, especially by the government, for a particular purpose.
A grant ( The university gets a government grant.)
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to use some of an amount of money that you have.
To dip into something (Medical bills forced her to dip into her savings.)
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to use a lot of something or borrow a lot of money, so that you owe a lot of money.
To run up (a debt/bill) (He ran up thousands of pounds worth of debts using other people’s credit cards.)
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a type of loan to buy a house, that you pay back over a period of many years.
A mortgage (They’ve taken out a 30-year mortgage.)
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to do something that needs to be organised and planned.
Carry out (A survey is now being carried out nationwide.)
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to make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen.
Set up (You’ll need to set up a bank account now that you’re working.)
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to expect that something will happen and to be ready for it.
Anticipate (Sales have been better than anticipated.)
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when you are expecting something to happen.
Anticipation (We were excited and full of anticipation at the prospect of the trip.)
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a list of all the separate parts of something.
Breakdown (Can you give us a breakdown of the figures?)
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able to think about a situation in a way that is based on facts, rather than on your feelings or beliefs.
Objective (Scientists need to be objective when doing research.)
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in a way that is based on facts, rather than on your feelings or beliefs.
Objectively (Our task is to look at the evidence objectively and impartially.)
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to imagine something by making an image in your mind.
Picture (Picture what it would be like if we had a million dollars.)
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something such as a picture or short video, as opposed to information that you hear or read.
Visual (A few visuals make the information more memorable and interesting.)
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to form a picture of someone or something in your mind.
visualise (also visualize) (I tried to visualise the house while he was describing it.)
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the way you usually spend your money and the kinds of things you spend it on.
spending habits (The recession will mean that many people will be changing their spending habits.)
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the situation considered as a whole.
big picture (We were so caught up with the details that we lost sight of the big picture.)
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from the beginning, without using anything that was prepared before.
Scratch (He had built the business up from scratch.)
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when you need the help and support of someone or something else in order to exist or be successful.
Dependency (The government is trying to reduce dependency on public services and benefits.)
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needing someone or something in order to be successful.
Dependent (Norway’s economy is heavily dependent on natural resources.)
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shared or made by every member of a group or society.
collective [only before noun] (It was a collective decision.)
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to choose a particular person or place to do something to, especially to attack them.
Target (It’s clear that smaller, more vulnerable banks have been targeted.)
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the group of people that a product, service, idea, etc. is aimed at.
target audience/market/customer etc. (These advertisements are aimed mainly at our target customers.)
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to share or divide something in a way that is different from before.
Redistribute (Taxes are a way of redistributing income for the welfare of the whole society.)
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continuing to do something although it is di­fficult.
Persistent (If she hadn’t been so persistent she might not have got the job.)
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support or help.
Backing (Does this policy have government backing?)
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to separate information or a total amount into parts, especially so that it is easier to understand.
break something down (Once the statistics are broken down, some clear patterns of employment begin to emerge.)
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a list of all the separate parts of something.
Breakdown (Can you give us a breakdown of the figures?)
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a promise that something will definitely happen or is definitely true, made especially to make someone less worried.
Assurance (He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday.)
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to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true, so that they are less worried.
Assure (The airline has assured travellers there will be no further delays.)
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a feeling of not being satisfied, because you did not get what you needed or wanted.
Dissatisfaction (Thirty per cent of customers expressed dissatisfaction with the service.)
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to tell or show what you are feeling or thinking by using words.
Express (Employees have expressed their concerns about the location of the new office.)
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to make someone do something they do not want to do.
Force (Bad health forced him into taking early retirement.)
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information or a warning about something that is going to happen.
Notice (They closed the factory, giving the workers only a week’s notice.)
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the amount of money you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than you had in your account.
Overdraft (The bank had agreed to temporarily increase the business’s overdraft without charging extra.)
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when someone solves a problem, argument or di­ cult situation.
resolution (This is a forum for the resolution of commercial disputes.)
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The process of becoming worse.
deterioration (There has been a rapid deterioration in air quality in the city.)