Money- buying, selling and paying (Vocabulary)

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Personal finance

Sometimes in a shop they ask you: "How do you want to pay?". You can answer: "Cash/ By cheque/ By credit car."

In a bank you usually have a current account, which is one where you pay in your salary and then withdraw money to pay your everyday bills. The bank sends you a regular bank statement telling you how much money is in your account. You may also have a savings accouny where you deposit any extra money that you have and only take money out when you spend it on  something special. You usually try to avoid having an overdraft or you end up paying a lot of interest. If your account is overdrawn, you can be said to be in the red (as opposed to in the black or in credit).

Sometimes the bank may lend you money - this is called a bank loan. If the bank (or building society) lends you money to buy a house, that money is called a mortage.

When you buy  (or, more formally, purchase) something in a shop, you usually pay for it outright but sometimes you buy on credit. Sometimes you may be offered a discount or a reduction on something you buy at a shop. This means that you get, say, $10 off perhaps because you are a student. You are often offered a discount if you buy in bulk. It is not usual to haggle about prices in a British shop, as it is in, say, a Turkish market. If you want to return something which you have bought to a shop, you may be given a refund, i.e. your money will be returned, provided you have a receipt.

The money that you pay for services, e.g. to a school or a lawyer, is usually called a fee or fees; the money paid for a journey is a fare.

 If you buy something that you feel was very good value, it's a bargain. If you feel that it is definitely not worth what you paid for it, then you can call it a rip-off.

 1. Try to guess the meaning of the bold words in the previous texts.


2. Let's play!
You have to do 2 role play games in which you have to talk about money, using the previous vocabulary.

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