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

spending too much money, or using too much of something

to compare the price and quality of the same or a similar object in different shops before you decide

the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc

too expensive

a tax on some types of goods such as alcohol, cigarettes, or petrol paid to a national or state government

unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts

to pay money into a bank account

careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount

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

to take money out of an account

money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services