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Expressions and vocabulary about money

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What is the word for: Money demanded by kidnappers to release the person they have kidnapped.

ransom

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What is the word for a sum of money that is borrowed, eg from a bank?

a loan

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What is the expression for money that parents give to their children every week, to buy what they want?

pocket money

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What is thte word for the money that professional people receive every month in their job?

salary

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What is the word for 'una multa' in English?

a fine

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What is the word when a person owes money to a bank or a person?

debt

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What is the word for paying for a private school, or for a professional service, eg an accountant, a lawer, an architect?

a fee

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What is the abbreviation for the tax that the government charges for food, goods, services etc?

VAT - Value Added Tax

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Give 2 expressions for being very rich (not the word rich)

affluent, wealthy, loaded, well-off, rolling in it

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Give 2 words for being very poor

be broke, be hard up, be penniless

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What does 'tight-fisthed' mean - in Spanish?

tacaño

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What does 'in the red' mean?

That you owe the bank money - you have taken more money than you have from your bank account

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What does 'to pay in arrears' mean?

That you pay for an item you bought, or some money you owe' - after you got the service/goods

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What does 'pay in instalments' mean? Give an example

To pay monthly, or otther fixed term payments - for something that you bought, eg a car, or a washing machine

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Make a sentence with 'splash out'

Is group answer correct?

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What is the expression when everyone pays for their own meal in a restaurant?

to go Dutch

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