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Banking and Finance
Vocabulary
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100

Where does the word "salary" originiate?

The Latin word for "salt"

100
Correct this sentence: "Has anyone given you an advice on your job search?"

"Has anyone given you advice on your job search?" The word "advice" is noncountable and doesn't take a or an.

100

What are three services a bank provides?

Possible answers:

checking account, savings account, credit cards, debit cards, online banking, domestic and international transfers, loans and mortgages.

100

What does the word "surplus" mean?

Extra.

100

What is the city of Seville using to make electricity?

Oranges

200

What is the current rate of inflation (give an answer with in 2 percentage points of the correct answer).

The current rate of inflation is 8.2%.

200

Correct this sentence: "I don't enjoy getting negative feedbacks from my bosses at work."

"I don't enjoy getting negative feedback from my bosses at work."

Feedback is noncountable so it does not take a plural form.

200

What is the difference between a credit card and a debit card?

Credit cards give you access to a line of credit issued by a bank, while debit cards deduct money directly from your bank account.

200

What is the noun form of the word "poor"?

Poverty

200

What is plogging?

Jogging and picking up trash.

300

What year was Apple Pay introduced to the public?

2014

300

Correct this sentence: "What would you did if you saw a homeless person on the street?"

"What would you do if you saw a homeless person on the street?"

300

What is debt?

Debt is the money that you owe and need to repay, including money you've borrowed as credit.

300

What is the noun and adjective forms of the word "protect"?

Noun: protection (or protector) 

Adjective: Protective

300

What are Mercy Ships?

Mercy Ships is an international charity that provides free medical care and humanitarian aid.

400
$100 in 1913 was worth how much in 2018?

$2,529 (will accept any answer between $2,000-$3,000)

400

Correct this sentence: "What would you do if someone asking you for money on the street?"

"What would you do if someone asked you for money on the street?"

or

"What would you do if someone was asking you for money on the street?"

400

What are three reasons to make a monthly budget?

Answers may vary and could include: Become more aware of your spending habits, set a side money each moth for savings or emergencies, work towards goals with the amount of money you have, determine if you need to save more make more money. 

400

What is the noun and adjective form of the verb "pollute"?

Noun: pollution

Adjective: polluted

400

What's the difference between a silver spoon and a scrapper?

A silver spoon had a lot of advantages early and life, a scrapper had to struggle to succeed.

500

Which country is the most "cashless"?

Canada

500

What's the difference between "wish" and "hope"? Do Americans often use these two words to mean the same thing?

We wish for things that are not likely to come true. We hope for things that are likely to come true. Americans often use these two words to mean the same thing.
500

How does the British company Intelligent Environments want to help people save money?

By giving people an electric shock if they spend too much money.

500

What is dyslexia?

A condition affecting the brain that makes it difficult for someone to read or write.

500

When Hannah Salwen noticed a homeless man standing next to an expensive car, what did she convince her family to do?

Sell their home and give half the proceeds to charity.