Vocabulary 1
The money a person earns
Income (or wages)
Money you pay to the government from what you earn or when you buy something
Tax
I don’t like using credit cards; I prefer to _______ ______ first and then buy what I want.
Save up
Getting a student loan is not free money; you have to _____ it _______ sooner or later.
pay back
Apple
Countable
(one apple, two apples, three apples)
Money that you owe
Debt
Money you have paid and is returned to you (usually when you take back an item or you have not received a service)
refund
You really need to _______ _____ on clothes shopping. Otherwise you won’t be able to get out of debt.
cut back
I know a good way to advertise our new product. Let’s ______ _______ free samples.
give away
Time
uncountable
(however, hours and minutes are countable)
Careful to buy only what is necessary
frugal
The money that a person, a company, the state, etc. has
finances
The business was doing very badly. We had no option but to ______ it ______.
close down
Bonus Question: What is Kelley's favorite sport!?
Rugby
Song
Countable
(I have 7 songs on my running playlist)
A reduction in the usual price of goods or services. Specific % or $ taken off.
discount
A period of time when certain goods are sold at lower prices
Sale
This bank has let us down really badly. We can’t _____ ______ doing business with them.
go on
We’ve just _________ _____ for a real estate newsletter! We’re going to buy a house!
signed up
Love
Uncountable
(Most abstract nouns, things you can't see, are uncountable)
Something you buy for much less than it would usually cost
bargain
Explain the difference between a discount and a bargain.
Answers will vary (see Kelley if confused)
I don’t want to lose her as a friend. I’ll have to _______ _____ what she owes me as a bad debt.
write off
You know I’m very busy with the deal as it is. There’s no way I can _______ ____ more work now.
take on
Information
Uncountable.
(we can count pieces of information