Money Vocabulary
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Grammar
Other vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

A verb that describes money gained from a job.

Earn

100

The therapy that relies on the short-term 'buzz' of buying something new.

Retail therapy

100

When you tell someone the meaning of what another person has said; Another term for "indirect speech".

Reported Speech.

100

A product made by a particular company under a particular name. Comes from the way ownership of cattle was shown.

Brand / Branding

100
The province your teacher is from.

Newfoundland

200

Money that is gained by a company beyond their expenses.

Profit

200

How rich you are has no _____________ whatsoever on your mental health or well-being. (Fill in the blank with a "B" word)

Bearing

200

"I want to go home", he said. Report this speech.

He said he wants/wanted to go home.

200
Colloquial term meaning 'to fail a test'.

Flunk

200

The planet between Earth and Jupiter

Mars.

300

When someone owes money they are in this.

Debt

300

A person who tricks people out of their money.

Confidence trickster / Con-artist

300

"You should do it," he said. - Report this speech with "encourage".

He encouraged me to do it.

300

One of the words meaning "to talk about yourself or your accomplishments in a potentially annoying way".

Boast, brag, gloat

300

One of the main 'language' skills - Reading, Writing, Listening, and ?

Speaking

400

The selling of goods to the public for consumption.

Retail

400

A body-part idiom meaning 'an ability to do business well'.

A nose/head for business

400

"I will explain the problem to you," he said. Report this speech without "will".

He said he would explain the problem to me.

400

To accept or agree to something with no (further) argument.

Acquiesce

400

The inventor of AC electricity.

Nikolai Tesla

500

A person who organizes and operates a business

Entrepreneur

500

A small number of customers who want a very particular product or service.

Niche market

500

"I was wrong," he said. Report this speech using "admit", past perfect, and an indirect object.

He admitted to me (that) he had been wrong.
500

A noun (or verb) meaning something bought at a much higher price than it should be.

A rip-off / rip off
500

The clothing worn by a nun OR an action that is often repeated.

Habit