Budgeting
Vocab
Checking
Savings
Emergency Fund
100

Responsible adults do this.

What is budgeting?

100

A bank card that automatically deducts the amount of a purchase from the checking account of the cardholder

Debit Card

100

A bank account designed for regular deposits and withdrawals. 

What is a checking account?

100

An account designed to let money sit for a long time.

What is a savings account?

100

Reason to have an emergency fund.

What is emergencies are unpredictable.

200

Why it is important to budget.

What is taking control over your own money

200

an institution for receiving, keeping, and lending money

Bank

200

A plastic payment form given to checking account holders.

What is debit card.

200

What are 2 good reasons to use an emergency fund

Medical Expenses, Car Accident, Injury, Job Loss, etc

300

A benefit of budgeting properly.

What is living on less than you make?

300

a savings account that you can access quickly to pay for unexpected expenses or emergencies.

Emergency Fund

300

A paper payment form given to people with checking accounts.

What are checks?

300

Money that is added into your amount over time.

What is interest?

300

How much money should you have in your emergency fund? 

6-12 months of needs/expenses

400

Something budgeters do every time they buy.

What is tracking purchases?

400

something, typically money, that is owed or due

Debt

400

A great feature to quickly see account activity, deposit checks, and check balances.

What is mobile banking?

400

Why savings accounts are BAD investment accounts.

What are low interest rates.

400

The three requirements to use an emergency fund.

What is urgent, unexpected, and necessarcy?

500

Why budgeting is not restrictive.

What is setting your own budget categories and amounts?

500

money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

Income

500

When writing a check, you must use this kind of writing utensil. 

What is a blue or black pen?

500

The maximum number of transactions per month in a savings account.

What is six?

500

Reason money in an emergency fund must be "liquid" or cash.

What is easy to access?