MONEY AND BANKING VOCABULARY 2

level: Upper-intermediate (B2/C1)

A second, more advanced exercise on financial vocabulary — the terms used in investment, property, and business finance. This vocabulary appears constantly in business news and is essential for anyone working in or reading about finance.

Did you know?Financial English is one of the most heavily borrowed domains in the language. Mortgage comes from Old French meaning literally "dead pledge" — the debt dies either when it's paid off or when the borrower defaults. Dividend comes from the Latin dividendum (a thing to be divided). Invest comes from the Latin investire (to clothe) — originally meaning to clothe someone in authority, and later applied to putting money to work.

READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!

Complete each sentence using one of the following words: mortgage, invest, dividend, inflation, premium, collateral, overdraft, portfolio, equity, hedge.

1. They took out a 25-year to buy their first home.✓

2. She decided to a large part of her bonus in index funds.✓

3. The company paid a generous quarterly to all its shareholders.✓

4. Rising was eating into people's purchasing power.✓

5. The insurance went up after he made a claim.✓

6. The bank required before approving such a large loan.✓

7. He went into after a series of unexpected expenses.✓

8. She had a well-diversified investment spread across different asset classes.✓

9. After ten years of mortgage payments, they had built up considerable in the property.✓

10. Smart investors their risks by spreading money across different markets.✓

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Money and banking vocabulary 1 (A2/B1)
Money and banking vocabulary 2 (B2/C1)
At the bank (A2/B1)
General business terms 1 (B1/B2)
Sales and marketing terms (B1/B2)

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