Here are some expressions commonly used in discussing personal finance matters.
bank charges - charges made by a bank for services rendered bounced-check - a check which a bank returns because it is not payable due to insufficient funds cash dispenser - an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used, ATM - automated teller machine credit card - plastic card having a magnetic strip, issued by a bank or business authorizing the holder to buy goods or services on credit. Also called charge card. creditor - a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists current account - an account with a bank from which any part of the balance may be withdrawn on demand. Withdrawals may be in the form of cheques payable to the drawer or a third party, by direct debits, standing orders, and via cash machines and debit cards; debit - a monetary amount that is subtracted from the account balance debit card - a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account debit note - a note indicating an amount owed by a person or company; serves the same function as an invoice debtor - a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt deposit - money that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank or a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later deposit account - this is a bank account in which money is saved, and which pays interest on the money invested, savings account direct debit - an instruction to a bank to allow money to be withdrawn from an account by someone other than the account holder. This is usually used to pay bills, and the amount withdrawn can vary with each payment in the black - when your bank account is in credit in the red - when your bank account is overdrawn interest - a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed interest rate - the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use Internet banking - online banking, banking which uses the Internet as the delivery channel by which to conduct banking activity, for example, paying bills, viewing checking and savings account balances, paying mortgages, etc. joint account - any account owned by two or more people overdraft - the amount by which withdrawals exceed deposits, or the extension of credit by a lending institution to allow for such a situation plastic money - of or obtained by means of credit cards standing order - an instruction by a bank's customer to the bank, to pay an amount of money regularly to another bank account, either at the same account or elsewhere statement of account - statement indicating the outstanding loan amount, the amount paid by the borrower, the appropriations made towards the interest and the principal etc. at the end of the financial year; bank statement withdraw money - make a withdrawal from an account Now we put new vocabulary into context, so you can see how you might use these terms yourself. The expressions are in boldface in the text.
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