Vocabulary Unit 9

something belonging to an individual or a business that has value or the power to earn money

• asset

• instalment

• cashflow

not having enough money to pay your debts

• cashflow

• debt

• bankrupt

a private investor who puts money

into new business activities, especially ones based on

advanced technical ideas

• debtor

• loan shark

• business angel

the amounts of money coming into and

going out of a company, and the timing of these

• cash

• cashflow

• flowcash

assets promised by a borrower to a lender if the borrower cannot repay a loan

• collateral

• warranty

• deposit

the capital that a company has from shares

rather than from loans

• equity

• venture capital

• return

payment of a part of a company's profits to its shareholders

• return

• dividend

• cashflow

one of a series of regular payments that are made until all of an agreed amount has been paid

• return

• down payment

• instalment

A ____________ is a particular type of loan for the purchase of property.

• warranty

• mortgage

• lease

Money lent to start-up businesses is known as risk or _________

• venture capital

• share capital

• working capital