MONEY, FINANCE, BANKING (1) handout (ex. VI)

1. If someone is mean and dislikes spending money, one can say they are:

• tight-handed

• tight-fisted

2. If someone is in debt to the bank because they have spent more money than they have in their account – they are:

• overdrawn

• overboard

3. A very low salary:

• pittance

• penance

4. A large amount of money one receives unexpectedly (e.g. an inheritance or a win on the lottery)

• windshield

• windfall

5. The amount of money you need to start a business:

• capital

• royalties

6. Which of the two sentences below is incorrect?

• Had we not lent money from the bank, we would have gone bankrupt.

• Always check the rate of interest when you ask a finance house to lend you money.

7. To earn just enough money to survive:

• to scrimp and save

• to eke out a living

8. “I … a point of double-checking the door.”

• made

• did

9. “A long, lazy holiday would … you a power of good,” she said.

• make

• do

10. “Adam joined the army, and his brother did … .”

• utmost

• likewise