15. TEST 1 – MONEY & BANKING 02

Inflation is the first problem that the new government will have to _____.

                           

• clasp

• grasp 

• seize 

• tackle

We need guaranteed financial _____ before we can even start the design work.

    

• backing 

• analysis

• agreement

• plans

While you are away from the office on business trips, you will be given a daily _____ of $50 towards meals and accommodation.     

• fine

• allowance 

• permit 

• reward

The Finance Minister will be making a _____ today about new rates of income tax.

• declaration 

• notice

• statement  

• talk

I hate the beginning of each year when all the _____ start coming in and I have to find the money to pay them all.

    

• accounts

• receipts

• estimates

• bills

Tom's _____ will be held in trust for him until he is 21. Then he will be free to spend it.

• dowry 

• heirloom

• inheritance

• heritage

When the company was declared bankrupt, all its fixed _____ were claimed by its creditors.

   

• assets 

• benefits

• funds 

• sums

Our country has never had a large _____ in its balance of payments.

  

• abundance

• surplus

• overflow

• addition

Dorothy is in trouble because she has not paid her National Insurance _____ for ten years.

   

• tributes  

• subscriptions

• subsidies  

• contributions

People in financial difficulties sometimes fall _____ to unscrupulous money lenders.

 

• fool   

• prey 

• sacrifice 

• scapegoat