Money vocabulary intro

A machine used in shops that shows and records the amount of money you have to pay:

• cashier

• cash register

• cashmere

• ATM machine

U.S.: What's a one-cent coin called?

• penny

• nickel

• dime

• quarter

A small flat folding case made of e.g. leather, used for keeping paper money, coins and credit cards:

• moneybags

• wallet

• wally

• purse

The money that an organisation such as a bank lends and somebody borrows is a:

• loan

• load

• loaf

• loof

A room with thick walls and a strong door in a bank, used for keeping valuable things safe:

• voucher

• vault

• veal

• vending machine

A person who buys and sells things for other people:

• beggar

• burglar

• broker

• barber

A small flat piece of metal used as money:

• monetarist

• coin

• copper

• tails

A legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house:

• mortgage

• borrowing

• housing

• debt

U.S.: What's a ten-cent coin called?

• dime

• nickel

• penny

• quarter

To receive money from somebody when they die:

• inherit

• inhabit

• inhibit