Money

It is crucial to provide ..... jobs that both secure income and empowerment for the poor, especially women and younger people. 

• unstable

• service

• genuine

• decent

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Find a synonym of the underlined word:

He claims his bank is forcing him to pay exorbitant charges.

• expensive

• economical

• international

• fixed

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Transaction

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Odd one out

• expertise

• migrant

• financial

• crises

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

1. They're paying 16% ​ (a)   on the loan.

2. We have an ​ (b)   facility of £500 with our bank.

3. Once we know how much money we'll need, let's spend the ​ (c)    (= the amount left).

4. The firm has drawn up a ​ (d)   for the coming financial year.

• interest
• overdraft
• balance
• budget

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Choose the best description

• to pay in cash

• to pay back money

• to withdraw money

• to take out a loan

When out-of-state companies invested in irrigation systems, they set ....... rates for water.

• affluent

• extortionate

• elaborate

• negligible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Altruism means:

• unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

• a strong feeling of wanting to have something

• he state of being saved or protected from harm

• a thing on which someone or something depends

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose a wrong use of the word remittance

• She sends a small remittance home to her parents each month.

• Immigrants sent $45 billion in remittances to Latin America last year.

• Once they marry and have their own children with them abroad, remittances to parents decrease sharply.

• When starting a business you face a constant negative remittance until your sales build up.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Choose the correct definition of deposit for each sentence below

• Sand was deposited which hardened into sandstone.

• a sum of money that is given as the first part of a larger payment

• We've put down a 5% deposit on the house.

• to leave a layer of something on the surface of something

• The region has many deposits of valuable oil.

• a layer of a substance that has formed naturally underground

• She made a deposit of £60 into her account.

• to put or lay somebody/something down in a particular place

• She deposited a pile of books on my desk.

• a sum of money that is paid into a bank account

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C