Legal English Lesson 2 - The Language of Banking

to put money into a bank account = to ... money

• deposit

• withdraw

• transfer

• issue

If you ... a cheque, it means you give it to someone and validate it by signing it.

• write

• print out

• issue

• check

A ... is the amount of money that you have in your bank account.

• Expenditure

• Balance

• Income

• Fee

1. 1. an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services or 2. an amount of money that you pay to join an organization, or to do something

• Charge

• Fee

• Overdraft

• Current

the amount of money that somebody asks for goods and services, e.g. your bank asks to pay it for using your bank account

• Charge

• Fee

• Overdraft

• Current

To move money electronically from one place to another

• To withdraw

• To transfer

• To deposit

• To state

A bank ... is a document which shows your withdrawals, deposits and current balance.

• Issue

• Overdraft

• Statement

• Transfer

The amount of money that you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than is in your bank account; the fixed amount of money you are allowed to owe to a bank

• A bill

• A transfer

• Eligibility

• An overdraft

A ... account is an account that you can use at any time. It is a checking account in the USA.

• Savings

• CD

• Temporary

• Current

A ... is a document demanding a payment for goods or services received.

• Statement

• Bill

• Debt

• Debit