Personal Finance Vocabulary

The person who works at a bank or credit union and helps customers with their accounts.

• teller

• account

• budget

• deposit

A place for you to keep money at a bank or credit union.

• debit card

• credit card

• account

• budget

A signed document that tell as bank or credit union to give someone a specific amount of money from an account. Checks are cashed (traded for cash) or deposited at banks or credit unions.

• deposit

• check

• bills

• account

When you put money into an account at a bank or a credit union.

• budget

• check

• deposit

• debit card

A card you use to borrow money and make purchases up to a certain limit. You must pay the money back later with interest.

• credit card

• debit card

• bills

• check

Money that you owe for things like utilities (water, heat, electricity, etc.)and debt.

• account

• check

• debit card

• bills

A card that takes money from your checking account at a bank or credit union to pay for something.

• credit card

• debit card

• check

• deposit

A plan for how much you want to spend in different areas based on how much money you make.

• account

• teller

• bills

• budget