English Voci Unit 4
Compact Advanced
Compact Advanced
-
- 1 / 31
-
Cartes-fiches
affluent (adj)
having a lot of money or owning a lot of things
auction (n)
a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most. --> Die Versteigerung
back out (pv)
to decide not to do something that you said you would do
bail out (pv)
to help a person or organisation that is in difficulty, usually by giving or lending them money
bankrupt (adj)
declared by law as unable to pay what you owe
bid (n)
an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is for sale --> Das Angebot
break even (exp.)
to have no profit or loss at the end of a business activity
by and large (exp.)
when everything about a situation is considered together
deduct (v)
to take away an amount or part from a total --> Rabatt ziehen
first and foremost (exp)
more than anything else
for a start
first, or as the first in a set of things
for good (exp)
for ever
for the time being (exp)
a particular period of time for which something has been happening, or that is needed for something
funds (n)
plural: money needed or available to spend on something --> Kapital
gross (adj) --> before tax
A gross amount of money has not had taxes or other costs taken from it.
interest (n) --> money charged on loan
money that is charged by a bank or other financial organisation for borrowing money
let alone (exp)
used after a negative statement to emphasise how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened
make a loss (exp)
to lose more money than you make
make ends meet (exp.)
to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
other than (exp)
in a negative sentence, used to mean 'except'.
overdrawn (adj) --> of a person
having taken more money out of your bank account than the account contained, or (of a bank account) having had more money taken from it than was originally in it --> Konto überzogen
pay-as-you-go (adj)
describes a system in which you pay for a service before you use it and you cannot use more than you have paid for --> Prepaid-System
procedure (n)
a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing something
prosperous (adj)
successful, usually by earning a lot of money
rip-off (n) --> informal
something that is not worth what you pay for it
splash out on (pv)
to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially on things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need
subject to (exp)
likely to be affected by something
transaction (n)
AN OCCASION WHEN SOMEONE BUSY OR SELLS SOMETHING, OR WHEN MONEY IS EXCHANGED OR THE ACTIVITY OF BUYING OR SELLING SOMETHING
unaffordable (adj)
too expensive for people to be able to buy or pay for
well off (adj)
rich
with a view to doing something (exp)
with the aim of doing something
