Financial Vocabulary 101 in Legal English
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Slang & Idioms
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Word Collocations
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— Wall Street Proverb
Slang
Bacon
Money in general; “to bring home the bacon”
Bank
Money in general; usually a large amount; “to make bank, baby!”
A Buck
A dollar; “to have ten bucks”
A Benjamin
One hundred dollars; “to make Benjamins”
A 5 spot
A $5 bill; “Can I borrow a 5 spot, dude?”
A 10 spot
A $10 bill; “You got a 10 spot, bro?”
A 20 spot
A $20 bill; “Lend me a 20 spot, homes …”
A 50 spot
A $50 bill; “Can you lend me a 50 spot, man …”
Bones
Dollars; “that will be 100 bones man”
Dough
Money in general; “we are bringing in the dough!”
A Grand
A thousand dollars; “to have ten grand”
Large
A thousand dollars; “to have ten large”
And the slang goes on and on …
A Grand
Big ones
Bills
Dinero
Loot
Large
Beans
C-note
Clams
Moola
Franklins
Green
Greenbacks
Cheese
Smackers
Money Idioms
to be on the money
to be precise/exact
to be in the money
to be rich
Always know how your counterpart makes their money.
Vocabulary for financial legal English
An account
Change
To lend
A sum
Back
A coin
A note
A wage
Currency
A salary
To waste
To spend
To win
To borrow
To earn
A banknote
1. In the US, quarters, dimes, and nickels are types of _____ .
2. In the UK, a tenner” means a 10 pound _____ .
3. The US dollar, the yen, and the euro are all types of _____ .
4. One hundred dollar bills and 20 pounds are _____ .
5. Two million euro is a large _____ of money.
6. Every year when I travel, I need to _____ from US dollars to Colombian pesos.
7. I _____ hundred dollars from my sister last year.
8. My girlfriend _____ me 100 pounds last week.
9. I buy a lottery ticket every week however, I never seem to _____ anything.
10. Most lawyers in the UK _____ at least 50,000 annually.
11. _____ are paid daily or weekly.
12. _____ are paid monthly or quarterly.
13. It is very important to maintain a positive balance in your _____ .
14. In my opinion, paying for a video streaming systems is a _____ of money .
15. As they say, you have to _____ money to make money.
Word collocation
A small
An income
To donate
High
To pay by
To pay in
To make
Winners and
A profit
Amount of money
Cost of living
Cash
Credit card
Losers
Money to charity
Of 10,000 a year
Signs of Success
$
Dollar
€
Euro
CHF
Swiss franc
£
Pounds sterling
¥ 元
Yuan
China
¥
Yen
Japan
Ξ
Ethereum
Ł
Litecoin
₿
Bitcoin
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Idioms
to buy some time
to purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to think
vs.
to kill some time
to intentionally waste time while waiting for something
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