With any discussion of business, it's important to include mention of money. Our next set of business vocabulary terms will relate to money! (Who doesn't love that?!)
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Find 4 terms that you don't know (or don't know well) and post the words with their definitions. Can you then write two sentences that incorporates both of those words used correctly? Give it a try!
9 comments:
1.bank note – a piece of paper money; bill
2.cash dispenser – automatic machine from which clients of a bank may withdraw money; ATM
3.invest – to put money for profit into business, land, etc
4.petty cash – a cash fund for small, everyday expenses
SENTENCES
1.At the bank we use a cash dispenser called the TCD.
2.It’s important to check the bank note to make sure there isn’t fraud.
Maria C. Torres
8/31/2010
1.(definition)
-Currency_the money in general use or circulation in any country
(Sentences)
The CURRENCY amount that I have saved up is almost enough to buy my new television set.
They have a higher paying CURRENCY rate over there in that new office building.
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2.(definition)
-Hard currency _ currency that will probably not fall in value and is readily accepted
(Sentences)
I didn’t know what HARD CURRENCY was but the clerk told me they would greatly accept my money.
Well let’s hope that our money will go into HARD CURRENCY, so at least so we can get the land.
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3.(definition)
-petty cash _a cash fund for small, everyday expenses
(Sentences)
My tip share is what I like to call my PETTY CASH, and I use it for all my personal fundamentals.
My mother and I sometimes save up our PETTY CASH and go on vacations together.
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4.(definition)
-speculate_Risky, buying of foreign currency, land etc for rapid gain
(Sentences )
I think I will SPECULATE that property over in North Carolina buy my brothers land.
I am not sure if that’s the right price for that property, I am going to SPECULATE it out for a month or two.
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Nicole Cunningham
Four terms I don't know very well are:
1. bureau de change: establishment where currencies of different countries may be exchanged
2. soft currency: currency that will probably fall in value and is not readily accepted
3. hard currency: currency that will probably not fall in value and is readily accepted
4. black market: illegal traffic in officially controlled commodities such as foreign
currency
I took some hard currency to the bureau de change.
#4) black marker: n. illegal traffic in offically controlled commodities such as foreign currency.
#14) hard currency: n. currency that will probably not fall in value and is readily accepted.
#16) legal tender: n. currency that cannot legally be refused in payment of a debt.
#17) petty cash, uk: n. a cash fund for small, everyday expenses.
Sentences
1. My mom always keeps 20 dollars in petty cash in her wallet.
2. The U.S. dollar was once considered hard currency.
SHENEA WALKER
1.Cash Dispenser- Automatic machine from which clients of a bank may withdraw money.
2.Petty Cash- A cash fund for small,everyday expenses.
3.Black Market- Illegal traffic in officially controlled commodities such as foreign
currency.
4.Bank Note – A piece of paper money; bill.
1.Petty cash is a great investment for me.I can budget my funds better now.
2.It's important to make sure the information is correct on the bank note.
Angela Richardson
black market - illegal traffic in controlled currency
legal tender- currency that cannot be refused
speculative - risky purchases of foreign currencies
bureau de change - establishment where currencies of different countries may be exchanged
1. The black market and the bureau de change should NEVER meet!
2. Risky speculative transations usually have the highest payoffs.
1.Black Market-officially controlled commodities such as foregin currency.
2.Exchange Rate-the rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another.
3.Hard Currency-Currency that will probably fall in value.
4.Soft Currency-Currency that will fall in value.
Sentences
1.At the local banks over the past too years the hard currency has fallen in value.
2.I have money from Haiti, that I took to the bank to find out what the exchange rate would be.
Gail
1. Bureau de change: establishment where currencies of different countries may be exchanged
2. legal tender: currency that cannot legally be refused in payment of a debt
3. speculate: buying of forein currency, land etc. for rapid gain
4. bill: a piece of paper money; banknote
Sentences-
1. I came from a forein country and I had to go to the Bureau de Change to exchange my money.
2. I speculated so my land in Canada can grow faster.
Angel Guerrazzi
1 black market - Illegal traffic in controlled currency.
2 Cash dispenser – Automatic machine from which clients of a bank may withdraw money; ATM.
3 Hard currency -Currency that will probably not fall in value and is readily accepted
4 Petty cash – a cash fund for small, everyday expenses
1 I told my friend to use petty cash for when she travel.
2 The black market is changing do to the economy.
Angela Richardson
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