Business vocabulary exercise: financial verbs

(borrow, lend, owe, invoice, afford)

afford

a.fford

verb

to have enough money to be able to buy

something

how to
use

often used with the verb can:

can afford something; cant afford something;
can / cant afford to do something

exampl
es

1. I cant afford to buy the car it costs

$10,000 and I only have $8000.
2. We cant afford new office furniture.

borro
w

bo.rrow

verb

to take something from someone while

agreeing to return it at a later time or date

how to
use

borrow something; borrow something from

somebody

example
s

1. We borrowed money from the bank.

2. Can I borrow $10, John? Ill pay you back
next week.

lend

lend

verb

to give something to someone with the

agreement that he/she will return it after a
certain time

how to
use

lend something to someone; lend someone

something
irregular verb: lend, lent, lent

exampl
es

1. We lent 1000 to John and 2000 to Peter.

2. The bank lent me $12,000.

invoice

in.voice

afford

borrow

lend

invoice

verb

to send a bill to someone in the form of

an invoice

how to
use

invoice for something; invoice someone (for

something)

example
s

1. We invoiced them $40 for the books.

2. We havent invoiced you for the goods yet.

owe

owe

verb

to have to pay for something which has

already been given or done

how to
use

owe something to someone; owe someone

something

example
s

1. They owe us more than 50,000.

2. He owes us an apology.

owe

1 Our business needed money so we

from the bank.

2 We've repaid almost 50% of the loan. However, we still

over

$50,000.
3 Last Christmas, my friend

me $500 because I didn't have any

money to buy presents.

4 They've lowered the price of the product because the average
customer

it.

5 You shouldn't
6 We

money if you know you can't pay it back.

the client a month ago but he still hasn't paid us.

7 The company owes over $10,000

(the bank/in the bank/to the bank/at the bank/for the bank)

8 How much did we invoice them

(at/in/for/about)
9 Can you

me some money until I get paid next week?

10 How much do you owe

(to him/him/for him)

Business English Exercise | Topic: Banking/Investing/Financial terms 1

1. The global central banks want to keep interest rates at ___________________ ( = unnaturally)
low levels.
artificially
improved
seemingly

2. This is not going to end soon. = This is not going to end in the ___________________.
short term
short cut
long term

3. Sometimes government ___________________ is necessary. = Sometimes the government has

to get involved.
introspection
invention
intervention

4. The numbers gave us important ___________________ on why the banks failed. = The
numbers helped us to better understand why the banks failed.

insiders
insights
instincts

5. The markets ___________________ ( = reached) a three year low yesterday.

halted
hailed
hit

6. He was ___________________ as ( = considered, seen as) the savior of Wall Street.

hailed
halted
hit

7. 18 months in a row = 18 _______________ months

consecutive
disclosed
constrained

8. at an ___________________ low = at the lowest level in history

allocated
altogether
all-time

9. This was supposed to ___________________ ( = create) confidence in the bond markets.

make
build
place

10. to ___________________ headlines = to appear in headlines (of newspapers, magazines,

etc.)

collect
garner
allocate

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1. There is an ___________________ insider trading investigation. = An insider trading

investigation is still happening.
ongoing
short-term
unilateral

2. This type of credit fraud is not typical. = This type of credit fraud is not ___________________.
norm
the norm
a norm

3. When an institution is "under government ___________________", it means that the

government is either investigating it, or paying close attention to it.
scrutiny
sacrifice
protection

4. If someone is "indemnified" against legal expenses, he/she ___________________ these

expenses.
has to pay
doesn't have to pay
has to transfer the payment of

5. to protect customers from legal costs = to ___________________ customers from legal costs
cap
slap
shield

6. This accounting firm has a good ___________________. ( = they have a good

reputation/history)
track
recording
track record

7. there are more pluses than minuses = the pluses _______________ the minuses
outweigh
outperform
outlast

8. Her assets ___________________ at $23 million in 2011. = The most her assets were ever
worth was $23 million in 2011.
picked
peaked
packed

9. to bear the financial ___________________ = to be accountable financially

burden
account
placement

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Explain the words:

suit
desk
cell
receptionist
tie
laptop
office
chart
cubicle
printer
water cooler

file cabinet (storage place)

binder (fascikel)
to take notes
badge/name tag
ATM (automated teller machine)/cash machine/cashpoint
to withdraw money from a cash machine
teller (bank employee/vote counter-USA and AUS)
form (document = obrazec, formular...)
notepad
stapler
paper clips

coins
projector
credit
presentation
bank
handshake
board room

meeting
business card
brand
keyboard
business park (poslovni center)
to come into office (nastopiti funkcijo)
exchange rate

briefcase
monitor
bills
files

salary
vending machine
safe
cash register (registrska blagajna)

CEO (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER = GENERALNI DIREKTOR)

Executive body (izvrilni organ)
Executive committee (izvrilni odbor)
photocopier