Financial

N is for Nickel (Coin)

Financial

A nickel is the slang name for a coin from America or Canada, equivalent to one twentieth of a dollar, or five cents.

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P is for Pay

Financial

You pay someone when you give them money because they provided some kind of goods or services to you. Most people get paid every week because they work at a job, and they get paid for what they do in their job.

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P is for Pence

Financial

Pence is another word for pennies, or the plural of penny.

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P is for Penny

Financial

A penny is another name for one cent.

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P is for Piggy bank

Financial, Containers

A piggy bank or money box is a container you use to store coins, and are usually used by children to save money. Piggy banks can be any shape but are most commonly shaped like a pig. They have a slot in the top to put coins in, and an opening at the bottom to get them out again.

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P is for Pound

Units of measurement, Financial

The word pound can have several meanings.
It could mean to hit something hard, many times, for example "he pounded the meat to tenderize it".
It could mean a unit of British money, equaling 100 pence.
It might also mean a unit of weight, abbreviated to lb, equalling 0.453kg, or 0.373kg for precious metals. The picture is of a marrow that weighs 1.56 pounds.

John Loo / CC BY-SA

P is for Price

Financial

A price is the amount of money that is needed to buy something. You might buy goods, like the lantern in the picture, or you might buy services, like paying someone to mow your lawn.
A price might not always be measured in money, but can also be measured in other goods and services.

Sascha Kohlmann / CC BY-SA

Q is for Quarter (Coin)

Financial

A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth a quarter dollar, or twenty five cents.

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa / CC BY-SA

S is for Sell

Verbs, Financial

You sell something when you give it to someone else in exchange for some money. The man in the picture is in a shop selling some goods to a customer.
The opposite of sell is buy. The past tense of sell is sold.

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S is for Skint

Adjectives, Slang, Financial

Skint is a slang word for poor. If you only have a few coins, you can say you're skint.

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S is for Sold

Adjectives, Past tense, Financial

Something is sold if someone has bought it. When houses are sold, they usually put a "sold" sign at the front of the house that stays there for some time after the house has been sold.

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S is for Swindle

Verbs, Financial

You swindle someone out of money or other valuable items when you trick them or cheat to get what you want, rather than using honest means.

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T is for Teller

Jobs, Financial

Bank tellers are people who work in a bank directly with customers. You queue up to talk to them, and they can do simple banking transactions for you, like deposit or withdraw money. Modern banks prefer you use an automatic teller machine or the internet instead of coming into the bank.

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T is for Treasure

Financial

Treasure is something very valuable that people keep stored away. Treasure might be a collection of gold coins, artwork, precious jewels or just money.

Erik (HASH) Hersman / CC BY-SA

V is for Valuable

Adjectives, Financial, Positivity

Something is valuable if it is worth a lot of money. Some things are valuable for other reasons, for example they have sentimental value because they remind you of someone.

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