List of financial terms

Financial words.All sorts of words that relate to money and finances.

Photo of a nickel
Quinn Dombrowski / CC BY-SA

Nis forNickel (coin)

A nickel is the slang name for a coin from America or Canada, equivalent to one twentieth of a dollar, or five cents.
Financial
Photo of someone being paid
Quazie / CC BY-SA

Pis forPay

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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Photo of pennies
puuikibeach / CC BY-SA

Pis forPence

Pence is another word for pennies, or the plural of penny.
Financial
Photo of a penny
Marlon Bunday / CC BY-SA

Pis forPenny

A penny is another name for one cent.
Financial
Photo of a pound of flour
TheLizardQueen / CC BY-SA

Pis forPound

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 pound of flour.
Financial, Units
Photo of a price tag
Kenny Louie / CC BY-SA

Pis forPrice

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.
Financial
Photo of two quarters
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa / CC BY-SA

Qis forQuarter (coin)

A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth a quarter dollar, or twenty five cents.
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Photo of someone buying some goods
Yun Huang Yong / CC BY-SA

Sis forSell

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.
Financial, Verbs
Skint.
Magnus D. / CC BY-SA

Sis forSkint

Skint is a slang word for poor. If you only have a few coins, you can say you're skint.
Financial, Adjectives, Slang
Photo of a sold sign
Simon James / CC BY-SA

Sis forSold

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.
Financial, Adjectives, Past

And also ...

Account, Afford, Barter, Bought, Bribe, Deposit, Discount, Donation, Expense, Fee, Finance, Fine (money), Haggle, Interest, Invest, Owe, Profit, Purchase, Receipt, Rent, Repay, Rupee, Salary, Sale, Splurge, Tax, Thrift, Trade, Value, Wage, Wealth

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