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Topic: Banking/Investing/Financial terms 3

An exercise to help you learn & practice the vocabulary of the financial world, while polishing your grammar skills. Although it's meant for ESL students, it'll be useful to anyone who wants to practice this specialized vocabulary.

Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.

1. One billion shares ___________________ hands. = One billion shares were traded.
  extended
  changed
  overcame

2. These stocks accounted for the ___________________ ( = for most) of the trading volume.
  gross
  summary
  bulk

3. Sophisticated investors are ___________________ ( = are not getting involved with) these types of assets.
  walking out of
  shying away from
  staying out

4. The opposite of a steady market is a ___________________ market.
  volatile
  valuable
  violated

5. a ___________________ recession = a recession that might happen
  potential
  volatile
  fiscal

6. A ___________________ budget is one that doesn't have a lot of money.
  potential
  bulk
  cash-strapped

7. These _______________ measures will hopefully improve the economy.
  stimulus
  stamina
  steam

8. The economy is ___________________. = The economy is improving.
  back on track
  volatile
  cash-strapped

9. When a company "misses a ___________________", it means that it didn't make as much money as it thought it would.
  warning
  forecast
  statement

10. A company that is "___________________ a beating" is doing very poorly, financially speaking.
  making
  placing
  taking

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BUSINESS VOCABULARY: Banking & finance

Need to review common banking & finance-related terms? We've got you covered:

Interest - money paid for borrowing money
Example: The interest increases the total cost.

Fixed rate - interest rate that does not change
Example: The loan has a fixed rate.<br>
Variable rate - interest rate that can change
Example: Variable rates may increase.

Credit limit - maximum amount that can be borrowed
Example: Her credit card limit is $5,000.

Statement - record of account activity
Example: The bank statement arrives monthly.

Transaction - financial exchange
Example: Each transaction is recorded automatically.

Transfer - moving money between accounts
Example: He made an online transfer.

Wire transfer - electronic transfer of funds
Example: The payment was sent by wire transfer.

Exchange rate - value of one currency compared to another
Example: The exchange rate affects international transfers.

Foreign currency - money from another country
Example: The bank exchanges foreign currency.

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