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Topic: Banking/Investing/Financial terms 2

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. Your _________________ rate determines the repayments you make on the money you borrow from a bank.
  interest
  internal
  repayment

2. The money you borrow from a bank is called a _________________.
  loaner
  loan
  lone

3. I have to _________________ another loan.
  take out
  go for
  take in

4. If you'd like to buy a house, you will probably have to take out a _________________.
  statement
  mortgage
  marriage

5. A _________________ mortgage ensures that your interest rate will not change.
  variable rate
  fixed level
  fixed rate

6. Your home may be _________________ if you don't keep up repayments on your mortgage.
  retaken
  repositioned
  repossessed

7. Usually banks have two types of personal accounts - checking and _________________.
  savings
  save
  saver

8. You can _________________ paying account fees if you keep a minimum daily balance of $1000 on your account.
  access
  avoid
  avert

9. P1: What's the _________________ on my account? P2: It's $450. ( = there's $450 in your account)
  bail
  money
  balance

10. Usually, higher balances earn higher _________________ .
  rates
  cash
  levels

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BUSINESS VOCABULARY: Banking & finance

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

Profit - money earned after costs
Example: The bank reported record profits.

Loss - money lost
Example: The investment caused a loss.

Audit - official review of financial records
Example: Regulators conducted an audit.

Compliance - following banking rules and laws
Example: Compliance is critical in banking.

Regulation - official rule controlling banks
Example: New regulations affect lending.

Insurance - financial protection against loss
Example: Deposits are protected by insurance.

Fraud - illegal financial activity
Example: The bank detected credit card fraud.

Security - protection of financial information
Example: Online banking security is essential.

Dividend - profit paid to shareholders
Example: The bank paid dividends to investors.

Capital - money used to operate or invest
Example: Banks must hold enough capital.

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