Talk about Budget

We were living on a shoestring for a while after our baby was born, but, luckily, I got a promotion, and our situation has improved a bit.

• Live on a shoestring (budget) = have limited amount of money

• Live on a shoestring (budget) = have a lot of money

Our TV broke down, so we had to go over our monthly budget to purchase a new one.

• Go over budget = spend more money that you had planned

• Go over budget = spend less money that you had planned

More and more women are starting to go Dutch on their dates, and they don't let men pay for everything themselves.

• Go Dutch = angry feminist woman pays for everything

• Go Dutch = split the bill

I've never taken out a loan because I'm scared of not paying money back on time.

• Take out a loan = to get money on a temporary basis, usually from a bank

• Take out a loan = purchase foreign currency

I make most of my profit by filming on Tik Tok.

• make a profit = lose money

• make a profit = earn money

I never lend money to my relatives because they never return it back.

• lend money to somebody = give money to somebody

• lend money to somebody = take money from somebody

I never borrow money from my friends because I'm afraid of ruining our friendship.

• borrow money from somebody = give money to somebody

• borrow money from somebody = take money from somebody

I spend a lot of money___takeaway coffee.

• for

• on

I would like to invest___your company.

• for

• in

Match the following

• by

• pay__Apple pay

• with

• pay__credit card

• in

• pay__cash