Money Vocabulary - source ISLcollective.com

A machine used in shops that shows and records the amount of money you have to pay:

• . cashier

• cash register

• cashmere

• kosher

Answer explanation

We use a cash register that provides receipts for each transaction.

A small flat folding case made of e.g. leather, used for keeping paper money and credit cards:

• wally

• . moneybags

• wallet

• notebag

Answer explanation

wallet: He pulled out a big, fat wallet stuffed with banknotes.

Synonym billfold US

wally: a stupid person

The money that an organization such as a bank lends and somebody borrows is a:

• load

• loan

• loaf

• rent

Answer explanation

LOAN !

load : the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal:

The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons

a loaf : bread that is shaped and baked in a single piece and can be sliced for eating:

two loaves of white bread

A small flat piece of metal used as money:

• monetarist

• coin

• copper

• silver

Answer explanation

a coin !

copper : a chemical element that is a reddish-brown metal, used especially for making wire and coins

monetarist : relating to monetarism (= the belief that a country's economy should be controlled by limiting the amount of money in use):

A person who buys and sells things for other people:

• a broker

• a beggar

• a burglar

Answer explanation

a broker

a burglar :

a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things

a beggar ( to beg) : a poor person who lives by asking others for money or food

A strong metal box used for storing valuable things in, e.g. money or jewellery:

• a safe

• a shell

• a boxer

Answer explanation

a safe

a boxer :a person who competes in the sport of boxing:

a shell :the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals:

Money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services:

• debts

• accounts

• taxes

A person who has a lot of money, possessions, etc. is:

• filthy

• healthy

• wealthy

A piece of paper that shows how much money you have spent on something:

• recipe

• receive

• receipt

• recite

A piece of paper that you can use for paying instead of using money:

• cheek

• chess

• cheque

• check