Buying and selling 1

Before you buy something, you may shop .............., i.e. compare prices at different shops.

• around

• into

• bank

• off

If you go .......... you only look at the goods in the shop windows, you do not go inside or buy.

• window-shopping

• door-shopping

• table-shopping

• desk-shopping

If you buy in bulk, you buy in .......... quantities at a cheaper price.

• large

• small

• bag

• little

If you buy something in, you make a .......... order of something so that it is in stock.

• special

• smart

• fashion

• super

You may buy goods in the sales, i.e. at special times of the year when goods are ......... in price for approximately two weeks, in order to clear old stock.

• reduced

• increased

• invoiced

• receipt

You may shop with a ............... shop.

• particular

• deep

• return

• train

An article may be a good buy, i.e. well ........ the money paid.

• worth

• done

• buy

• sell

You may take goods on approval, i.e. buy goods that you can return soon after the purchase date if you are not ..............

• satisfied

• pay

• sell

• order

You may buy something on hire purchase, i.e. ...... in weekly or monthly instalments.

• pay

• send

• delivery

• store

You can pay cash or pay ....... cheque.

• by

• on

• off

• at