ESL Money Vocabulary

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

• cashier

• cash register

• cashmere

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

• moneybags

• wally

• wallet

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

• load

• loan

• loaf

A room with thick walls and a strong door in a bank, used for keeping valuable things safe:

• veal

• voucher

• vault

A person who buys and sells things for other people:

• beggar

• burglar

• broker

A small flat piece of metal used as money:

• monetarist

• coin

• copper

A legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house:

• mortgage

• borrowing

• housing benefit

To receive money, property, etc. from somebody when they die:

• inhibit

• inherit

• inhabit

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

• safe

• shell

• boxer

A person whose job is dealing with people arriving at the bank:

• clerk

• banquet

• banister