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Budget and banking
Term | Definition |
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ATM | automated-teller machine. |
2. Account Balance | . The amount of money in a financial repository, such as a checking account, at any given moment. |
3. Budget | an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future |
4. Checking Account | a bank deposit against which checks can be drawn by the depositor. Compare savings account. bank deposit against which checks can be drawn by the depositor. |
5. Cleared Check | a check that has been cashed or deposited. |
6. Credit Union | cooperative group that makes loans to its members at low rates of interest. |
7. Debit Card | A card issued by a bank allowing the holder to transfer money electronically to another bank account when making a purchase. |
8. Deposit | A sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest |
9. Direct Deposit | The electronic transfer of a payment directly from the account of the payer to the recipient's account |
10. Endorse | 1.Declare one's public approval or support of. |
11. Expense | The cost required for something; the money spent on something |
12. FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a body that underwrites most private bank deposits. |
13. Fees | 1.A payment made for professional advice or services |
14. Financial Literacy | Financial literacy is the ability to understand finance |
15. Financial Security | A security is a fungible, negotiable instrument representing financial value |
16. Fixed Expense | Costs of owning and operating a property that are not discretionary and, except for occasional increases, do not change from month to month |
17. Income | Money received, esp. on a regular basis, for work or through investments |
18. Interest | The charge for the privilege of borrowing money, typically expressed as an annual percentage rate |
19. Loan Overdraft | An extension of credit from a lending institution when an account reaches zero |
20. Memo | A written message, esp. in business; a memorandum |
21. Needs | something you have to have to survive |
22. Non-sufficient funds (NSF) | a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds; "issuing a bad check is a form of larceny" |
23. Online Banking | The performance of banking activities via the Internet |
24. Payee | person to whom money is paid or is to be paid, esp. the person to whom a check is made payable. |
25. Payer | a person who pays money for something |
26. Reconcile | An accounting process used to compare two sets of records to ensure the figures are in agreement and are accurate |
27. Savings | 2.The money one has saved, esp. through a bank or official scheme. 2.The money one has saved, esp. through a bank or official scheme. 2.The money one has saved, esp. through a bank or official scheme. the money one has |
28. Variable Expenses | Variable costs are expenses that change in proportion to the activity of a business |
29. Wants | A lack or deficiency of something |
30. Withdrawal | 2.An act of taking money out of an account. 2.An act of taking money out of an account. taking money from an account |