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Banking and Finance
Studying vocabulary and terms used for finance.
Term | Definition |
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Abilities | The things you do well. |
Annual Fee | A yearly fee. |
Aptitudes | Your natural talents. |
APR | Annual percentage rate is the amount of interest charged for any unpaid balance. |
Bank | A for-profit institution that offers personal loans, mortgages, and other services. |
Bankruptcy | A legal process that gives a debtor protection from creditors. |
Bond | An IOU issued by a company, municipality, or the federal government in exchange for a loan from an investor that will be repaid with a set rate of return. |
Budget | A record of income and spending and a plan for managing money. |
Cash | Money in the form of bills or coins. |
Career Cluster | A grouping of jobs and industries related by skills or products. |
Check | A written order for a bank to pay money. |
Compound Interest | Interest on the principal and the accumulated interest on a deposit or a loan. |
Credit | The amount of financial trust extended to a person or a business by a lender; a loan. |
Credit Card | A card authorizing the holder to buy goods and services that can be paid for later. |
Credit Limit | The maximum a cardholder can borrow. It is recommended that cardholders keep a balance of no more that 25% of the credit limit. |
Credit Report | A record of a person's financial information, including previous addresses, Social Security number, current and previous employers, estimated income, credit card accounts with the amount owed. |
Credit Score | A standardized measurement of the potential to repay a debt |
Credit Union | A not-for-profit cooperative that offers bank services and is owned by its members. |
Debit | An amount deducted from a bank account. |
Debit Card | A card that looks like a credit card but operates like cash; money is immediately subtracted from the card holder's bank account when a purchase is made. |
Debt | Money owed. |
Deductible/Co-pay | Money paid out of pocket before insurance covers the remaining cost. |
Discretionary Income | Money available to spend on goods and services that are not essential. |
Dollar-cost Averaging | A method of investing a fixed amount in the same type of investment at regular intervals, regardless of price. |
Expenditures | Money that is spent on goods, services, and bills. |
Financial Charges | The cost of credit- the fees and interest charged to finance the unpaid balance. |
Financial Institution | A business that provides money-related services. |
Fixed Cost | A business cost that remains the same, such as rent. |
Fixed Expenses | Expenses that do not change from month to month, such as auto insurance or rent. |
Forelosure | A legal process in which a lender takes possession of mortgaged property from a mortgage holder to failed to make payments. |
Impulse Buying | Making a purchase based on an immediate want or due to the pressure of advertising. |
Income | Money received on a regular basis for work or through investments. |
Income Tax | A portion of one's personal income paid to a government. |
Insurance Policy | A contract that outlines coverage plans and protects a person against financial loss or damage. |
Interests | he things you like and enjoy doing. |
Interest | A fee received or paid for the use of money. |
Internet Bank | A Web-only bank. |
Invest | To commit money to gain a profit or earn interest. |
Long-terms Goals | Plans that take a year or more to accomplish. |
Market Research | Gathering consumer preferences for products and services. |
Medicare | A social insurance program that extends health coverage to almost all Americans age 65 and over. |
Minimum Payment Due | The smallest amount that can be paid to meet loan requirements. |
Mobile Banking | A wireless service that allows financial transactions by using an app or Web Browser. |
Mutual Fund | A collection of stocks or bonds of various corporations. |
Needs | Goods or services that people cannot survive without, such as water, food, shelter, and clothing. |
Online Banking | An electronic way to account activity and pay bills via the internet and an institutions's website. |
Opportunity Cost | The next best alternative given up when making a financial choice. |
PayPal | An online payment service that allows consumers to transfer money electronically. |
Pay Yourself First (PYF) | To automatically save a specified amount from a paycheck for future use. |
Premium | The amount aid for an insurance policy. |
Previous Balance | Amount still owed from purchases prior to the current 30-day charge cycle. |
Pricipal | The amount of money originally invested. |
Risk | The possibility of financial loss or physical harm. |
Savings Account | An interest-bearing account where people put money for future use. |
Scarity | The economic condition of limited resources that prevents people from having everything they want. |
Short-term Goals | Plans that can be accomplished within three-months to a year. |
Simple Interest | Interest that is paid only on the original principal. |
Social Security | A social insurance system that provides benefits to most Americans who are retired, sick, or too disabled to work, and to families of workers who dies. |
Stock | A share of corporation sold to the public |
Taxes | Required payments to a government. |
3C's of credit | The factors that determine a credit score: character; capacity to repay; and capital, or what a person owns. |
Values | The ideals that are important to you and your career choices. |
Variable Cost | A business cost that increases or decreases, such as labor. |
Variable expenses | Expenses that vary from month to month, such as entertainment, car repairs, or doctor bills. |
Wants | Goods or services that make people more comfortable or content but which are not necessary for survival. |