nice and is sexually attractive: I don't know why she won't go out with him. I think he's kind of cute.
Qgorgeous J'gyM&si [adj] especially spoken use this to emphasize that a man is extremely attractive in a sexual way: Look at that guy over there. Isn't he gorgeous?
handsome /'haens^m/ [ad;| especially written use this about a man who is good- looking, especially one who is tall and strong-looking; Richard was a handsome man with a lot of charm. 1 My brother was two years older than me, taller, and more handsome.
look handsome He looks really handsome in his uniform, doesn't he?
A Use handsome especially in writing stories and descriptions.
Qnice-looking /nais lukii^y [adj] especially spoken use this about a man who looks pleasant and friendly but is not extremely attractive: I suppose he's quite nice-looking, but he's not really my type.
Bl children
beautiful /'bju^fel/ [adj] use this about a child who is so good-looking that everyone notices and admires him or her: Parents always think their baby is the most beau- tiful baby in the world. ( On her desk there was a photograph of two beautiful children.
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pay ^ ф — borrow
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save
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The bank gave him a cheque book and a bank card.
MONEY
earn ^f IB opinions
LEND
buy
О When Kevin left school he opened a bank account.
e Kevin enjoyed himself a lot... but unfortunately, he wasn't
very good with money and he got into debt.
borrow /'Ьогэи|Ьа:-/ \v I/T] to use money that belongs to someone else which you must give back to them later: / had to borrow $1000 to pay for the car borrow $100/Ј50/Ј1000 etc from sb He didn't hove enough money for the airfare, so he borrowed $1000 from his parents.
ATM /'eI ^: cm/ ^ a machine in the wall of a
bank, shop etc that lets you take money out of your bank account using a special card
bank account account *kaunt; 9'киаи"[1]/
(л С] if you nave a bank account with a particular bank, you keep your money there, and take some out when
you need it
open a bank account (-start a new bank account)
bank cant /'baeqk ka:rd/ [n CI a small plastic card given 10 you oy your bank, which you show when you write a cheque, and which also lets you get money out of a cashpoint or ATM. A bank card can often also be used as a debit card.
vocabulary
bonk statement .steitraant/ [n C] a printed list that your bank sends you regularly, which shows what money you haw paid into and taken out of your bank account
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Oh no! I'll hove to pay by cheque.
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One day he went to the cashpoint, and discovered that he couldn't get any money out because he was £100 overdrawn.
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I'm sorry, sir ?)
And so he got a credit card with a £2000 credit limit...
The bank agreed to give him an overdraft.
Soon Kevin had gone over his overdraft limit and couldn't withdraw any more money.
С Oh поп
+/or a check for $300
pay by cheque/check Can I pay by cheque?
credit COfd /'кгеф ,ka:rd/ [n С] a plastic card that you can use to pay for things with money you borrow from a financial organization such as VISA or MasterCard. A lets you рек; for tilings, and then pay what you owe to the organization later: We accept all major credit cards. I credit card fraud (=dishonest use of crecfit cards)
credit limit /"Credit .limij/ In C] the largest amount of money that you can borrow using your credit card
debit card /debji ,ka:rd/ [n U) a plastic card that you can use topay for things, which aibws the money to be taken directly from your bank account.
ljUfrft /dets/ [n plural] the amount of money that you owe to a person or a bank
have debts The company has debts of around $100 million.
be in financial difficulties /*»: in f^npl difiM- tizI to have serious problems with money, because you
have spent more money than you have, and you owe
money to a person or the bank
g«t/go into debt .2е1' into 'del/ to get into a situation in which you owe a lot of money
get money out /?et тлп' aut I to get money from your bank account by using a cashpoint сиг ATM. or by going into a bank
good with money wftтлП|/ at managing your money and iraking sure that you do not spend more than you can afford
not very good with money (=not able to control the way you spend your money, so that you spend more money than you have)
lend /lend/ [u Tj to give someone money. Ый only if they
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^^ Soon Kevin was in serious financial difficulties
and went off to the Caribbean
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...and get a second job to help him pay off his debts.
agree to give it back to you at a later time tend sb $40/Ј100 etc The bank has a/ready lent the company $50 million, I Can you lend me five pounds til} tomorrow?
overdraft /'^V3rdiuiftl|4iraft/ [n CI wtsh an amount that you owe your bank, when you have spent more money than you have in your account Have a Ј$0/$300 overdraft (=when you owe the bank this amount of money) Jue got а £200 overdraft. give sb an overdraft (=when a bank agrees to let someone have an overdraft) The bank manager gave me an overdraft
overdraft limit /'auvs'drarft ,iim^t| -draft; (n Cj the largest amount of money that the bank has agreed to lend you