Who is who …
Match each job title on the left with the correct definition on the right.
1. Tax inspector |
a. The person who is responsible for an individual bank.
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2. Tax consultant |
b. Someone who advises people on how to manage their financial affairs. |
3. Bank manager |
c. Someone who prepares an individual's (or a company's) tax return. |
4. Commodity trader |
d. The person who is responsible for the financial side of running a business. |
5. Accountant |
e. A government official who checks that you are paying enough tax. |
6. Finance director |
f. The person who finds you the best insurance policy at the best price. |
7. Market analyst |
g. Someone who buys and sells stocks and shares for clients, and charges a commission. |
8. Financial advisor |
h. Someone who advises you or a company on how to pay less tax. |
9. Insurance broker |
i. Someone who comments on business and share prices in a particular sector of the economy. |
10. Stockbroker |
j. Someone who buys and sells things in large quantities, especially food products such as tea, coffee, cereals, and other raw materials. |
What is what …
Match each word on the left with the correct definition on the right.
1. pension |
a. something that the government collects and no one likes to pay |
2. bank |
b. where you go to borrow money or get cash |
3. tax |
c. how you are charged for borrowing money |
4. dividends |
d. how you can pay to buy a house, unless you can pay for it in a single repayment |
5. shares |
e. a type of investment made by a company when buying equipment |
6. inflation |
f. what, in financial terms, a business hopes to make |
7. bankruptcy |
g. what a company has to prepare every year for presentation to its owners and to the relevant authorities |
8. capital spending |
h. the situation where a company does not have enough money or property to pay its debts, and so the company closes |
9. profit |
i. the total amount of sales in a year |
10. interest |
j. rising prices, rising costs and rising wages in an economy |
11. assets |
k. what you buy if you invest money in a company |
12. turnover |
l. individuals who invest their money in a company hope to receive these regularly |
13. liabilities |
m. when you are old, you hope to have one of these |
14. accounts |
n. the name for all the property, equipment, investments and money owned by a company (or individual) |
15. mortgage |
o. the name for everything that a company owes |