Finance: Word list
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                        | English | definition | German | 
|---|---|---|
| (to) afford | to have enough money to be able to buy or do something | sich leisten | 
| (to) borrow | to take and use something that belongs to somebody else, and return it to them at a later time | ausleihen, borgen | 
| (to) decrease | to become or make something smaller in size, number, etc. | sinken, reduzieren | 
| (to) finance | to provide money for a project | finanzieren | 
| (to) increase | to become greater in amount, number, value, etc.; to make something greater in amount, number, value, etc. | erhöhen, vergrößern | 
| (to) lend | to give something to somebody or allow them to use something that belongs to you, which they have to return to you later | leihen, verleihen | 
| (to) purchase | to buy something | kaufen | 
| agreement | an arrangement, a promise or a contract made with somebody | Vereinbarung | 
| approximately | used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or correct | circa, ungefähr | 
| bank account | an arrangement that you have with a bank that allows you to keep your money there, to pay in or take out money, etc. | Bankkonto | 
| bargain | a thing bought for less than the usual price | Schnäppchen, Angebot | 
| cash | money in the form of coins or notes | bar | 
| cash outflow | any money leaving a business, such as staff wages and dividends paid to shareholders | kassenmäßiger Abfluss | 
| collateral | property or something valuable that you promise to give to somebody if you cannot pay back money that you borrow | Kreditsicherheit | 
| compensation | something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own | Entschädigung | 
| compromise | an agreement made between two people or groups in which each side gives up some of the things they want so that both sides are happy at the end | Kompromiss | 
| credit rating | a judgement made by a bank, etc. about how likely somebody is to pay back money that they borrow, and how safe it is to lend money to them | Bonitätsbeurteilung | 
| currency | the system of money that a country uses | Währung | 
| debt | a sum of money that somebody owes | Schuld, Schulden | 
| deposit | a sum of money that is given as the first part of a larger payment | Einzahlung, Kaution, Pfand | 
| enterprise | a company or business | Unternehmen | 
| exchange rate | the value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another | (Wechsel)kurs | 
| expenditure | the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent | Ausgabe | 
| fee | an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services | Gebühr | 
| financial advisor | a person whose job is to provide financial advice to clients | Finanzberater/in | 
| grant | a sum of money that is given by the government or by another organisation to be used for a particular purpose | Zuschuss, Stipendium | 
| gross profit | the profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services | Brutto(gewinn) | 
| income | the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc. | Einkommen, Einnahme | 
| interest rate | the amount a lender charges for the use of assets expressed as a percentage of the principal | Zins(satz) | 
| investment | the act of investing money in something | Investition, Anlage | 
| invoice | a list of goods that have been sold, work that has been done, etc., showing what you must pay | Rechnung | 
| loss | money that has been lost by a business or an organization | Verlust | 
| market share | the amount that a company sells of its products or services compared with other companies selling the same things | Marktanteil | 
| mortgage | a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow | Hypothek | 
| net profit | the actual profit after working expenses not included in the calculation of gross profit have been paid | Netto(gewinn) | 
| overdraft | the amount of money that you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than is in your bank account; an arrangement that allows you to do this | Kontoüberziehung | 
| percentage | the number, amount or rate of something, expressed as if it is part of a total that is 100; a part or share of a whole | Prozentsatz | 
| price tag | a label on something that shows how much you must pay | Preisschild | 
| profit | the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved | Umsatz | 
| redundancy | the situation when somebody has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them | Entlassung | 
| revenue | the money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization, etc. receives from its business | Einkommen, Einnahme | 
| salary | money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every month | Gehalt, Lohn | 
| savings account | a type of bank account that pays interest on the money that is left in it, but from which you cannot take the money out without giving notice or losing interest | Sparkonto | 
| shareholder | an owner of shares in a company or business | Aktieninhaber | 
| stocks | a share that somebody has bought in a company or business | Aktien | 
| tax | money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services | Steuer | 
| tax advisor | a person who advises clients about tax laws and strategies | Steuerberater/in | 
| transaction | a piece of business that is done between people, especially an act of buying or selling | Geschäftgsvorgang, Überweisung | 
| VAT (Value Added Tax) | a tax that is added to the price of goods and services | Mehrwertsteuer | 
| withdrawal | the act of taking an amount of money out of your bank account | Abheben | 
