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