money

Our words

admission  the act of accepting somebody into an institution, organization, etc.; the right to enter a place or to join an institution or organization Hospital admission is not necessary in most cases. pääsy
asset a person or thing that is valuable or useful to somebody/something   etu/hyöty
bankrupt without enough money to pay what you owe   konkurssi
bribe a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest   lahjus
credit  an arrangement that you make, with a shop for example, to pay later for something you buy   luotto
discount an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something   alennus
equity the value of a company’s shares   pääoma
fee an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services   maksu
finance money used to run a business, an activity or a project   rahoitus
fund fund something, to provide money for something, usually something official   rahoittaa
income tax the amount of tax that you pay to the government according to how much you earn   tulovero
invest to buy property, shares in a company, etc. in the hope of making a profit   sijoittaa
donate  to give money, food, clothes, etc. to somebody/something, especially a charity   lahjoittaa
liquidity the state of owning things of value that can easily be exchanged for cash   likviditeetti
rent an amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, room, etc.   vuokra
bet an arrangement to risk money, etc. on the result of a particular event; the money that you risk in this way to win/lose a bet veto
deposit  a sum of money that is given as the first part of a larger payment   tallettaa
earnings the money that you earn for the work that you do   tulot
central bank a national bank that does business with the government and other banks, and issues the country’s coins and paper money   keskuspankki
tax money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services.   vero
wealthy having a lot of money, possessions, etc. wealthy businessman/individual/family varakas
bailout an act of giving money to a company, a foreign country, etc. that has very serious financial problems The airline was saved by a government bailout. apuraha
poverty  the state of being poor   köyhyys
exchange  an act of giving something to somebody or doing something for somebody and receiving something in return in exchange: I'll type your report if you'll babysit in exchange. vaihto
aid  money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations   apu
black market an illegal form of trade in which foreign money, or goods that are difficult to obtain, are bought and sold   mustapörssi
devalue to reduce in value when it is exchanged for the money of another country; to reduce the value of money in this way  The pound was devalued against the US dollar devalvointi