Making Money Unit 8.2

• English
• Vocational Education

Financial Vocabulary

Verbs in Finances 

• (to) invest: to spend money in order to make a profit
• (to) borrow: to take something for a short time and give back later.
• (to) save: to keep money to buy something later.
• (to) owe: to be in a situation where you have to pay money to someone.
• (to) lend: to give for a short time.
• (to) spend: to pay money for something.
• (to) pay: to exchange money for goods or services.
• (to) earn: to receive money for work (salary) or in payment for a loan.

Financial Vocabulary

• stock: shares in a company.
• share: part of the capital of a company.   -> stakeholder: person who has shares
• worth: to have value
• dividend: a part of a company's profits paid to stockholders, usually once or twice a year.
• stake: a percentage of the capital of a company.
• revenue: total income generated by sales of goods and services. 
• profit: a financial gain (the difference in the amount earned than spent)
• stock market: the place where company shares are bought and sold.
• subsidiary: a company that is owned by another company.
• takeover: the buying of one company by another.

Borrow vs. Lend

(to) borrow: means to take something from another person (you will get it back)

(to) lend: to give something to another person (expecting to get it back)

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2001

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2003

A founded the company. 

100% of the shares = 1,000 

Company A sold 20% to B & C

3/4 to B=

1/4 to  C=

D bought

E bought

A owns all

1,000 shares

Calculation:

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Calculation:

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