Vocabulary

• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• lead to: To result in some action
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• at a profit: Selling or doing something with financial gain.
• cash out: To count the sales at the end of a business day
• new level: A higher or improved stage of achievement or quality.
• stand out
• tip of the iceberg: A small visible part of a much larger problem.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
• financial: Involving money
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• afford: To make available, to provide
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• previously: At an earlier time
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• important: Having power or authority
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• median: Being in the middle or average
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution