Vocabulary

• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• account: An advantage
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• margin: Edge of an area
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• public: Owned by the government
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• dividend: Money given to the owners of stock in a company
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• fidelity: Loyalty
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• brokerage: Stock broker's business
• vanguard: Group who are the leaders in an action or movement
• riskier: More dangerous or with a higher chance of loss
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine