Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• check out
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• cash flow
• eke out: To manage to live with very little money or food.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• talk through: To discuss something thoroughly.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• help out: To assist someone
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• start on: To begin or start doing something.
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in the picture: Aware of what is happening; informed.
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• live life: To enjoy life and make the most of every moment.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• amount: Quantity of something
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• factor: Something that influences a result
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• account: An advantage
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• splurge: Indulging yourself by buying something expensive
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• extravagant: Going beyond what is normal or proper
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• picture: General situation or state of being
• live: To be alive
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• forget: To not remember something
• median: Being in the middle or average
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• multiplier: Number to multiply by