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Banking and Finance

TAKE A NOSEDIVE  

Phrase

  • to collapse, to decrease in value.
Example Sentence: The stock market took a nosedive when the earnings of the oil company decreased.
 

SADDLED WITH DEBT  

Phrase

  • to be burdened with debt.
Example Sentence: Our company is saddled with debt and must do something about it quickly.
 

ON CREDIT ɒn krɛdɪt

Phrase

  • without paying cash.
Example Sentence: We usually buy most of our furniture on credit.
 

MAKE MONEY HAND OVER FIST  

Phrase

  • to make a lot of money.
Example Sentence: The small ice cream shop has been making money hand over fist since it first opened last year.
 

MAKE AN OFFER  

Phrase

  • to make a financial proposal for a product or service.
Example Sentence: We want to buy the house and we plan to make an offer on Saturday.
 

FLOAT (SOMEONE) A LOAN  

Phrase

  • to loan someone money.
Example Sentence: I asked the bank to float me a loan so that I could buy a new car.
 

BUYOUT baɪˌaʊt

Noun

  • when a person or group buys control of a company.
Example Sentence: A private equity firm has completed its $3.5bn buyout of the UK music group.
 

BOUNCE A CHECK  

Phrase

  • to write a check in which you do not have enough.
Example Sentence: The young man bounced a check when he tried to pay his rent.
 

BANKROLL SOMEONE bæŋkˌroʊl

Phrase

  • to supply someone with money, to finance someone.
Example Sentence: The movie actor bankrolled his son while the son was producing his first movie.
 

BANKER’S HOURS bæŋkərs aʊərs

Phrase

  • short work hours (similar to when a bank is open)
Example Sentence: My sister's husband owns his own company and works banker's hours most days.
 

BLUE CHIP blu tʃɪp

Noun

  • a company/investment that is usually profitable; whose shares that can be traded profitably and reliably in the stock market.
Example Sentence: US blue chip stocks fell today as the housing sector remains deeply depressed.
 

BANKER’S DRAFT bæŋkərs dræft

Noun

  • a written promise from a bank to pay money, especially to another bank.
Example Sentence: We require a banker's draft to secure the deal.
 

BEAR MARKET bɛər mɑrkɪt

Phrase

  • a downward market trend when prices of shares, commodities etc are falling and the market is pessimistic. When this occurs there is usually high inflation and unemployment.
Example Sentence: Investment in a bear market might make sense.
 

BULL MARKET bʊl mɑrkɪt

Phrase

  • an upward market trend when prices of shares, commodities etc are rising and the market is optimistic.
Example Sentence: Though things seem to be improving in our sector, the bull market won't come back.
 

RALLY ˈræli

Noun

  • when share prices (or the stock exchange itself) return to a strong position after a period of weakness.
Example Sentence: Unfortunately I only started buying shares when the summer stock market rally was over so I didn't get as rich as some of my friends did.
 
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