【Finance】今日の学び_20100918

Professional English in USE – Finance

Private Lesson の講師に勧めてもらった本。

経済用語に強くなろう。

【1. Money and income】

・Currency

・a salary : money paid monthly by an employer

・wages : money paid by the day or the hour, usually receive weekly.

・commission : money paid to salespeople and agents – a certain percentage of the income the employee generates.

・a bonus : extra money given for meeting a target or for good financial results.

・fees : money paid to professional people such as lawyers and architects.

・social sevurity (welfare) : money paid by the government to unemployed and sick people.

・a pension : money paid by a company or the government to a retire people.

・living expenses : money spent on every day needs such as food, clothes and public transport.

・bills : requests for the payment of money owed for services such as electricity, gas and telephone connections.

・a mortgage : repayments of money borrowed to buy a house of flat.

・health insurance : financial protection against medeical expenses for sickness of accidential injuries.

・tax : money paid to finance government spending.

かなり基礎的だけど、よく使う単語ばかりですな。