What's what in finance
capital spending
A type of investment made by a company when buying equipment
interest
How you are charged for borrowing money
mortgage
How you can pay to buy a house, unless you can pay for it in a single payment
dividends
Individuals who invest their money in a company hope to receive these regularly
inflation
Rising prices, rising costs and rising wages in an economy
tax
Something that the government collects and no one likes to pay
assets
The name for all the property, equipment, investments and money owned by a company (or individual)
liabilities
The name for everything that a company owes
bankruptcy
The situation where a company does not have enough money or property to pay its debts, and so the company closes
turnover
The total amount of sales in a year
accounts
What a company has to prepare every year for presentation to its owners and to the relevant authorities
shares
What you buy if you invest money in a company
profit
What, in financial terms, a business hopes to make
pension
When you are old, you hope to have one of these
bank
Where you go to borrow money or get cash