How to talk about Money in English ?? - Learn English with Harry

How to talk about Money in English ?? - Learn English with Harry Money is an important in our daily lives. It is also a popular topic that may come up in your IELTS or FCE exam. Lets learn to talk about money in English.I have a podcast episode for you from my podcast Speak Better English with Harry. It is available to listen on both iTunes and Spotify. So make sure to subscribe.In this episode, I use upper intermediate vocabulary. I recommend you to listen to the episode first in order to practise your English listening comprehension. You dont need to understand every single word.  Then have a look at the vocabulary words below and listen to it again.  Let me know if you have any issues.   Talk about Money in English Short extract of podcast episode Money, saving money makes the world go round. And I think it is a really true saying because without it, what would we have?Well have no trade between nations. Well have no investment by companies. Well have no money to spend. In the supermarkets, no way to feed and clothe ourselves. And generally people will just struggle.Of course, we could go back to the old days when we used to barter.Thats BARTER. Meaning exchange something for something else.So if I did something for you and fix the door or put in a window, then you would do something for me like fix my bathroom or cook me a meal or give me some of your vegetables. So this would be a barter where we would exchange one service for another service or some products for a particular service.But that, Im sure, still goes on. It does in different parts of the world where money is not so easy to get.But in the Western world and the first, second world economies, then money is King as they say. And without it we can do very little some times and we have money.Were not quite sure what to do with it, but certainly if we dont have it, then we definitely have a problem. The different words we can use to to describe money, we can call it cash. I like to have cash in my pocket. We have cash in the bank. The ATM is, or where we withdraw money from these machines in the wall. We call them cash machines. So cash is a very common word for it. People say, do you have any money? Can you lend something? Do you have any cash? Could you give me something? How to talk about Money - Vocabulary to barter to exchange something for something elseATM cash machineto withdraw money to take money from a bank accountcheque a printed piece of paper that you can use instead of moneyto rob / to get robbed to take money from someone or somewhere illegally, usually using threats and violencemoola(h) (American English, slang) moneylolly (British English, slang) moneydenomination the value of a bank note or coinwealth a large amount of money and/or other valuable thingspurse a small bag or case in which women carry money and credit cardswallet a small case in which men carry money and credit cardscashless without cashtransaction cost an amount that bank or credit company charges for using a bank cardto handle cash to receive and give money in businesscryptocurrency a digital currencysalary a fixed amount of money that your employer pays you every month for the work you doto borrow the money to receive money from someoneto lend the money to give money to somebodyto inher it to receive money and/or other valuable things from someone who has diedassets something valuable that a person or company ownsto charge to ask someone to pay money for services or goodsto overcharge to ask someone to pay too much money for somethingto put some money aside for a rainy day to save money weekly or monthly for a day when you need itto splash out money to spend a lot of moneyto fritter away to spend money without really knowing where you spend itto be broke to ahve no moneyto be ripped off to be charged too much money for something, to be overchargedto tighten your belt to spend less moneyeconomic related to the economy or businesseconomical not spending or costing a lot of money 8 Phrasal Verbs related to Money to bank on to depend on something happeningex. Im really banking on getting that job in the insurance company.to come across to find something   or meet somebody by chanceex. I came across my school photographs while I was clearing out the attic.to do without to live without having something that you cannot affordex. Sam doesnt have much money these days so he has to do without expensive holidays.to get by to manage to survive on a small amount of moneyex. They dont have much money but they get by.to save up to avoid spending money, often for a specific purposeex. I am saving up to get a new phone.to come into to inherit moneyex. Sarah was shocked to find out that she had come into a large amount of money.to close down to stop doing business completelyex. Lots of small businesses have closed down recently.to take back to return something to the shop you bought it fromex. If your watch doesnt work, you need to take it back.