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VAULT
Term | Definition |
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assets | what a person owns of value, such as jewelery,savings, art, home, and a car. |
bank | a place where people put their money for safekeeping, and for easy access. |
brokerage firm | helps people invest their money |
budget | a spending plan people make in order to make sure there is enough income to civer all expenses |
career | something you build by going to school and working jobs related to the career you want. |
certificiate of deposit | a savings certificate that gains interest and has a set time bfore you can withdraw the money. |
charity | giving resources or volunteering time to help those in need.interest |
comparrison shopping | finding out whether or not qhat you are about to buy can be found for a better price or in better shape at a different store. |
controlling risks | stuff you do to make stuff less dangerous or dangerous at all. |
credit | a loan that a person uses to pay for things, but is expected to pay back. |
credit union | just like a bank, only its members own it. |
decision making | considering different information to make a choice |
entrepreneur | a person who starts his or her own business. |
expense | the cost of things that people spend money on |
financial advisor | a person who is an expert at handlong moaney and can give you information and advice aboyt money and savings. |
financial institution | a place, like a bank, that helps its members manage money. |
literacy | the knowledge and skills to manage money. |
insurance | helps people pay for medicine and doctors when they are sick or hurt. |
impulse buying | bbuying stuff without thinking about whther you need it or not. |
income | money earned from working and other means. |
income tax | annual tax placed on the employees make at jobs and collected by the federal government, most states, and some local governments. |
inflation | the price of goods and services rises over time. |
interest | an extra fee charged for borrowing money or the cost og borrowing money. |
investing | when you a security like a stock or a bond, in the hopes over time that it will make money |
job | work you do for money |
long-term goal | a goal that can be achieved in a longer amount of time. |
need | something you truly cannot live without |
oppurtunity cost | the cost we pay to give up something to get something else. |
payment method | what you use to pay for something |
peer pressure | doing stuff because your friends are doing it, or because your friends told you to, because you want your friends to like you. |
privacy | keeping important information to yourself, or in between your family members. |
reliability | being trustworty; being responsible |
risk | an activity that might be dangerous. |
risk prevention | stuff you do to stop consequences from happening |
salary | payment for work, represented as a yearly sum and paid in proportions |
sales tax | a fee added to the sticker price of an item that is paid to state only. |
savings | money set aside for short- or long term goals. |
savings account | an account hat gains interest and allows withdrawals |
short-term goals | a goal that can be achieved in a short amount of time |
spend | to use money to buy stuff |
taxes | fees placed on income, purchases, ot property to support government programs |
wage | paumrnt for work, usually calculated on an hour, daily, or piecework basis and paid on schedule |
want | something you would like to have but will be okay without |