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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bank | A place to put your money, loan money. More national and expensive. |
| Credit Union | A place to put your money, loan money. Smaller and local and less expensive, gives back to the community. |
| Balance | The amount of money you have in an account. |
| Checking | Money that can be directly used with a debit card. |
| Savings | Money that is in a seperate account that is held for investments or emergency. |
| Credit | A way of purchasing payment that you pay back later. |
| Debit | Payment that is taken directly from your checking account. |
| Deposit | Putting money into an account. |
| FDIC | Independent agency that protects depositors of insured banks incase something goes wrong. |
| NCUA | Federal agency that protects deposits at insured credit unions, charters, or federal credit unions. |
| Interest | The price a bank charges you to borrow money or pays you for saving money. |
| Principal | Money you loaned and agreed to pay back. |
| Overdraft | Not having enough money for a transaction so the remainder is paid by the bank (you'll pay it back later). |
| 50-30-20 Rule | Divide your income into categories of 50% needs, 30% wants, and 20% savings. |
| CD | A savings account that holds a set amount of money for a set amount of time and the bank pays you interest for it. |
| Compound Interest | Interest earned on interest. |
| Inflation | The rate of prices increases over a certain amount of time. |
| Emergency Fund | Savings put to the side in case of emergencies. |
| Recession | Economic output, employment, and consumption drop. |
| IRA | Tax-advantage account to help save for retirement. |
| Roth IRA | Retirement account that you put in after-tax dollars. |
| Cryptocurrency | Any form of payment that exists virtually/digitally. |
| Deductible | An item or expense that reduces the amount of taxes a person owns in a year. |
| Premium | An amount of money that is paid to an insurer over a period of time in case of loss or harm. |
| Max Out of Pocket | A certain amount of money to be paid before a plan (ex a Health Plan) pays for 100% of the services. |
| Liability Insurance | Insurance coverage that protects you if you're responsible for something like someone elses injuries or property damage. |
| Collision Insurance | Auto insurance to cover you if you get in an accident with a car, person, or object and your vehicle needs repairs. |
| Comprehensive Insurance | Protects your vehicle against unexpected damage not caused by a collision like theft, vandalism, glass damage, etc. |
| Actuary | A finance professional who looks at the costs associated with risk or uncertainty. |
| Medicare | Health Insurance program for those 65 and older without health insurance. |
| Medicaid | Public health insurance for low-income families and individuals. |
| Copay | A certain amount that insurance policyholder pays for a specific service to be covered by insurance. |
| HMO | Health care that shares financial risks and risks with providing comprehensive medical services to a specific area with a fixed/prepaid fee. |
| PPO | Healthcare providers you can use for medical care that have agreed to provide care to plan members at a certain rate. |
| HSA | A tax free savings account you have to pay certain health care costs like deductibles, copay and coinsurance. |
| Asset | A useable or valuable thing that can be used now or in the future. |
| Bond | Something you buy as issuing a loan to someone that they agree to pay back on a specific date. |
| Stock | A type of security that gives holders a share of ownership in a company or business. |
| Dividend | An amount of money paid regularly by a company to it's shareholders. |
| Index Fund | An investment fund either mutual or exchange traded and based off presentation of stocks/index. |
| Mutual Fund | Allows to pool or share money with other investors. |
| Pension | Social insurance offered by income to insured persons following their retirement. |
| Portfolio | A record/collection of expenses/bonds/trusts/etc made by a person. |
| Security | Being safe from risks or threats. |