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ch 7 per finance
ch 7 personal finance terms
Question | Answer |
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Buyer’s Remorse | regretting a purchase soon after making it. |
Credit Card | tool used to finance a purchase. |
Lump Sum Planning For | Allows you to plan for expenses you make on a non-monthly basis. |
Active | money is very active; it is always moving and can be utilized in many ways. |
ATM Card | automated teller card which allows you to make transactions in automated teller machines. |
Budget | cash flow plan; assigns every dollar to a specific category/ expense at the beginning of each month. |
Carbon Checks | checkbooks that make a carbon copy each time you write a check; it is a paper underneath the actual check. |
Currency | money |
Monthly cash flow form | A form that summarizes income information into categories; when you are done, your total income minus expenses should equal zero. |
Duplicate checks | type of checks that make duplicate copies as you write them out. |
Discipline | self control used in directing behavior; the key to wealth building is being consistent over time. |
Envelope System | series of envelopes, divided into pre-determined categories, used to store cash for planned monthly expenses; self-imposed discipline tool to assist people in managing their monthly finances; possible categories include food, entertainment, gas, ect. |
Hoarding | keeping things and refusing to give them up. |
Impulse Purchase | to buy an item without thinking about it. |
Persistent | refusing to give up or let go. |
Pro-active | to have a strong initiative; when one happens “to” things. |
Procrastinate | to put off until later; waiting until the last minute. |
Reconcile | to match your bank statement with your checkbook, preferably within 72 hours of receiving the statement. |
Zero-based Budget | cash flow plan that assigns an expense to every dollar of one’s income, wherein the total income minus the total expenses equals zero. |
Non-Sufficient | when you get charged when you have an overdraft in your bank account. |
Bounced Check | when a check tries to go through the bank and you don’t have enough money. |
Irregular Income Form | list items in importance; when you get your paychecks; you pay them in that order until you run out of money. |
Debit Card | Type of card; often bearing the seal of a major credit card company; issued by bank and used to make purchases. |
fixed expenses | Expenses that stay the same each month; mortgage, car payment; budget billing gas bill |
variable expense | Expenses that vary from month to month; electric bill, cell phone bill (if not a texting plan);etc. |