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Next Generation Personal Finance Vocab

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Balance   The amount of money that you have in your bank account  
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Cancelled check   Checks the bank has paid. They will appear on your bank statement.  
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Check   A written order to the bank that tells it to take a stated amount of money from your account and pay it to another.  
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Checkbook   A handy portfolio that holds your check register, checks, deposit slips, receipts, and other ATM/debit card transactions.  
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Check register   A record that allows you to keep track of checks you have written, ATM/debit card transactions, as well as deposits and withdrawals.  
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Credit   A sum of money deposited INTO an account. You can use a credit to charge merchandise or borrow money.  
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Debit   A sum of money deducted from your account.  
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Debit card   A plastic card that enables you to do ATM transactions and to make purchases instead of using cash or writing a check.  
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Deposit   Money you put into your account.  
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Deposit slip   A form you fill out to credit money to your account when you make a deposit.  
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Direct deposit   Your employer automatically deposits your paycheck into your account.  
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Endorse   To sign the back of a check made out to you so it can be cashed or deposited.  
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Interest   A fee paid to you for keeping your money in the account or a fee charged to you for a loan or credit card.  
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Overdraw   To write a check or make a withdrawal when there isn't enough money in the account to pay for it.  
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Post-date   To write a future date on a check.  
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Reconcile   To "balance" your checking account with your monthly statement from the bank.  
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ATM   Automatic Teller Machine. Allows a customer to get out physical currency from their account  
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Voided check   A check with "VOID" written across it that make it non-negotiable.  
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Statement   The monthly record of your account transactions sent to you by your bank.  
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Pin   Personal Identification Number needed to use an ATM card.  
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Signature card   A card used when opening a new account that includes name, address, birth date, etc.  
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Payee   The person to whom the check is made payable.  
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Outstanding check   A check that has been written but not yet deducted from the person's bank account.  
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Outstanding deposit   A deposit that has been made but not yet added to the person's bank account.  
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Credit card   A card that allows the holder to make purchases without cash by borrowing money  
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Prepaid card   A card that is loaded with a specific cash amount before you use it but then looks and works like a credit card until the full value is spent.  
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Person to person payment (P2P)   An online process that allows you to send money directly from your checking account to a friend via email or cell phone.  
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Check cashing store   A business that cashes checks, giving the customer cash in exchange for a fee for the service.  
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Bank statement   the bank's accounting of your transactions  
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