UNIT 15: BUYING AND SELLING

Advertisement

An announcement in a newspaper, on television, on the Internet, etc that is designed to persuade people to buy a product or service, go to an event, or apply for a job

Afford

To have enough money to pay for something

Bargain

Something you that costs much less than normal

Brand

A product or group of proucts that has its own name and is made by one particulaar company

Catalogue

A book that contains pictures of things that you can buy

Change

Coins rather than notes

Cost (v)

If something costs an amount of money, you need that amount to pay for it or to do it

Cost (n)

The amount of money that you need in order to buy something or to do something

Customer

A person or company that buys goods

Debt

An amount of money that you owe

Demand

To say strongly that you want something

Export

To send a product to another country so that it can be sold there

Fee

Money that you pay to a professional perosn or instiuation for their work

Fortune

A large amount of money

Import

To buy a product from another country and bring it to your country

Invest

To use your money with the aim of making a profit from it

Obtain

To get something that you want or need

Owe

To have to give someone a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or have borrowed money from them

Own

To legally have something, especially becasue you have bought it

Profit

Money that you get when you sell something for a price that is higher than the cost of making it or buying it

Property

The things that you own

Purchase (v)

To buy something

Purchase (n)

Something that you buy

Receipt

A document that you get from someone showing that you have given them money or goods

Require

To need someone or something

Sale (n)

An event or period of time during which a shop reduces the prices of some of its goods

Sale (v)

To regularly put a money in a bank, or to invest it so that you can use it later

Select

To choose someone or something from a group

Supply (v)

To provide someone or something with something that they need or want

Supply (n)

An amount or quantity of something that is avaible to use

Variety

A number of different people or things

Waste (v)

To use more of something than is neccessary, or to use it in a way that does not produce the best results

Waste (n)

The failure to use something that is valuable or useful in an effective way