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French vocabulary C1: Money, finance and the economy

C1 Catalogue 97 cards

Money, business finance and the economy: “le forfait”, “les honoraires”, “le krach”, “le créancier”, “le PIB” and “l'actionnaire”, with their English meanings.

97 French words at level C1, with their translation.

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passer (une commande)also: passer une commande to place (an order)also: to place an order, to put in an order
le financieralso: la financière financier
le fonds fundalso: funds
le financement fundingalso: financing
la distribution (de produits) distribution (of goods)
la franchise (commerciale) franchise (business)
net (après déductions)also: nette net (after deductions)
l'importationalso: le produit importé import (noun)also: importing
brut (avant impôts) gross (before tax)
le PIBalso: le produit intérieur brut GDPalso: gross domestic product
la mondialisationalso: la globalisation globalizationalso: globalisation
le portefeuille (de placements) portfolio (of investments)also: investment portfolio
le découvert overdraftalso: bank overdraft
à découvert overdrawn
s'arracher (qqch) to snap up (sth)also: to scoop up
la transaction transaction
le péage tollalso: road toll
le chiffre d'affaires turnoveralso: sales
la participation (dans une entreprise) stake (in a company)
les recettes revenuealso: receipts
l'actionnaire shareholder
l'escroquerie swindlealso: con, fraud, scam, rip-off
le dépôt (à la banque) deposit (in a bank)
le déficit deficit
la caution (d'un logement)also: le dépôt de garantie deposit (on a rented flat)also: security deposit, damage deposit
le créancieralso: la créancière creditor
le produit (d'une vente) proceeds (from a sale)
la prospérité prosperity
la privatisation privatizationalso: privatisation
prospère prosperousalso: thriving
l'actif (bien de valeur) asset (worth money)
l'acquisition acquisitionalso: purchase
le gain gainalso: profit, winnings
revendre to resellalso: to sell on, to sell again
la donation gift of propertyalso: donation, deed of gift
allouer (qqch à qqn) to allocate (sth to sb)also: to allot
léguer (qqch à qqn) to bequeath (sth to sb)
le rendement (d'un placement) yield (of an investment)also: return
faire vivre (qqn)also: subvenir aux besoins de, entretenir to support (sb financially)also: to keep, to provide for
la compensation (pour qqch) compensation (for sth)also: offsetting, offset
le service public public servicealso: utility, public utility
la couverture (d'assurance) insurance coveralso: cover, coverage
le bénéficiairealso: la bénéficiaire beneficiary
l'enchère bid (at an auction)
l'audit audit
le milliardairealso: la milliardaire billionaire
comptant in cashalso: cash
l'indemnité compensation paymentalso: indemnity, allowance
le forfait flat ratealso: package, fixed price
les honoraires fees (of a doctor or lawyer)also: professional fees
l'assureur insurer
industrialiséalso: industrialisée industrializedalso: industrialised
l'industrialisation industrializationalso: industrialisation
à but non lucratif non-profitalso: not-for-profit, nonprofit, not for profit
la hausse des prix price risealso: price increase, rise in prices
le mécènealso: la mécène patron of the artsalso: patron, benefactor
la police d'assurance insurance policyalso: policy
payable payable
le prestataire (de services)also: la prestataire provider (of services)also: service provider, contractor
la redistribution redistribution
privatiser to privatizealso: to privatise
prohibitifalso: prohibitive prohibitive
la facturation billingalso: invoicing
en faillite bankrupt
le produit de base commodity
la partie prenante stakeholder
stagnantalso: stagnante stagnant
le commerce de détailalso: la vente au détail retailalso: retailing, retail sales
le sponsoring sponsorship
exorbitantalso: exorbitante exorbitant
la prodigalitéalso: les dépenses excessives, les dépenses extravagantes extravagancealso: profligacy, wastefulness
le signe dollar dollar signalso: dollar symbol
le magnat tycoonalso: mogul, magnate
le fiduciairealso: la fiduciaire trustee
inabordable unaffordable
faire du lèche-vitrines to window-shopalso: to go window-shopping
la déréglementation deregulation
le krach crash (financial)also: stock market crash
la coupe budgétairealso: la réduction des dépenses budget cutalso: cutback, spending cut
le magasin discount discount storealso: discount shop, cut-price shop
la vente aux enchères auctionalso: auction sale
le chèque-cadeau gift voucheralso: voucher, gift token, gift certificate
le signe extérieur de richesse outward sign of wealthalso: status symbol, visible sign of wealth, show of wealth
les frais de port postagealso: shipping, shipping costs, delivery charges
en plusieurs foisalso: en plusieurs versements in instalmentsalso: by instalments, in several payments
boucler ses fins de moisalso: joindre les deux bouts to make ends meet
la quote-part share of the costalso: proportional share, fair share
impayéalso: impayée unpaid (not yet paid)also: outstanding
vivoter to scrape a livingalso: to scrape by, to get by, to eke out a living
la somme forfaitairealso: le versement unique, la somme globale lump sumalso: lump-sum payment, one-off payment
fixer le prix (de qqch) to price (sth)also: to set the price
s'appauvrir to become pooralso: to become poorer, to grow poorer
la Grande Dépression the Great Depression
la caisse enregistreuse cash registeralso: till
saigner à blanc (qqn) to bleed dry (sb)
rentrer dans ses frais to break evenalso: to cover one's costs
budgétiser (qqch) to budget for (sth)also: to budget

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