Real life: Business vocabulary

When a person wants to take their money out of the bank, the transaction is called a ......

A cash ..... is a type of loan or withdrawal that is taken out against a line of credit or credit card. Financial institutions usually impose greater interest rates on this type of transaction.

A rate of ..... is a percentage of money that is made or lost in an investment situation and is dependant on the amount of money invested and the interest rate that was specified.

Hi. Can I speak to Roberta Stafford please? .....

Dave is an ...... He installs and repairs electrical circuits in homes, offices, buildings etc.

Have you got a ..... estate agent to help you sell your house yet? If not, I have a great one to recommend. She got our house sold in no time and for a good price.

I love the ..... you two added since I was last here. The flowers are beautiful and the plants add some much-needed color to this brown yard.

We live in a double-wide ..... home in a nice park. None of the others are less than 10 years old and the park is landscaped very nicely. How about you? Where do you live?

All of the major American auto manufacturers are ..... off employees. General Motors just put another 21,000 workers on the unemployment list last week.

When people enter into a ..... insurance policy, they do this so their families are taken care of and compensated should the insured parties die.