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BRS PreCollege Vocab: Financial Power

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affluent
(Many of Paris's most affluent people live near the Eiffel Tower.)
(adj) rich; prosperous
富裕的
affluence
(One sign of Beijing's affluence is the number of private cars on its roads.)
(n) wealth
富裕
asset
(His real estate assets were worth millions of dollars.)
(n) money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business 资产
antonym: deficit
audit
(The company's financial records were audited.
The audit showed that expenses were millions of dollars higher than budgeted.)
(n) a complete and careful check of a person's or business's financial records.
(v) to complete a financial check
审计
balance
(Now you can check your balance at an ATM.)
(n) amount of money you have in a bank account
账户余额
capital
(The unemployed couple could not raise enough capital to buy an apartment.)
(n) money or goods that have accumulated over time 资
deposit
(Leo recently deposited a check for 500 euros in his checking account. This deposit brought his balance up to 1500 euros.)
(v) put money into a bank account
(n) money put into a bank account 存款
depositor
(During the Great Depression, millions of depositors lost the money they had deposited in banks.)
(n) someone who puts money into a bank 储户
credit
(I have good credit because I always pay my bills on time.)
(n) money banks will lend to be paid back later; a record of how well you have paid your bills 信誉
creditor
(Greece owes its creditors millions of dollars and European banks are worried the country won't pay it back on time.)
(n) person or bank that lends money 债权人
debt
(I have paid off most of my car loan, reducing this debt to only $1,000.)
(n) money owed
债务
debtor
(In 18th century England, many debtors were put into prison.)
(n) someone who owes money
债务人
depreciate
(They say a new car begins to depreciate the moment you drive it off the lot.)
(v) to decrease in value
antonym: appreciate
贬值
depreciation
(Depreciation of computers was one of the tech company's largest expenses.)
(n) a decrease in value 贬值
enrich
(In China, economic development has recently enriched the lives of millions once living in poverty.)
(v) to make rich; to make something of greater value
丰富
antonym: impoverish
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