Bank & Post Office
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- account numbernoun · B1The figure identifying one particular account.
- addressee/ˌædɹɛˈsiː/noun · C1The person a letter is written to.
- airmail/ˈɛəɹ(ˌ)meɪl/noun · B2+Post carried abroad by aircraft.
- aprnoun · C1The yearly cost of borrowing, shown as a percentage.
- arrears/əˈɹɪə(ɹ)z/noun · C1Payments you have fallen behind on.
- balance/ˈbæləns/noun · B1The steady state where no side is heavier than the other.
- bank statementnoun · B1The list of everything paid in and out of an account.
- bank transfernoun · B1Moving money straight from one account to another.
- banknote/ˈbæŋknəʊ̯t/noun · B1+A piece of paper money.
- benefit paymentnoun · B2Money from the state paid into an account.
- branch/bɹɑːnt͡ʃ/noun · B1One local office or shop of a much bigger company.
- bureau de change/ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ/noun · B2The counter where currencies are swapped.
- cashpointnoun · B1The machine in a wall that gives out banknotes.
- change/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/verb · A1To become different, or to make something different.
- chargebacknoun · C1Reversing a card payment after a dispute.
- cheque/t͡ʃɛk/noun · B1+A written order telling a bank to pay somebody.
- cheque book/ˈt͡ʃɛk.bʊk/noun · B1The pad of written payment orders.
- chip and pinnoun · B2Paying by card and typing your secret number.
- coin/ˈkoɪ̯n/noun · B1A small round piece of metal money.
- collection pointnoun · B2The place a missed parcel can be picked up.
- commission/kəˈmɪʃən/noun · B2+A share of a sale paid to whoever made it happen.
- contactlessadjective · B1Paid by touching a card against a reader.
- council taxnoun · B2The local charge paid on a home.
- counter/ˈkaʊn.tə/noun · B2The flat work surface where all the chopping and mixing happens.
- credit card/ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/phrase · A1The plastic rectangle you tap or swipe to pay without cash.
- credit checknoun · B2An inspection of your borrowing history.
- credit scorenoun · B2A number showing how safe a borrower you are.
- current accountnoun · B2The everyday account you pay bills from.
- customs formnoun · B2The declaration attached to a package going abroad.
- debit card/ˈdɛbɪt ˌkɑɹd/noun · B2A card that takes money straight from your account.
- delivery attemptnoun · B2A visit made to hand something over.
- direct debitnoun · B2An arrangement letting a company take what you owe each month.
- first class postnoun · B1The faster and dearer way of sending mail.
- foreign exchangenoun · B2The business of turning one currency into another.
- frankingnoun · C2Printing postage directly onto an envelope.
- fraud alertnoun · B2A warning that suspicious spending was seen.
- giro/ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/noun · C2A payment transferred between accounts through the post office.
- guarantor/ˈɡæɹəntə(ɹ)/noun · C1Somebody who promises to pay if you cannot.
- ibannoun · C1The international code identifying a bank account abroad.
- interest/ˈɪn.tɹɛst/noun · B1The extra percentage a bank pays on savings or charges on loans.
- joint accountnoun · B2An account two people share.
- junk mailnoun · B1Unwanted advertising that arrives through the door.
- loose changenoun · B2The small coins rattling in a pocket.
- meter readingnoun · B2The figure showing how much has been used.
- mobile bankingnoun · B1Managing an account through a phone.
- money ordernoun · B2A paper order for a fixed sum, bought and posted.
- mortgage paymentnoun · B2The monthly sum repaid on a loan against a house.
- online bankingnoun · B1Managing an account through a website.
- overdrawn/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/adjective · B2+Having taken out more than the account held.
- packaging tapenoun · B2The wide sticky strip that seals a box.
- padded envelopenoun · B2A postal cover lined to protect what is inside.
- parcel[ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]noun · B1+A wrapped box sent through the post.
- paying-in slipnoun · C1The form completed when you put money in.
- pension booknoun · C2The old booklet a state payment was drawn against.
- pillar boxnoun · C1The red street box letters are posted into.
- pin/pɪn/noun · B1The secret four figures that unlock a card.
- po boxnoun · B2A numbered box at a post office used as an address.
- post office/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/phrase · A2The place where you send letters and collect packages.
- postal roundnoun · C1The route one deliverer covers each day.
- postcode/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/noun · B1The letters and numbers that pinpoint an address.
- poste restantenoun · C2A service holding letters at a post office for a traveller.
- postmark/ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/noun · B2+The stamped mark showing where and when it was posted.
- prepaid cardnoun · B2A card loaded with money in advance.
- proof of postagenoun · B2The receipt showing you did send it.
- queue/kjuː/noun · B1+The row of people waiting one behind another.
- recorded delivery slipnoun · C1The card left when nobody signed for an item.
- redeliverynoun · B2A second attempt to deliver something.
- registered postnoun · B2Mail tracked and signed for on delivery.
- repaymentnoun · B2+One of the payments made to clear a debt.
- return addressnoun · B1The address to send it back to if it fails.
- safe deposit boxnoun · B2A locked box in a bank vault for valuables.
- savings accountnoun · B1An account that pays interest on money left in it.
- second class postnoun · B1The slower and cheaper way of sending mail.
- security/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/noun · B1Property promised to a lender against a loan.
- sender/ˈsɛndəː/noun · B1+The person who posted the item.
- sort codenoun · B2The number identifying which branch holds an account.
- sorting officenoun · B2The building where post is separated for delivery.
- special deliverynoun · B2Post guaranteed to arrive by a stated time.
- stamp/stæmp/noun · A2+The small sticky picture you put on an envelope to pay for its trip.
- standing chargenoun · C1The fixed daily amount a supplier charges before usage.
- standing ordernoun · C1An instruction to pay a fixed sum on a fixed day.
- statement periodnoun · B2The stretch of time one statement covers.
- surface mailnoun · C1Post sent by land and sea rather than air.
- teller/ˈtɛlə/noun · B1+The bank clerk who serves customers at a counter.
- ticket numbernoun · B1The slip that says when you will be called.
- till receiptnoun · B2The printed proof of what you paid.
- tracking numbernoun · B1The code that lets you follow a parcel's journey.
- travellers chequenoun · B2A pre-paid note once used for spending abroad.
- two-step verificationnoun · B2Confirming who you are with a second check.
- utility billnoun · B2The demand for payment for gas, water or power.
- vault/vɒlt/noun · B2An arched stone ceiling.