Ex.5. Match the nouns in the left-hand column with the verbs in the right-hand column.

Ex.6. The words in the box frequently occur after “bank”.

Find combinations that mean:

1. a book that lists all payments into and withdrawals from a customer’s bank account;

2. the amount of money paid by a customer to the bank for its services;

3. a person who serves customers, keeps accounts and does other work in a bank;

4. a sum of money left with a bank for safe keeping or to earn interest;

5. a cheque that guarantees payment by a bank;

6. money that has been lent by a bank to a customer for a fixed period;

7. a person employed by a bank to control a particular branch or department;

8. (UK) a day, not a Saturday or Sunday, when banks are closed and which is also a general holiday;

9. an arrangement with a bank that allows the customer to pay in and take out money;

10. a printed report that shows all the money paid into and out of a customer’s bank account within a certain period and the total amount left in the account;

Ex.7. Look at the words and phrases in the box. Match them with the correct definition from the list below:

1. the business of running or working in a bank;

2. the most important bank in a country because it issues and manages currency and helps to carry out the government’s financial policy;

3. a bank that provides many different services for its customers, e.g. providing bank accounts and credit cards, arranging loans, etc.;

4. a bank that specializes in raising capital for industry. It advises companies on flotations, manages investment portfolios;

5. a bank that provides finance for companies, especially by buying stocks and securities and selling them in smaller units to the public;

6. a financial institution that specializes in providing services such as savings accounts;

7. an organization that holds money, important documents and other valuables in safe keeping, and lends money at interest;

8. a sum of money paid into a bank or savings account;

9. an account with a bank for personal savings;

10. something lent, usually money, on the condition it will be paid back after an agreed period with interest;

11. the central banking system of the USA;

12. offering company shares for sale to the public or on a stock exchange for the first time.

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