Financial terms

A: Match the definition 1. Money owed by one person or organization to another person or

organization –debt2. A period of time when business activity decreases because the

economy is going badly –recession 3. Difference between the selling price of a product and the cost of

producing it –gross margin 4. A place where company shares are bought and sold --- stock

market5. Money which people or organizations put into a business to make

a profit—investment 6. Equal parts into which the capital or ownership of a company is

divided—shares

B: Match the sentence halves 1. Earnings per share are a company’s profits divided by the

number of its shares. 2. A forecast is a description of what is likely to happen in the

future 3. Bankruptcy is when a person or organization is unable to pay

their debts 4. a dividend a part of the profits of a company paid to the

owners of shares 5. pre-tax profits are is the money a business makes before

payment to the government

6. revenues are money which businesses receive from selling goods or services

C: Complete this report with the terms from exercises A and B

1. Pre – tax profits 2. Forecast

3. Bankruptcy 4. Earning per share

5. Dividend 6. Shares

7. Investment 8. Profit

9. Gross margin 10. Debt

11. Bankruptcy 12. Revenues