Financial terms

A : equal parts into which the capital or ownership of a company is

divided=shares

a period of time when business activity decreases because the

economy is doing badly=recession

money risked when a business owns part of another company=equity

stake

a place where company shares are bought and sold=stock market

a description of what is likely to happen in the future=forecast

money owed by one person or organisation to another person or

organization=debt

B: 1+B 2+C 3+E 4+A 5+F 6+D

C : recession/stock market/ forecast /Investment

/bankruptcy/debt/equity stake/profit margin/annual
turnover/dividend/

Describing trends

A:

1: decline/decrease/ fall/drop

2: double

3:fluctuate
4:increase/ rise

5: halve

6: level off

7: peak

8: plummet

9:recover

10: rocket/jump

11:triple

B:

A decline

A fall

A gain

A doubling

A fluctuation

A halving

An increase

A peak

A rise

A drop
C:

From to

By

Of

At

Of

Of

D:

Sales have increased from €5m last year to €7m this year

Sales jumped to €7m this year

Sales reached a peak of €7m in July