Across
- 3. (adj.) = not paid, e.g. ‘I have a lot of ______ parking tickets.’
- 6. a certain amount (verb phrase) = to budget / allocate / plan to have / use a definite amount of money for particular things, e.g. transport, food, bills, etc. Hard-up (compound adjective) = having very little money, especially for a short period of time
- 8. up (phrasal verb) = establish / start a business / company / organization, etc.
- 9. (plural noun) = a small piece of glass, wood, etc., with a hole through it, that can be put on a string with others of the same type and worn as jewellery, etc.
- 10. (plural noun) = a dried berry from a tropical plant, that is ground (= broken and pressed) to make pepper
- 12. ends meet (idiomatic verb phrase) = to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need; to only have enough money to survive till next pay day
- 13. (adj.) = sure
- 15. (adjective) = having no / very little money, e.g. A: Can you lend me some cash till payday? B: Sorry mate, I’m _______.
- 16. money (verb phrase) = for the money you have to reduce; opposite to make money, when you have less than you had before because a business / investment was NOT successful
- 18. (v.) = let; to make sth possible or give permission for sb to do sth
Down
- 1. (plural noun) = a hard solid mineral substance that is found in the ground, often used for building
- 2. your money (verb phrase) = to control / organize your money / finances
- 4. overdrawn (verb phrase) = to use/withdraw more money than you have in your bank account
- 5. (v.) = take money out of a bank account
- 7. (plural noun) = a thing that is expensive and pleasant but not essential
- 8. (plural noun) = the hard outer part of eggs, nuts, some seeds, and some animals
- 11. (plural noun) = organizations that are created to help people, especially poor or sick people, e.g. Unicef, The Red Cross, etc.
- 14. (compound adjective)= rich / having a lot of money
- 17. (plural noun) = a flat green part of a plant, growing from a stem or branch or from the root