Argent et opérations bancaires
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Essential French vocabulary for earning, spending, investing, and saving money.
| Money | Argent (m) | |
| currency | la monnaie | |
| bill, note, paper money | un billet | |
| cash | des espèces (f) du liquide |
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| change | la monnaie | |
| coin | une pièce (de monnaie) | |
| check, cheque | un chèque | |
| checkbook | un carnet de chèques | |
| certified check | un chèque certifié | |
| traveler’s check | un chèque de voyage | |
| At the bank | À la banque | |
| ~ account information | un RIB* | |
| ATM machine, cash dispenser | un distributeur automatique un guichet automatique de banque (GAB) |
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| ATM card, bank card | une carte bancaire (CB)** une Carte Bleue ™ une carte de paiement |
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| balance | le bilan | |
| bank statement | un relevé de compte | |
| bill | une facture | |
| bond | une obligation | |
| checking account | un compte-chèques un compte courant |
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| credit card | une carte de crédit | |
| currency exchange | un bureau de change | |
| deposit | un dépôt | |
| debit card | une carte bancaire (CB) une Carte Bleue ™ une carte de paiement |
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| debt | une dette | |
| excluding tax, before tax | HT (hors taxe) | |
| exchange rate | le taux de change | |
| expense | une dépense | |
| fees | les frais (m) | |
| including tax | TTC | |
| interest rate | le taux d’intérêt | |
| loan | un emprunt (borrower’s point of view) un prêt (lender’s point of view) |
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| microchip | une puce** | |
| receipt | un reçu | |
| savings | épargne (f) | |
| savings account | un compte d’épargne | |
| share of stock | une action | |
| statement | un relevé (de compte) | |
| stock market | la bourse | |
| sum, amount, total | le montant | |
| tax | un impôt | |
| transfer | un virement | |
| withdrawal | un retrait | |
| yield | le rendement |
* Un RIB (relevé d’identité bancaire) is a slip of paper that provides all the information needed to set up a money transfer. You’ll be asked for one when setting up automated bill payments, such as for utilities.
** All French cards are pin and chip; in some places, vendors have no idea what to do with a traditional "swipe" card.
| job | un emploi un boulot |
(informal) |
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| minimum wage | le SMIC (salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance) | |||
| raise | une augmentation de salaire | |||
| retired | à la retraite | |||
| salary | le traitement | |||
| unemployment unemployed |
le chômage au chômage |
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| wages | le salaire | |||
| work | le travail | |||
| cheap | bon marché | |||
| cost of living | le coût de la vie | |||
| expensive | cher | |||
| good value | un bon rapport qualité-prix | |||
| pricy | pas donné | |||
| standard of living | le niveau de vie | |||
| thrifty | économe | |||
| Verbs | (click for conjugations) | |||
| to buy | acheter | |||
| to cash a check | toucher un chèque | |||
| to change money (into euros) | changer de l’argent (en euros) | |||
| to count | compter | |||
| to deposit (into an account) | déposer (sur un compte) | |||
| to earn | gagner | |||
| to endorse a check | endosser un chèque | |||
| to need | avoir besoin de | |||
| to pay | cash | payer | en espèces, en liquide | |
| with a credit card | avec une carte | |||
| with traveler’s checks | avec des chèques de voyage | |||
| to save money | faire des économies | |||
| to sell | vendre | |||
| to sign | signer | |||
| to spend | dépenser | |||
| to transfer | virer | |||
| to withdraw | retirer | |||
| to write a check | faire un chèque | |||
French listening practice
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