• have something at your/their fingertips
• A nation's principal monetary authority, such as the Federal Reserve Bank, which regulates the money supply and credit, issues currency, and manages the rate of exchange.
Banking
• bad debt • bank account • bank card • bank charge • bank clerks • banker • bank holiday • bank loan • bank manager • banknote
• bank statement • bank teller • bank transfer • blank cheque • bounce (cheque) • cash dispenser • cashcard • cash point • central bank • cheque card • credit card
banking system • implementing monetary policy
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• issuing notes to be used as legal tender • supervising the operations of the
commercial king system • implementing monetary policy
• a cheque for £200
• pay by cheque
• cash the cheque (= exchanged it for cash )
• stop the cheque (= tell the bank not to pay it ) .
• bank cheque = banker's cheque
• A shuttle bus operates to and from the beach of San Benedetto.
• There's a shuttle service from the city center to the airport.
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en route
• on the way • en route from/to • a flight en route from Tokyo to Sydney • en route for • (BrE) We stayed there en route for London. • Why don't we stop for lunch en route?
• personal cheque
• blank cheque
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fingertip
• the end of your finger, that is furthest away from your hand • She touched his cheek gently with her fingertips.
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picture
• verb • to imagine something by making an image
in your mind • Tom, picturing the scene, smiled. • Picture the scene - the crowds of people and
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• Central banks act as the fiscal agent of the government,
• By increasing or decreasing the supply of money and credit, they affect interest rates, thereby influencing the economy.
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regulating
• the size of a nation's money supply • the availability and cost of credit • the foreign exchange value of its currency
• issuing notes to be used as legal tender • supervising the operations of the commercial
animals, the noise, the dirt.
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shuttle
• a plane, bus, or train that makes regular short journeys between two places
• He took the Washington - New York shuttle.
• payee • payer • paying-in slip • savings account • serial number • standing order • transfer (n, v) • traveller's cheque • withdrawal
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Central bank
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cheque / check
• a printed form that you use to pay for something instead of using money,with the amount in words and numbers, the date, the person being paid, and the signature of your name
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Banking
• crossed cheque • current account • debit (n, v ) • deposit account • direct debit • external • foreign exchange currency • overdrawn • payable