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CONSUMER SOCIETY

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    LEVEL 9
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  • MERCHANDISE (MERCH)
    goods that are bought and sold
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  • WARRANTY
    a written promise from a company to repair or replace a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time
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  • MORTGAGE
    a loan which allows you to buy a house
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  • DEBIT CARD
    a small plastic card that can be used as a method of payment, the money being taken from your bank account automatically.
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  • INSTALLMENTS
    small parts of the loan which are paid at different times until the total is reached.
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  • TO SOAR
    TO GO UP/ TO INCREASE/ to rise very quickly to a high level
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  • TO BUY UP (TO SNAP UP)
    to buy large amounts of it, or all that is available:
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  • TO SQUANDER MONEY
    to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage:
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  • TO DEPOSIT MONEY
    to put money in a bank or safe
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  • TO ACQUIRE (TO PURCHASE)
    to buy / to get
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  • TO TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT
    to spend less money than you did before because you have less money:
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  • TO PAY THROUGH ONE'S NOSE
    to pay too much money for something
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  • TO MAKE ENDS MEET
    to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
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  • TO MAKE A SMALL FORTUNE
    To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully.
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  • TO SPLIT THE BILL
    each person participating in a paid activity covers their own expenses, rather than any one person in the group defraying the cost for the entire group
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  • REASONABLE (PRICE)
    acceptable
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